Today is Memorial Day in the United States. The intent of Memorial Day is to honor and remember those who have perished in military service to their country. Those who pay the ultimate price for their country are owed a debt of gratitude that is unquestioned. Our military services operate for two purposes. The primary [...]
Entries from May 2008
Aggression for defense is like raping for virginity
May 26th, 2008 ·
Tags: Politics · Uncategorized
23andme and me
May 24th, 2008 ·
I recently signed up for 23andme.com. I was motivated in part because I don’t know the genetic background on my mother’s side (she was essentially a stolen baby, without any knowledge of her parents). I’m optimistic about science being able to make use of genetic information to improve the human condition in the future, but [...]
Tags: Inspirations · Research
There are more sexists than racists
May 20th, 2008 ·
As the democratic presidential nomination process winds down, it’s probably a good time to reflect on what happened along the way. In the beginning there were a lot of candidates (Biden, Dodd, Edwards, Richardson, etc). When the California primary rolled around, I ended up voting for Hillary Clinton, although it was a close call. At [...]
Tags: Politics
The reality of Facebook?
May 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Unfortunately this has a ring of truth to it. It’s hard for some people to imagine, but there really are reasons to say no to some friendships.
Tags: The internet
The birthday of spam
May 2nd, 2008 ·
Sadly, today is the 30th birthday of spam. I seem to remember that you should never trust anyone over 30. Email providers are largely distinguished today by their ability to accurately filter out spam. There is a huge of amount of absolute crap that is sent, but most of this is easy to handle. The [...]
Tags: security · The internet