Author Archives: Anton

QotD

Miss Froy in The Lady Vanishes (1938) I never think you should judge any country by its politics. After all, we English are quite honest by nature, aren’t we?

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words

One often hears mention of “the greater Boston area”. So how come you never hear of “the lesser Boston area”? In unrelated news, I misread the headline “Satire is dead” as “[William] Safire is dead” and wondered why Charlie would … Continue reading

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the logical end of zoning

Eyesore of the Month, December

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resolution

I’m not gonna bore my readers by moaning about depression and solitude. I’m not . . . .

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hell no, I’m too old to go!

Recent reading: Julian Sanchez (and those whom he links, and so on) on the specter of conscription. Will Wilkinson‘s argument (from last summer) is especially readworthy.

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the bright side

Blogdom rejoice: come next week I’m unemployed again.

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GPL goes to court

netfilter project was granted a preliminary injunction against Sitecom GmbH “To my knowledge, this is the first case in which a judicial decision has been decreed on the applicability and the validity of the GNU GPL”, says Dr. Till Jaeger, … Continue reading

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