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• The Website Is Down
  This is pretty funny.
  (tags: humor it geek video)
• Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
  Gates on some of the stupidity of Windows.
  (tags: microsoft windows billgates email humor)
• But It Works On My Machine… | Javalobby
  Test those threads.
  (tags: java programming threads)
• What Does it Mean to be an Open Source Author? | Javalobby
  From releasing some bit of cool code to running a full open source project.
  (tags: opensource programming)
• Religion and Its Role Are in Dispute at the Service Academies - NYTimes.com
  I never understood why we needed prompting to remember to pray.
  (tags: prayer religion government military usa politics freedomofreligion)
• Yahoo to Shareholders: Google Is Better for Us Than Microsoft - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  Duhhh
  (tags: yahoo microsoft google business)
• BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | S Korea to allow US beef back in
  (tags: beef business usa southkorea)
• BBC NEWS | Business | Court overturns Exxon $2.5bn fine
  Punitive damages are designed to hurt a company, half a billion isn’t hurting Exxon, 2.5 billion wasn’t going to hurt them.
  (tags: bussines history lawsuit usa oil exxonmobil exxonvaldez)
• Facebook adds to the chatter with Mini-Feed comments | The Social - CNET News.com
  This looks cool.
  (tags: facebook socialwebsites socialnetworking)
• BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Queen strips Mugabe of knighthood
  (tags: zimbabwe politics humanrights uk)
• Seed: Cribsheet #16: Synthetic Biology
  Great resouce to leanr the basics of different topics, this time Synthetic Biology.
  (tags: science biology)
• Uncertain Principles: Postcards from the Kindergarchy
  The right take on the Bush White House refusing to open e-mails from the EPA.
  (tags: usa bush politics environment epa stupid)
• Bad Astronomy Blog » UFOllowup
  Good explanation for the majority of UFO sightings.
  (tags: ufo science stupid)
• Feminist Daily News 6/25/2008: Don Imus’s Racist Comments Stir Controversy Again
  Is this man stupid?
  (tags: racisim donimus)
• American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Applauds Committee Passage of National Security Letter Reform
  The scope of NSL’s is to be limited. Considering the FBI themselves says that they have been misused, I hope this passes.
  (tags: politics government humanrights usa patriotact)
• Republicans, Democrats Differ on Creationism
  Crazy Study on creationism as split by politcal views.
  (tags: politics science usa statistics)
• Charter Communications ISP Halts Traffic Inspection/Advertising Plan | Electronic Frontier Foundation
  Good move Charter.
  (tags: privacy charter isp advertising internet)
• Do Atheists Exist? | Cosmic Variance
  Remember kids logic is bad.
  (tags: logic debate atheism catholicism)
• Congress Must Investigate Privacy Violations at U.S. Borders | Electronic Frontier Foundation
  My main problem with this is how much data is now in our laptops and other electronic devices, just a massive invasion of privacy, simply for crossing an invisible line.
  (tags: eff privacy congress humanrights)
• In Congress, Parties Differ on How to Expand Offshore Drilling - NYTimes.com
  I love that Congress moves and oil companies actually don’t think it’s going to make a difference, oh logic how you confound us.
  (tags: stupid congress oil)
• Chrysler will offer wireless Internet access in 2009 models - Los Angeles Times
  Awesome.
  (tags: internet automotive chrysler)
• Slashdot | Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill
  Thanks guys.
  (tags: politics usa fisa congress senate)
• How To Attract Young People To Engineering: ‘Make A Difference’ Message Is Key
  (tags: education engineering stemeducation)
• Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive How is technology changing the world of Washington D.C.? «
  This is really cool.
  (tags: congress government internet media politics senate socialnetworking socialmedia twitter)
• Vint Cerf Wonders If We Need To Nationalize the Internet
  I agree it’s a bad solution to a real problem.
  (tags: internet netneutrality)
• duncanriley.com » When I run out of quota, what then?
  This is what will happen if quotas are put in place by ISP’s.
  (tags: isp netneutrality)
• BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Court bans death for child rape
  (tags: supremecourt lawsuit deathpenalty usa politics)
• The 10 Commandments of Web Design
  (tags: webdesign programming)
• Expanding the Internet Well Beyond .com - NYTimes.com
  This is a really bad idea that is going to get abused really fast. Granted a lot of the more common names are running out on the .com TLD, but I see way to many problems with this.
  (tags: internet icann)
• Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills–Ever: Scientific American
  This is really cool.
  (tags: environment energy)
• The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete
  The scientific method is still very much usefull, it actually proves something, this method of simply reading patabytes of data proves nothing.
  (tags: science algorithm statistics google philosophy technology data)
• BBC NEWS | Africa | US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result
  Good move USA.
  (tags: usa africa politics zimbabwe)
• White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail - NYTimes.com
  Are you kidding me, this is like a 5 year old. I despise people that want to refuse facts in favor of a politcal agenda.
  (tags: politics environment bush)
• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fossil fills out water-land leap
  Cool
  (tags: evolution science archaeology)
• Obama Assails Remarks by McCain on Offshore Oil Drilling - NYTimes.com
  My thing is that first off the oil companies don’t even want offshore oil drilling and that even if it was to be allowed today, a meaningful increase in oil production wouldn’t occur for almost 15 years.
  (tags: oil obama mccain energy politics)
• One in Three Stars May Have “Super”-Earths: Scientific American
  (tags: astronomy space science)
• Steven Levitt on child carseats | Video on TED.com
  Carseats really don’t work for kids older than 2.
  (tags: freakonomics safety children car)

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