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Posts from June 2010

Posted
30 June 2010 @ 8am

Tagged
Navel, Silly

Maniacal Chortling Fail

My mom’s notebook has been running dog slow of late, so I logged onto it last night to troubleshoot. I used iChat’s remote screen sharing feature, which lets me control her computer and chat with her at the same time, all from the comfort of my own home. Now — one thing I like to [...]


Posted
27 June 2010 @ 8am

Tagged
Navel

A Little Gratitude

Penn Jillette, commenting on the frequent bashings that Christians receive on his Showtime program: Teller and I have been brutal to Christians, and their response shows that they’re good fucking Americans who believe in freedom of speech. We attack them all the time, and we still get letters that say, “We appreciate your passion. Sincerely [...]


Posted
14 June 2010 @ 8pm

Tagged
Geekery

Apple Splits Hairs, Insults Our Intelligence

So Apple appears to have tweaked section 3.3.2 of their draconian iOS license agreement to distinguish between “non-compiled code” and “meta-platforms” — the former being acceptable, the latter naughty. Flash CS5 is still forbidden, but games built on libraries that use interpreted languages are ok — or might be ok, if Apple deigns to give [...]


Specious Argument Watch

Jonathan Chait pretends to make a reasonable argument about the Gaza tragedy: I consider settlements a very major problem. I do think, though, that the more important problem is the refusal of Palestinians to accept the legitimacy of any Jewish state. In a 2009 poll, 71% of Palestinians said it was “essential” to have a [...]