That seems to be the point of this fine display of ignorance and racism. Yep, these are my neighbors.

Ubuntu Linux Resources
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A VC: The Post American World
Interesting book review of an interesting sounding book
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Enable Commercial DVD Playback on Ubuntu 8.04 : Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper – Feisty – Gutsy – Hardy
(tags: dvd ubuntu)

The octopuses, they are smart.

The next time somebody refers to Republicans as fiscally responsible refer them to this chart.

via The Agitator.

After dinner, Breck let me know that his computer crashed while online today, and now it won’t boot. He wasn’t kidding. It wouldn’t even boot into safe mode. Luckily, I still have the install CD, so I tried a repair install. It failed. So then I booted from CD into the recovery console and ran […]

USOC to rescue wayward U.S. Fencing Association – Brian Cazeneuve – SI.com
(tags: fencing)

This edition is courtesy of Daryl.
Melinda Gates (wife of zillionaire Bill) was asked about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s call for all students to go on to college:
“NPR: I just want to ask you about a statement on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Web site that I read, which is that, “All students […]

Cancer Cured? Granulocytes Treatment Worked 100 Percent In Mice Work But Will It Work In Humans? | Scientific Blogging
Are we on the verge of delivering the knockout blow to cancer?
(tags: health cancer)

Since I asked the question, I guess I should answer.
Imagine a world run by any of the major religions.
Which of those worlds would you want to live in? I’d throw my lot with the Buddhists. I want to live in a world free from magical thinking, where science and rationality rules.
Buddhists don’t believe […]

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