Monthly Archives: March 2002

spam watch: “Murkowski Bill” mutates

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 24 by Anton

I just got a spam with this tag: . . . This message is sent in compliance of the new email Bill HR 1910. Under Bill HR 1910 passed by the 106th US Congress on May 24, 1999, this message cannot be … Continue reading →

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nuke em till they sell

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 24 by Anton

This gives me a fab idea for a business: produce trinitite for collectors by setting off nukes on the Moon. (It wouldn’t be the same as the original trinitite, because Lunar soil has more aluminum, if memory serves.)

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the two or more cultures

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 24 by Anton

Bob’s Cartoons “I later discovered that, of all the disciplines at CMU, material science is the only one with no cartoons at all in their hallway.”

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kick him again!

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 23 by Anton

It’s a guilty pleasure to watch James Lileks devote his awesome talent to shooting fish in a barrel.

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“a disgrace to american science”

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 23 by Anton

Philip Stott on l’affaire Lomborg. (Link from Andy Kashdan, from John Cole.)

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 22 by Anton

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Necessity is a dangerous plea for the privilege of power; especially when the sole judge of it is the power pretending it.

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 22 by Anton

Samuel Johnson 1768 (by way of the Future of Freedom Foundation) They make a rout about universal liberty without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty. Political liberty is … Continue reading →

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