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It's really interesting how technology has empowered people. We've seen it in the Arab Spring uprisings, people using cell phones and the Internet to coordinate congregating together and to share common ideas. Occupy Wall Street is no different. It is amazing to me what little camera-equipped cell phones have done in the way of citizen reporting. It is becoming increasingly difficult for police and authority figures to get away with much these days because of the diverse means of monitoring their activity.
Some have even gone as far as stitching these recordings together to give a more complete picture of what...
I read this article today about the growing divide between Silicon Valley and the unemployed and crafted an email response to its author. In addition, I decided to post my thoughts here.
It's interesting in that the article spends a great deal of time trying to generate empathy for the unfortunate situation that a great deal of Americans find themselves in, but I'm not sure the article is persuasive in encouraging people to do something, if for no other reason that it doesn't really outline actionable things people can do.
One could argue that many of these people...
I see a lot of buzz out on the Internet over the verdict on the Casey Anthony trial. I don't watch TV where a lot of the action has been, so I have been mostly out of the loop on the day to day happenings. Thank goodness. From the sound of things this trial seems to have played out much like the OJ Simpson trial: play-by-play analysis, extra-court opinion, people ready to send her to the gas chamber.
And so it isn't too surprising that people are upset that the jury found her not guilty of murder. I think the whole...
First off, I am not a journalist. What I'm about to write comes from a single source. I'm not from Louisiana and the only time I've been to New Orleans was en route to Guatemala City and our plane was forced down because a drunk Italian was attacking a passenger on the plane. So take all of this worth a grain a salt. But maybe there's something more to it.
I had a conversation today with a man who currently lives in New Orleans. His wife wanted to move there in order to do relief work after hurricane Katrina blew through...
Every once in a while I go check out my Google Analytics account to get an idea of how people are reaching my website. A lot of my traffic is driven by Google searches, so imagine my surprise when I saw this term pop up in the list of key words:
I'm pretty sure that I am not the intended target, however, my blog does show up as the #1 hit for that search. Nevertheless, I am fairly certain I am not a good political candidate, if for no other reason that I say what I mean and mean what I...
Good to see Ars Technica walking the walk on copyright law. Abuse is rife by both sides of the copyright debate, so it's good to see them take a stand that reflects the true nature of the law:
But of course, you can reproduce and distribute and cache much of this information for a variety of reasons under US copyright law. We told readers that we would look into the issue, and Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher agreed to ask our corporate lawyers about making a small change to the notice.
I'm only four chapters into Atlas Shrugged, but the parallels to modern events are startling. The main industry that this book involves (at least so far) is the railroad business:
Then it was said that large, established railroad systems were essential to the public welfare; and that the collapse of one of them would be a national catastrophe; and that if one such system had happened to sustain a crushing loss in a public-spirited attempt to contribute to international good will, it was entitled to public support to help it survive the blow.
Substitute railroad for bank and we have just read...
I woke up this morning surprised, like every other American, that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I can't say that I'm really happy for him, nor I am I angry that he received it. When I had mentioned this to some coworkers who hadn't heard the news, the first question they asked was, "For what?" Considering that nominations had to be proposed by early February, Obama would have only been in office a few weeks before someone put his name in for consideration. The media were abuzz about this same question and apologists were quick to...
First and foremost, I am not an Obama shill, quite far from it. So on that note, why all the controversy of Obama addressing the students of this nation to encourage them to do better? I think Obama understands, as do I, the complete utter lack of accountability that people my age and younger have about their future. We live in an age where our dreams rest upon the fantasies of getting something for nothing. We care not for hard work and determination, where everything in life is granted by handouts and even our failings are assuaged by purple check...
The Forces Of Evil™ better be quaking in their boots.
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