Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Steve
Norquist describes Obama as ‘John Kerry with a tan’:
Grover Norquist has quite a history of being unhinged. He’s said the Estate Tax is morally equivalent to the Nazi Holocaust; he’s called WWII veterans “anti-American,” and he’s called bipartisanship “another name for date rape.”
Oh. My. Ghod. We all kinda sorta suspected Grover was a tool, this […]
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Steve
Judge Says Music Sharing Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Infringement (Updated) | Listening Post from Wired.com:
The RIAA appeared stymied by this result and indicated it will press the issue. “This is a strange decision that is outside of the mainstream and inconsistent with countless court rulings on these issues,” said an RIAA statement. “We are currently considering […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
Washington, D.C., Group Accused of High-Tech Dirty Tricks to Suppress Black Vote | Threat Level from Wired.com:
A D.C. advocacy group called Women’s Voices, Women’s Vote is being accused of waging a high-tech voter suppression campaign, after voters in predominantly black districts in North Carolina began receiving automated phone calls implying that they hadn’t properly registered […]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget:
Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with […]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Steve
My thanks to Matt Mitchell for pointing me in the direction of this;
Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech :
While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing patent or copyright lawsuits, the better choice may be technical — issuing OS X firmware updates.
“Apple issues regular updates to Leopard,” (Raj) […]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Steve
Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing:
I’ve been looking at this Psystar story now for the last couple of days. For those of you that aren’t aware, on Monday, they announced the Open Computer (OC). A PC that’s been designed to run a hacked version of Mac OS X.
Suffice it to say, I think […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Steve
Crooks & Liars
The problem with comparing Obama to Tiger Woods:
Rest assured that people like Senator McCain will be the goal and the men that my two young boys will emulate and admire. You can have your Tiger Woods. We have Senator McCain.
This is a thinly veiled racist statement, so that it doesn’t appear racist; and […]
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Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Steve
No surprise. In an interview on ABC, when told that a majority of Americans don’t agree with the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy, Vice President Dick Cheney’s response was, “So…” accompanied by a big, shit eating grin on his face.
We have all labored under the concept that the Iraq war and subsequent occupation has been […]
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Posted on February 10th, 2008 by Steve
I was reading Jim’s blog today, and I was looking at the entry previous to his new one on the late Gene Kelly, when I noticed this comment…
Jim,
How old and pathetic are you? Funny how you freely throw harsh judgments on other sucessful scifi people. And reading your pathetic self-serving whiny journal, you have come […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Steve
Epicenter from Wired.com:
Ebay Sellers Riled Up About New Fees and Feedback Rules
After a fairly challenging year, John Donahoe, who takes over as eBay CEO at the end of March, unveiled plans yesterday to lower the upfront listing fee and increase the back-end fee for sellers. The so-called “success-based” model, which takes effect Feb. 20, is […]
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