(stolen from Pharyngula)
Month: February 2005
Converting ISO-8859-1 data to UTF-8 (and back again)
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HST
Damn America … just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. … When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. … It was the Law of the … Continue reading “HST”
Morons
(via Eschaton) From the Fascist Conservative Political Action Conference – Among the believers: Vice President Dick Cheney, a regular CPAC speaker, gave the keynote address. California Rep. Chris Cox had the honor of introducing him, and he took the opportunity to mock the Democrats whose hatred of America led them to get Iraq so horribly … Continue reading “Morons”
Untested Defense Meets Non-Existent Threat
(via APS – What’s new by Robert L. Park – Friday, 18 Feb 05) 1. MISSILE DEFENSE: UNTESTED DEFENSE MEETS NON-EXISTENT THREAT. In last Sunday’s missile defense test, an interceptor missile again refused to leave its silo. Who can blame it? It’s crazy out there. A month ago, a “minor software glitch” caused a malfunction … Continue reading “Untested Defense Meets Non-Existent Threat”
Friday Cat Blogging (2005-02-18)
There’s something fundamentally wrong with the universe…
Considering that the original Battlestar Galactica‘s awfulness was only exceeded by, ahem, Galactica 1980, I’m surprised the new Battlestar Galactica is actually pretty good. I have some minor nits to pick (for example, water is not exactly rare in the universe), but, unlike recent incarnations of Star Trek, I have yet to be disappointed. Who … Continue reading “There’s something fundamentally wrong with the universe…”
Nothing like a good football analogy
(via APS – What’s new by Robert L. Park – Friday, 11 Feb 05) 2. PROLIFERATION: TAUNTING IS ONLY AGAINST THE RULES IN THE NFL. Let’s see if we’ve got this right: based on unfounded rumors of nuclear weapons in Iraq, the U.S. committed itself to a war that has so far cost the lives … Continue reading “Nothing like a good football analogy”
Friday Cat Blogging (2005-02-11)
An Interview Question
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