Carnal Reason

This looks like one sweet piece of electronics.

Posted on September 20th, 2005 by pwyll
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A major flaw at the heart of the open source movement is the misconception that most individuals actually have the legal right to contribute their intellectual efforts to OSS projects. In most industrialized nations, intellectual property (IP) generated by an employee through the course of his or her employment legally belongs to the employer. In [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2005 by pwyll
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The Lincoln Center event I mentioned earlier also had this political
outburst from one of my musical favorites: “Elvis Costello, who
performed with jazz giant Allen Toussaint, said he heard conservatives
were worried about Katrina’s rebuilding cost: ‘I just hope we keep in
our minds that an effort like this can never be too expensive.’”
Source: Tim Graham, The Corner
Can [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2005 by pwyll
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Good news coming out of a courtroom:
SANFORD - Hundreds of cases involving breath-alcohol tests have been thrown out by Seminole County judges in the past five months because the test’s manufacturer will not disclose how the machines work.
All four of Seminole County’s criminal judges have been using a standard that if a DUI defendant asks [...]

Posted on September 16th, 2005 by pwyll
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I found the picture, above, and the following in a forum associated with a Venezuelan news site, NoticieroDigital.com. I intersperse my translation into English with the original.

Codigo biblico revela identidad de George W. Bush.
Bible code reveals the identity of George W. Bush.

Algunos asiduos lectores han escrito en varias oportunidades a nuestra redacci�n para solicitarnos que [...]

Posted on September 15th, 2005 by pwyll
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Asked about Roe v. Wade, Judge Roberts remarked “Either way, just so you get out of New Orleans.”

Posted on September 15th, 2005 by pwyll
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