An article you might find interesting Dr. Brin:
http://www.bopnews.com/archives/006046.html
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'I wish it need not have happened in my time', said Frodo. 'So do I,'
said Gandalf, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not
for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do
http://www.rofl.name/flash/newsoapbox2
xponent
Cute Flash Maru
rob
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I have seldon seen a better example of intelligence
wasted on spurious pattern recognition.
The sad part is that there were momentary glimmers of
really good insight buried amid the frothing and
ranting.
Nothing could better demonstrate the good and awful
traits of blogging. I envision him
On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Hometown Maru
This reminds me that the local constabulary could well be called the
Department of Hometown Security.
With all that entails.
Dave
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On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:27 AM, The Fool wrote:
http://feministing.com/archives/002691.html
Iran to hang teenage girl who fought back against rapists
This is pretty horrible stuff. A teenage girl in Iran has been
sentenced to death by hanging after she admitted that she accidentally
killed a man
Cameras are getting cheap enough to use everywhere. Just ask our friends
in the UK. But it's important that we keep the government honest - that's
how we ward off the big brother syndrome.
Funny thing is that goverments are strongly opposed to observation of
politicans, both during their work
Religious fanaticism is a poison.
Well, I consider *every* kinf od fanaticism a poison. It means absense of
reason, which is one thing which justifies the word sapiens after the word
homo.
find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming
feature. They are all alike founded
