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Stop me before I snack again!
Saw a link to this at Ace’s: It’s a simple concept, but one that many people could use. The Kitchen Safe measures 6 x 6 x 6.5 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm), which is large enough to fit … Continue reading →
Those were the days, my friend
Who’s this?:
Continue reading →Snowden: none dare call it treason
Actually, some do. But the charges filed by federal prosecutors under the Espionage Act against Edward Snowden don’t: Snowden has been charged with three violations: theft of government property and two offenses under the espionage statutes, specifically giving national defense … Continue reading →
Distrust vs. security, domestic and foreign: Part II
[here’s McCarthy recently on how the NSA program and much of the Patriot Act had the intent of ending the firewall http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2013/06/12/congressman-sensenbrenner-is-wrong-on-patriot-act-records/ ] Vietnam War ended right after Watergate, no coincidence. Ford was not committed to the war. Congress was … Continue reading →
What computers can do these days
If true, this is both interesting and frightening: At a research center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, agency scientists and engineers are building super computers capable of running at exaflop speed–that’s one million, trillion operations per second. Very useful in performing … Continue reading →
Happy Father’s Day!
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →
“If it is still easy to use a thumb drive…
…that is a major problem.” You said it, brother, you said it. And here I thought NSA stood for National Security Agency. My bad.
Continue reading →Rumor has it…
…that Jennifer is a party pooper. Idioms—they’ll get you every time: Yeah, it’s sophomoric. But it made me laugh.
Continue reading →A doggie/kitty interlude
We need a break, don’t we? This will do nicely: Masterfully done.
Continue reading →Spambot of the day
Lots of practical details right here. Now I am giving that to a couple of associates and also expressing in delectable. And of course, we appreciate you ones perspire! Of course.
Continue reading →Bearing down, radically
David Thompson describes a performance that can rightly be called dreck*. [*The Yiddish meaning, that is, not the German one. Although it fits the German one, too.] [Hat tip: Maetenloch at Ace’s.]
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