Monthly Archives: April 2005

QotD

Will Wilkinson: It is especially incoherent when welfare liberals accuse markets of involving BOTH radical cooperative interdependence, such that much of a society’s wealth is a “social product” to which individuals have no moral claim independent of some rule of … Continue reading

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temptation

A spam this morning from someone who wants to “invest” in my website and improve its search-rank; apparently he believes I’m selling something. I’m way tempted to call the 877 number and string them along, seeing how long it takes … Continue reading

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yo-yo

Comcast’s DNS has been flaky of late, making me wonder: why doesn’t the browser cache IP addresses?

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a first time for everything

Date: 13 Apr 2005 15:37:12 -0000 To: bronto@pobox.com Subject: QUERIDO MIO From: JAMES UDO INIEKPO Estimado Sr. Les saludos, soy JAMES UDO INIEKPO un director con el departamento de los recursos del petróleo y de la secretaria del agrupacion de … Continue reading

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black with white stripes

Thoughts on my way to sleep: Strong marijuana often smells of mercaptan. Do unscrupulous pot-farmers encourage skunks to spray near their patch? The smell of a distant skunk can be pleasant; has anyone tried using mercaptan (much diluted!) as a … Continue reading

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selective violence

After cataloguing the Brady Campaign’s calls for measures that (even if ideally implemented) would have done nothing to reduce the body count in Red Lake, “Lady Liberty” observes: You see, there’s another fact we’re hearing very little about. Security guards, … Continue reading

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upload induction

Previously muttered: I often ponder what life might be like among Uploads: human minds which have been scanned into machines, leaving the flesh behind and spending most of their time in simulated worlds. . . . Lately I’ve pondered the plight of … Continue reading

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