Monthly Archives: October 2004

liens du jour

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

Goodies from today’s Rational Review News Digest: “Statist Joe” by Gil Guillory, a response to “Conservative Joe”, a Progressive satire that has been going around and is included as a footnote. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking … Continue reading →

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constitutional reform of the week

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

Michael Bradshaw: The House of Repeals

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stock up on iridium supplement tablets

Posted on Sunday, 2004 October 03 by Anton

Suppose we launch a self-replicating system of robots that look for asteroids that might hit Earth, land on them and build engines to steer them into Earth-avoiding orbits. Megayears later, might we find the biosphere depleted of some trace element … Continue reading →

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Ravenna Park

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 02 by Anton

Logging this so I can find it later: a favorite parable of private-sector conservation is that of William Beck’s Ravenna Park in Seattle. 2006: that link has gone bad, but here’s another.

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Vishnu Integrating Analog Computer?

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 02 by Anton

Mars has a crater named Vishniac. If you’re anything like me, you’re curious about the etymology of such a name: it doesn’t fit the spelling and morphology of any language that comes to mind. Ephraim Vishniac tells all.

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parabolic, baby!

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 02 by Anton

What d’ya know, there is a commercial Vomit Comet.

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privatize medicine!

Posted on Friday, 2004 October 01 by Anton

Ever notice that, when socialists want to illustrate the inadequacy of the private sector, their favorite example of (current) market failure is the most regulated and subsidized industry of all?

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