Special Interest Group on CRAP

Thanks to Spafford for linking to this. I used to think of Ronald Reagan as a horrible president, but then along came George W. McCain. I particularly like the part about whether the US is more respected than it was four years ago.

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When I was a young man, my country was engaged in a supremely misguided war in southeast Asia. Once again, my country is engaged in a supremely misguided war. While it can be said that every election is important, few elections are as important to the future of a country as this one in the [...]

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Does this sound familiar? It’s from 1929…

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I went today to look at the program for CIKM, which is being held two hours away from my house. There are a few interesting talks, so I briefly thought about going. Then I looked at the fees for attending the conference. The fees range from 755 (if you already paid the ACM tax of [...]

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In my previous post I praised the food at my employer, but not everything is rosy. This evening I went to igoogle to find that they had shoved the tabs on the top over to the left. In my opinion this is pure UI idiocy, but it reminds me that there is no correct answer [...]

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I like it that the cooks at Google are creative. Creativity breeds more creativity, and I’m lucky to have such good food at work. Just the same … Fennel Ice Cream? Just say no.

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As I look around at what is happening in the world today, I keep seeing evidence that it all comes down to trust. As someone who spent a great deal of time working on information security, the subject of trust is one that I tried to design for, but I always regarded trust as a [...]

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President Palin. I think I’m going to puke.

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