Monthly Archives: April 2004

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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grab-bag

Wanting to learn about database programming, it occurred to me to resume work on my fullerene search code. I’m a bit surprised to find that I haven’t touched it in two years. Speaking of surprises – Angel the vampire had … Continue reading

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cui bono?

Debra of Wolfesblog reports: the federal government (you know, the guys who swear they’re doing ‘everything possible’ to protect the beef supply) does not allow such private testing for mad cow disease. Perhaps that should read “to protect the beef … Continue reading

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me and my big mouth

I used to sneer at those so tone-deaf as to mistake the soundtrack of Conan the Barbarian (1982) for Carl Orff’s arrangement of the Carmina Burana. (Which, by the way, ought to be pronounced cármina, not carmîna.) This last Frinight … Continue reading

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no Glory!

Continuing to catch up on events in Sunnydale, I find the writing sloppier in season 5. My remarks at greater length. Another fan replies: When Buffy was rockin’ this sort of trivia didn’t matter. The show was about Buffy’s tears, … Continue reading

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