“I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – RFK
Posted in politics on Jul 11th, 2007
Tweet It looks like McCain’s presidential bid is coming to an end. His chief strategist and his campiagn manager have both resigned. Even the guy who has co-authored 5 books with him has left his campaign. It is rumored that none of the three left amicably from the campaign. It was definitely interesting to see [...]
Posted in politics, Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2007
Tweet I haven’t blogged for a while due to a massive amount of work, but I expect to blog more now that I’m caught up. It seems like the white house is now in a quite a serious bind. President Bush has once again cited executive privilege and refuse to turn over documents subpoenaed by [...]
Tweet As reported from Slashdot and BBC, Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the maker of HD-DVD’s encryption scheme has declared war on the blogging community. It all started when AACS’s HD-DVD encryption was cracked and the compromised key began leaking onto the web. Instead of perfecting their technology, AACS decided to pressure various websites (including [...]
Tweet I spent a few hours today reading Next by Michael Crichton. Though Next was not particularly well written, it is remarkably thought-provoking. Under the guise of a novel, Crichton attempts to show the potentially disasterous consequences of current US policies on the future of biomedical research. The Author’s notes highlight broadly the five issues [...]
Tweet Via Sara at Orcinus (read at Geoff‘s blog): I’ve been saying for a long while now that the power to end the Intelligent Design fiasco, firmly and finally and with but a single word, rests in the manicured hands of the chancellors of America’s top universities. The message is short and simple: “Teach what [...]
