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CIA's private jet an open secret in terror war |
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| Topic: Knowledge Management |
8:01 am EST, Dec 28, 2004 |
The plane's owner of record, Premier Executive Transport Services Inc., lists directors and officers who appear to exist only on paper. And each one of those directors and officers has a recently issued Social Security number and an address consisting only of a post office box, according to an extensive search of state, federal and commercial records. CIA's private jet an open secret in terror war |
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Skunkworks At Apple -- The Graphing Calculator Story |
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| Topic: Technology |
5:03 pm EST, Dec 25, 2004 |
The secret to programming is not intelligence, though of course that helps. It is not hard work or experience, though they help, too. The secret to programming is having smart friends. I had none of the traditional power over others that is inherent to the structure of corporations and bureaucracies. I had neither budget nor headcount. I answered to no one, and no one had to do anything I asked. Dozens of people collaborated spontaneously, motivated by loyalty, friendship, or the love of craftsmanship. We were hackers, creating something for the sheer joy of making it work. Skunkworks At Apple -- The Graphing Calculator Story |
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Creationism Trumps Evolution |
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| Topic: Science |
1:13 pm EST, Nov 27, 2004 |
Americans do not believe that humans evolved, and the vast majority says that even if they evolved, God guided the process. Just 13 percent say that God was not involved. But most would not substitute the teaching of creationism for the teaching of evolution in public schools. Here is the most interesting divide that emerges from this poll: Humans evolved, God did not guide process:
Kerry voters, 21%
Bush voters, 6% There's a certain quality of reflexive incredulity to this story. It's as though the evolutionists (via the media) are saying to the creationists, "I can't believe you still don't believe!" And they're doing it in such a way that depicts the creationists as Slow. This poll is more entertainment than serious inquiry. I think it is unnecessarily issue-oriented, on the basis of writing a news story using the "findings." It would work better as a study instead of a poll. You don't really need to use the terms "evolution" and "creationism." First, ask them if they believe in God. Next, ask them to define the scientific method. Then ask or not they "accept" the scientific method. Finally, ask them how they react to conflicts between the scientific and the religious. You might get more dialogue going if you open it up a bit, allowing people to talk about cosmology. It would also reveal, perhaps to the surprise of some, just how many people still believe in astrology. --- In Britain, some people have taken to mocking Richard Dawkins, saying that he's had just "one idea" in his career, and he can't stop talking about it. His one idea is the "Selfish Gene." I suppose the same type of thing was said about Darwin in his day. Creationism Trumps Evolution |
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| Topic: Futurism |
8:56 pm EST, Nov 25, 2004 |
Someone predicts that Microsoft will invent MemeStreams in 2008 and then it will be replaced by Google/Amazon in 2010. I especially liked the part where "the New York Times becomes a print-only newsletter for the elite and the elderly." EPIC 2014 |
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| Topic: Technology |
11:16 pm EST, Nov 18, 2004 |
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Woo hoo! I'm a Scholar! Yay! Google Scholar |
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Kevin Sites Blog: Fallujah Street by Street |
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| Topic: Current Events |
8:17 pm EST, Nov 14, 2004 |
Our humvees pass by a body of a man in the center of the street. There is a hole through his left eye socket where a Marine sniper round passed cleanly through. Insurgent snipers begin firing in front of the Marines. One round pierces the Kevlar helmet a twenty-year-old Mark 19 gunner -- in my vehicle. He is badly wounded. He's put in a canvas stretcher and six Marines run through the streets carrying him to a waiting military ambulance. The Marines know they are being hunted. Boxed from the east and the west in a treacherous kill zone by an enemy they can feel -- but can't see. Their superior firepower is checked by the insurgents' knowledge of the city -- their cunning in using blind alleyways and the crooks and crannies of buildings to pick off the Marines. Kevin Sites Blog: Fallujah Street by Street |
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Jon Stewart in the Crossfire |
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| Topic: Media |
12:08 pm EDT, Oct 17, 2004 |
The irony is killing me. Caught in the Crossfire, Stewart's un-funny is oh-so-funny. STEWART: You know, the interesting thing I have is, you have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.
CARLSON: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.
STEWART: You need to go to one. The thing that I want to say is, when you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...
CARLSON: Wait. I thought you were going to be funny. Come on. Be funny.
STEWART: No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey.
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BEGALA: Go ahead. Go ahead.
STEWART: I watch your show every day. And it kills me.
CARLSON: I can tell you love it.
STEWART: It's so -- oh, it's so painful to watch.
(LAUGHTER)
STEWART: You know, because we need what you do. This is such a great opportunity you have here to actually get politicians off of their marketing and strategy.
CARLSON: Is this really Jon Stewart? What is this, anyway? Jon Stewart in the Crossfire |
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Johns Hopkins Magazine - Fukuyama interview |
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| Topic: International Relations |
6:02 pm EDT, Oct 9, 2004 |
One of the big problems is that we are subject, as a democracy, to momentary enthusiasms for undertaking projects of various sorts. But a lot of times we don't have the staying power to see them through to the end. That comment sums up so much about the United States, even in areas having nothing to do with foreign policy and international affairs. Johns Hopkins Magazine - Fukuyama interview |
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