May 31, 2009
A true hero for women's rights and lives was murdered today. Dr. George Tiller, who endured countless threats, an assassination attempt, bombings and assaults on his clinic, and many legal challenges by anti-abortion extremists was murdered in his church by such an extremist today.
I am greatly…
May 31, 2009
George Tiller was a physician who performed late term abortions. Apparently, this bothered someone enough that he was gunned down earlier today in church.
A 51 year old white male has been apprehended in connection with this murder.
There are some details here.
This is what the right wing does…
May 31, 2009
... is here.
... a monthly compilation of posts that are just good stuff. .. your best writing--writing being the key word here.
Enjoy.
May 31, 2009
repost
Cute baby lions. When they grow up, they will want to eat you. I'll never forget the first wild lion I ever saw. It was a pitch black night, on the savanna in the Western Rift Valley. I had climbed on top of the hood of the Land Rover, engine off, but headlights on. My plan was to…
May 31, 2009
Quo Computer plans to open its first retail location, selling Mac clones, on June 1. ..."It's exciting. We are trying to stay as close to Apple as we can with our products," Rashantha De Silva, Quo founder, told CNET News. "We are trying to mimic things as much as we can. I'm hoping that Apple sees…
May 31, 2009
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May 31, 2009
Sometime this fall or early winter, they are going to turn the Large Hadron Collider back on. It may run for several minutes or hours and then break down again. In fact, expect that. This is a huge machine the like of which have never before been seen. Why would we expect it to work without…
May 31, 2009
... and Ars has a look at it.
The latest alpha build of Chromium provides basic browsing functionality and a few of Chrome's other features. I was able to load pages, open new tabs and windows, use the browser's full-page zoom, download files, view and manage history, and run the Incognito privacy…
May 31, 2009
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May 31, 2009
May 31 - June 3, 2009
What's this all about?
Every species has a geographic distribution, and these are changing rapidly due to climate change and other factors. In fact, the environment is changing faster than professional scientists can monitor it, and the only way to understand this response is…
May 31, 2009
There is a very interesting discussion going on at Sandwalk regarding adaptationism vs. ... whatever that other thing is that Larry believes in.
But seriously, it is a very interesting discussion that is shaping up as a debate between John Hawks, who wrote a post on this topic recently, and Larry…
May 31, 2009
Somebody's got to put the Cheney's back in the bottle!
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One thing is missing in this report, and Rachel, if you're reading this, maybe you can address it. Why does Liz Cheney get to see top secret document? Huh?
May 31, 2009
Note: Michele Bachmann is in this one:
Hat Tip: Dump Bachmann
May 30, 2009
This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on.
Time for another installment of our look at the book Learning the bash Shell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)). Today's foray into Linux Land:…
May 30, 2009
One of the authors of Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery (John) himself, Shackleton himself, and Emiliani himself were ushered into the building past the graduate students, the guards, and the members of the public who wandered the halls of the museum blissfully unaware that the powerhouses of…
May 30, 2009
I swear, you are all a bunch of pod people, you consumers. You take whatever crap is dished out, and pay extra for it. When the DVD was produced to replace the tape (VHS) there was a significant down grade in performance in every single way but one. These downgrades were entirely unnecessary.…
May 30, 2009
My car was parked a block away owing to the plethora of construction equipment and dumpsters around the house. On my way over, I was looking at the storm clouds coming in and wondering what kind of weather we would have tonight, when I noticed the crows going nuts across the street. It sounded to…
May 30, 2009
Katz:
Dawg:
OK, so the Dawg obvoiusly wins. Let's give the katz one more chance:
May 30, 2009
The dust-up regarding Asus corp and Windows, recently discussed here, is definitely a (well-enough executed) hoax, acording to JH at Linux in Exile:
I got burned this week; I actually believed the hoax that ASUS and Microsoft teamed up, and that an Asus.co.uk page was linking to a It's Better With…
May 30, 2009
Bart Ehrman is a scholar of The Bible and has published popular works at a rapid clip on the subjects of theodicy and the literary history of the books some refer to as "Scripture." He was an evangelical who believed that The Episcopalian Church in which he was raised was too tame on the teachings…
May 30, 2009
The Source is a novel by James A. Michener. It is actually a fun novel to read if you have any interest in the history of the middle east.
One of the themes in the novel is the relationship between god and humans. In the earlier part of the history described in this book, god has an intimate…
May 30, 2009
Randy Olson is a film maker and marine biologist who has focused in recent years on the critique of science communication. You may know him from his documentary work on the sexual practices of barnacles, the evolution-creation debate, or global warming.
Randy is coming out with a new book, Don't…
May 29, 2009
If you think this is funny have a look at this.
Hat Tip: James F.
May 29, 2009
This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on.
I started this discussion a while back, and now it is time to continue it.
The Bourne Again Shell, bash, is the default command-line shell…
May 29, 2009
From the BBC:
Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to their offspring could aid the fight against human disease.
They will also be easier to find when they escape.
Though primates that make a glowing protein have been created before, these are the first to keep the…
May 29, 2009
Danny Hauser, 13 year old shaman with cancer, recently returned from foray from the courts with his mother, now in treatment, had a web site dedicated to raising money for his 'treatment' (seemingly for the CAM part of his treatment ... he is otherwise covered by insurance). That site was taken…
May 29, 2009
Following on this earlier post, here are links to on line resources that would aid in building, configuring, and using a Linux based computer.
Hardware:
The 800 dollar killer PC. This is a "gaming" PC, but this set of guidelines is more broadly useful than just for games. Just don't forget to…
May 29, 2009
Diversity and Conflict
We don't like conflict. We try to avoid it instead of learning how to engage in it appropriately and productively, and the end result of our incompetence is horrendous enough to fully reinforce our avoidance.
Read it here.
May 29, 2009
Winged kitty cats are not unheard of in China, but a new alate feline is always news.
The winged cats can not fly, of course, or you would have heard about them before. They would be like these flying killer sharks.
Scientists have narrowed down the explanation for the growth of these wings as…
May 29, 2009
... or so it would seem.... UPDATE: Or, this could be a fake. See comments.
The Asus PC Eee PC was designed specifically to run LInux. The idea is in part to make a very inexpensive globally (more or less) accessable open source system so all the poor children around the world who happen to…
