Archive for the ‘Cultural’ Category

Language Obfuscation/ Sarah Palin/ Regulation

29, Sep 2009

Radio’s Regulatory Roadblocks – How the FCC slows new wireless technologies
Fear not, solutions are discussed as well. A very solid article that escapes harsh criticism and presents the facts in an easily digestible form.
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You Commit Three Felonies a Day
“Early in 1774, Benjamin Franklin reported the British government’s harsh reaction to a petition he had presented [...]

Net Neutrality Follow Up

28, Sep 2009

I have to wonder what causes me to reenter the fray. A few persons were confused by my talking points, a few said my technical understanding of the problem was misguided and almost all of you managed to convey these ideas in a condescending way. I suppose I can’t blame you too much, but it’s [...]

Net Neutrality is the FCC beginning to censor the internet. You just don’t know it.

26, Sep 2009

It’s a straw man. It’s a nonissue that is a gateway to Google.cn being your homepage. And why not? Google wanted to do business in China so they helped censor the internet. Do you think your ISP needs to go to the trouble?

Routine Traffic Stop – Pt. 1

23, Sep 2009

Josh is right.
Routine traffic stops are unpleasant.
Routine Mexican traffic stops are quite unpleasant.
One night I was driving home in rural Mexico, I got pulled over. It was about 10:30 at night and I was driving up into the foothills of the cerro where I lived. The road was a terrible flat but very rocky “road”. [...]

The Nation keeps tabs on the nation’s religious extremism

22, Sep 2009

Let me speak directly to every human on Earth who is ‘in touch’ with god’s will: You insignificant maggot, you don’t have the cognitive ability to comprehend One One-Trillionth of one percent of a divine plan or wisdom. Don’t pretend to even be cognizant of it at work or that it exists in a form you would ever be able to possibly understand. You are HUMAN. You are an ANIMAL with the RIGHT TO DREAM but that does not make it FACTUAL.

Tibetan Sky Funerals (Warning: Graphic)

19, Sep 2009

This guy has a fantastic post about a little-known sacred ritual practiced practiced by Buddhist Tibetans. The “Sky Burial,” which is basically the offering of the corpse to the open-environment as a means of disposal, is deeply rooted within the Buddhist religion’s beliefs that the body is merely a shell for the soul. [...]


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