This interesting essay starts out like this:
Remember the essays you had to write in high school? Topic sentence, introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, conclusion. The conclusion being, say, that Ahab in Moby Dick was a Christ-like figure.
Oy. So I’m going to try to give the other side of the story: what an essay really is, and how you write one. Or at least, how I write one.
The Guardian ran a funny yet sobering story about the state of psychoanalysis today. It’s a very entertaining read, and well worth it.
After my little rant yesterday, I’ve found some more information on KMail and it looks good.
I posted a question asking how to resolve my message archiving dilemma. And I got an excellent suggestion: use filters. Slick. KMail may turn out to be the first mail reader I’m truly happy with.
On the other hand, I’ve just seen it crash twice, once with SIGILL… Let’s hope that bug gets ironed out.
This may keep me busy for awhile :-)
A History of Clinton, Bush, and Terrorism sets out the theory that the Clinton administration was more effective and competant than the Bush administration.
With AOL, MS, etc. all hyping SPF, this is an interesting and important read. SPF is harmful.
To many Americans, it seems that patriotism is the flag-waving unquestioning devotion to the United States and its armed forces. July 4th and Memorial Day bring out these sentiments everywhere, and we are constantly reminded to be patriotic, support our troops, to pledge allegiance to our government above all else, and remember those in the armed forces that died for our freedom.
Many “patriotic” people get mad at those that point out that the United States has never, in its entire history, lived up to those words in the pledge: “with liberty and justice for all.” In fact, when the pledge was written in 1892, slavery was not yet a distant memory. Segregation and racial discrimination were still the norm. White juries, especially in the south, sentenced black men to death on the flimsiest of evidence, while exonorating white lynchers that were clearly guilty. It’s considered “unpatriotic” or “against America” to mention these things, especially around July 4.
Continue reading Redefining Patriotism
Moore, and Fahrenheit 9/11 distributor Lions Gate Films, both have no problem if people pirate the film. Check out the article: Moore: pirate my film, no problem.
From a post to NANOG: Can a Customer take their IP’s with them? (Court says yes!). Looks like a very stupid decision out of New Jersey.
Wikipedia. It has everything. More useful articles than I’ve ever seen in an encyclopedia before, and you can download the entire thing if you like.