Linux geek, blues freak, political junkie, lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan. Life in the post-boom, pre-x wasteland.

Air Disk: A Sales Feature or Vaporware?

Having a large external disk available on my network via AirPort Extreme (APE) was one of the reasons I upgraded from my old Air Port to APE. Certainly the "n" specification and speed boost set high expectations.

Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public

But in Obama's faith in the average American voter lies one of the greatest weaknesses of his campaign.

The Individualized Second Amendment

The first question about the D.C. gun case is, how will they rule? Reporters who observed the oral argument today seem nearly certain that 1)a majority of the Court will find some individual right to gun ownership in the Second Amendment, and 2)the D.C.

Informed Comment: Obama, Race and the Dynamism of America

Barack Obama was talking about something very personal to him, about being rooted in family and community. He recognizes that race had shaped both and had wounded both. He refuses to give up on the communities in which he is rooted even if they sometimes act out on issues of race.

Hullabaloo: Corporate Welfare

Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they deserve their seven-figure salaries and how government should keep its hands off the private economy.

Bush and McCain Have a Bad Hair Day

Was the old warrior just momentarily confused? Does that happen often? Or Did John McCain just illustrate he is as dangerously misinformed as the President? Neither man can sort out Sunnies from Shia, al Qaeda from the Iranians, and who hates whom, but both men are certain the li …

Blue Hampshire:: Never Again

For those of you with a high tolerance for pain and tragedy, you can watch over an hour of this staggering, arrogant mendacity at Leading to War.

Responsible Plan, from Democratic candidates

Recognizing that ending the war in Iraq is critical to our nation's security and foreign policy, Darcy Burner and at least a dozen other Democratic congressional candidates have signaled their support for a comprehensive approach to foreign policy that would put us back on the ri …

From the desk of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A confidential memo to Gerry Ferraro

From the desk of Hillary Rodham Clinton CONFIDENTIAL MEMO TO: Gerry Ferraro DATE: March 14, 2008 Re: Our victorious week Ger:

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Can Obama win if Ferraro stays?

To say that the Clinton campaign's verbal thrust-and-parry has taken a Kafkaesque turn would understate the otherworldly focus of their response.

The Adults of Campaign '08

To paraphrase John Edwards, I think it's safe to say that what we saw last night in the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate were the adults of the US presidential campaign.

It's The Language

When Obama speaks, he creates a future of an America in which all of us together will take on the troubles we know in our heart are coming and repair the damages which have occurred. Every time Obama opens his mouth, that future is more and more real. It happens AS he speaks.

Bhutto

I've been listening to CNN on XM at my desk this morning, as I did most of the morning yesterday. The developments in the Bhutto assassination today are telling. They have the distinctive whine of a heavy propaganda machine spinning up.

24 Hours On

24 hours after the stunning victory of Democrats in the mid-term elections, an observation seems in order.

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DeLay calls it quits

Republican Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives' fallen majority leader, is calling it quits in face of mounting legal problems and a tough re-election campaign that may have been unwinnable.

0 To 60 In 3.4 Seconds

Technology is making it possible for sports cars from Porsche and Lotus to achieve efficiency and performance previously reserved for racing vehicles. Better engine aspiration produces much more power. Lower emissions make them street legal in many countries.

Tests Confirm Windows Vulnerabilities

Recent tests on unpatched Windows and Linux servers confirm that Windows installations, left exposed to the Internet, can be compromised in as little as 1 hour, 12 minutes. Unpatched Linux servers from Red Hat and Suse remained uncompromised in the six weeks of testing.

Moderation Loses

For most of my life, I've tried to view all positions and viewpoints equally as a starting point for forming my own opinion. It's how I was raised, to equally value the opinions and beliefs of all, regardless of whether I might agree.

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Reasonable Or Probable?

This really isn't so difficult. The administration, in the voice of General Michael Hayden, has now made the claim that the Fourth Amendment requires only a standard of reasonableness in order to execute a search. Let's see what the Constitution actually says:

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Feds Probe D.C. School Prank

Wow, you know your high school principal's strict when he sics the U.S. Secret Service on your teenage, prank-playing ass. That's what just happened at Georgetown Day School, a prestigious Washington, D.C.

UCLA students urged to expose 'radical' professors

A conservative alumni group dedicated to "exposing the most radical professors" at the University of California at Los Angeles is offering to pay students $100 to record classroom lectures of suspect faculty.

Abortion Battles Play Out State by State - Yahoo! News

Lawmakers in two states are proposing broad abortion bans they hope will eventually win approval from a reconfigured, more conservative high court.

GPL 3: Analysis and Review Begins

The proverbial ink on the first draft of the GPL version 3 is barely dry and is already generating a flurry of discussion and review.

Consultants report corporations embracing, saving with open source

Linux and open source software are jumping the hurdles to wider corporate adoption, and are delivering significant cost savings to companies that use them, according to a report released last month by consulting firm Optaros.

When Bad People Are Punished, Men Smile (but Women Don't)

In the study, when male subjects witnessed people they perceived as bad guys being zapped by a mild electrical shock, their M.R.I. scans lit up in primitive brain areas associated with reward. Their brains' empathy centers remained dull.

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