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An opposing take on the Faust speech I posted a few weeks ago.

It's hard to express how wrong-headed this is about the role of the NWS.

I don't understand the need to "win".

The Libyan rebels’ post-victory planning now faces the ultimate test as they seek to assert authority amid the chaos of a capital that is still claimed by Moammar Gaddafi.

I loved the original movie as a kid. Decent send-up.

I think this exaggerates his personal role in designing some things, but I don't think any other CEO comes close.

Definitely need to play this, but I think I should play the original first.

The bitcoin aside at the end is just wrong, given the problems that have plagued it.

End of an era. I stopped reading slashdot regularly a long time ago, but there was a period where it was my primary tech news source. Also where I discovered JoCo.

The difference between the rich, the very rich, and the super rich.

I like the snark about server options.

The TNG episode "Evolution" is pretty much about observing this up close.

A man of vision whose influence on multiple industries will last for decades.

Fareed Zakaria recently wrote on CNN that the overthrow of Gadhafi marks a new era in US foreign policy.  From now on, we have a model of achieving more at less cost by doing more burden sharing wi…

Hopefully this won't require abandonment of the station.

Documenting how the desire for "fair" 50/50 arguments in the news hurts the side with the facts.

I have personally made no effort to separate my pseudonym from my real name, but I understand why it is important.

The recent rioting in England is being described and blamed in the same way civil unrest has been blamed for generations.

My hope is that it will result in a serious high quality iPhone competitor. That's good for the market, and good for Apple.

I am shocked, shocked, that the Republicans would favor regressive taxation.

It's frustrating that the market hasn't figured this out in a consumer friendly way yet.

The lead hypothesis is very interesting.

I worry that a big factor in our current unemployment woes has everything to do with physical processes requiring unskilled human intervention being replaced with virtual processes required only skilled human design.

It's not clear if the iPad actually has HP running scared, or they're just being horribly mismanaged.

I don't buy it. I've been convinced, both by my iPad and the market, that tablets are post-PC.

Arguing that potential isn't enough in the mobile market.

Another example of how ridiculous airport security has gotten.

For most of the 20th century, American libertarians were mostly seen as — and mostly saw themselves as — defenders of capitalism. Was that an accurate view of 20th century...