I do most of my blogging on a Thinkpad running Windows XP. I messed with trying to run a linux laptop, but I could not get wireless networking to work reliably and securely (i.e., with WPA enabled). On XP it’s a piece of cake.
I decided the next best thing would be to export [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2005 by pwyll
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The Independent discusses Lucia Annunziata, an Italian journalist:
For Ms Annunziata, Bin Laden’s success in mounting a military challenge to the only superpower, “the first such Islamic military success in more than 400 years”, is analogous to Tony Blair’s achievement in rescuing the Labour Party from its moribund state in the 1980s. But both men are [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2005 by pwyll
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ABC News reports:
BERLIN Jun 8, 2005 — Experts have discovered a previously unknown work by Johann Sebastian Bach in documents taken from a German library shortly before it was heavily damaged by fire, researchers said Wednesday.
It was believed to be the first new Bach work to surface in 30 years.
Researcher Michael Maul found the aria, [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2005 by pwyll
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Christians, especially Catholics and evangelicals, have led the fight against abortion. They believe, as do I, that abortion is infanticide. My atheistic reasons for this belief are described here.
I think that the Christian opposition to abortion has been less effective that it might have been, because many Christians are more concerned with appearances than with [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2005 by pwyll
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Syrian terrorist Abu Ibrahim, quoted in the Washington Post:
“They think jihad will stop if they kill hundreds of us in Iraq,” Abu Ibrahim said with a note of defiance. “They don’t know what they are facing. Every day, more and more young men from around the Muslim world are awaking and coming to the jihad [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2005 by pwyll
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The NY Times informs us that
More than half of Americans will develop a mental illness at some point in their lives, often beginning in childhood or adolescence, researchers have found in a survey that experts say will have wide-ranging implications for the practice of psychiatry.
I believe that if this country had universal health insurance, compassionate [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2005 by pwyll
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