Monthly Archives: March 2002

the future is here

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

Dad, about to move from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, reports on a house-hunting trip: We had done a lot of looking at houses through the Internet before going, and we were already quite attracted to the house we actually bought. Score … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Spank Inferno

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

(You know I’ve been itching for an occasion to use that phrase.) I got mail today (on one of my many lists) that began: SUPER EMERGENCY – MUST READ – PLEASE ACT NOW I AM THE MODERATOR OF A YAHOO … Continue reading →

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there can be only one

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

What is the Latin plural of Elvis? I’ve just seen Elvii, which is clearly wrong (the singular would then be Elvius). The most obvious candidate is Elves, but of course one cannot count on one’s readers to pronounce it with … Continue reading →

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don’t overdo it

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

Maybe your new CSS would look drop-dead spiffy in a browser newer than NS 4.76. But it seems a bit fishy that I’m forever reading that claim in either blue-on-black or white-on-white. (I did manage to install NS 6.21 a … Continue reading →

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exclave

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 09 by Anton

The physicists at Los Alamos sometimes had trouble interfacing with local government, and so a new small county was carved for them out of Sandoval County. But a small bit was left over, so now Sandoval has an exclave of … Continue reading →

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Zegnatronese Liberation Army

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 09 by Anton

Zegnatronic Man has a new sign! He has given up his impeachment campaigns, and now wants the world to know this: I MAGNIN 12 GALAXIES ALPHATRONIC PROFANED PERJURIES AGAINST THEM RULING THE UNIVERSE AND DECTROTRONIC PROPOSITIONS (The italic parts are … Continue reading →

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regulate guns like cars?

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 09 by Anton

David Kopel in Reason: Most cities do prohibit property owners from storing their cars in an unsightly manner (say, on cinder blocks in the front yard), or from parking too many cars on the public street in front of their … Continue reading →

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