Special Interest Group on CRAP

I went back to look at the spam that is sent out by ACM trying to get me to buy a membership. It turns out that it is sent out on the 11th of each month, right on schedule. I guess that means there is a cron job someplace that is firing off [...]

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Just think if the Internet had been designed by the telephone companies:

We would have four different internets, with gateways that restricted what could flow through them.
You would have to buy your computer from your ISP, and you couldn’t switch ISPs and keep the same computer unless the remainder when you divided the MAC address by [...]

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I’ve been wondering whether I should just let the blog die, or whether I should revive it. We all look for outlets for our writings, but blogs seem pretty dead to me lately. Maybe some day…

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For a few months I’ve been carrying one of the new android phones. This phone was provided to be by my employer for development, but it’s essentially the same as the G1 from T-Mobile.
Several people have asked me for my impressions about the phone, and naturally you should be suspicious of my opinions since [...]

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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 [...]

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I recently had the opportunity to fly on United Airlines, returning from Hawaii. It would perhaps be better to say that I recently had the chance to experience economic experimentation by United Airlines.
I booked a flight for my family a month in advance, paid a market price for the tickets, and tried to reserve [...]

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Today’s announcement of the new iPhone was greeted with headlines from several major publications claiming a price decrease. An example is given by the dumb fucks at time, who said “the cheaper, faster iPhone”. In reality this is crap, because the new iPhone in the US is having a price increase. While [...]

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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. [...]

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OK I’m not unique in saying that an airline sucks. Most of the world thinks that the airlines suck. The thing that distinguishes the airline industry is that they are so accomplished in finding a way to behave like crap.
I went to have my wife “check in” for a flight today. They [...]

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