http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php Vulgarity intended to get me writing again. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:20:10 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 blog@ecitonred.com blog@ecitonred.com en The definitive difference between Creation and Destruction, is that destruction is very hard (often impossible) to undo. http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=904 Invention? User interface to specify time using a mouse. Similar to the way that users are prompted with a calendar when they need to enter a date, users are presented a standard clock. Clicking on the location of the "little hand" sets the hour and approximates the minute. Then users can drag ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=903 I think what we forget when we consider corporations, is that for some reason we think they are different from other earlier forms of human groups. We discuss their internal cultures like they are tribes, but we don't think about what happens when tribe expand into nations with governments. Corporations ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=902 So instead of a Right vs Left political spectrum which gets confused all the time, and where it isn't possible to tell the difference between ultra-left and ultra-right, because they both end up totalitarian dictatorships. [The Ultra takes precedent.] I suggest we start using a two axis spectrum that has ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=900 Most of the significant contemporary problems can be reduced to the problem of Scale. One piece of little will http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=899 The strongest argument against Nihlism is that it is horribly depressing. Its greatest strength is that it argues that any refutation of itself can be successful based upon the merits of the refutation. Thus believing anything is better than believing nothing for the sake of our mental health. The problem ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=898 Now, the question was, "How do you feel about $700 BILLION for the Wall St Bailout?" and McCain returns to his complaint about a $3million earmark to study bears. Now, If Congress is trying to decide upon how to progress with the Endangered Species Act, and they need more information ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=897 McCains pitch was that the workers of America are our "Fundamentals" and those workers are committed and hardworking. The problem is that he supports policies that decrease the likelyhood of those workers having work. You can't tell me our fundamentals are strong because people are working more hours for less ... http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=896 The bible says that God created us in his image. Why? What does that mean? If you argue that our allegiance to God (and to Good) is through Obedience. If we are only here to Obey, then we might as well be dogs. http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=895 The speaker just spent 15min telling us that the government had to restrict our rights to protect our rights. Argh! http://ecitonred.com/sh/blog/index.php?p=894