Wesley Clark supports a Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Honestly, this all but eliminates any chance that I would vote for him in the primary.
Entries from November 2003
Wesley Clark, shame on you
November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off
The audit trail
November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off
Since the 2000 Presidential election, people have been talking about ways to create a less error prone voting system. Most computer security experts seem to agree (and it seemed obvious to me from the beginning) that one indispensible component of an easy-to-use electronic voting system would be a physical audit trail of who voted for [...]
Sun joining Eclipse?
November 13th, 2003 · Comments Off
There’s more talk of Sun joining the Eclipse project, but apparently they’ll only do so if they’re allowed to ruin Eclipse in the process. “No thanks,” is the answer that I hope for.
Abusing the parable
November 13th, 2003 · Comments Off
The Slacktivist has a good post up about the real meaning of the parable of the good Samaritan that those of us who attended Sunday school as children were exposed to regularly. For what it’s worth, whoever taught it to us at my church did correctly interpret the parable.
Depressing news from Iraq
November 13th, 2003 · Comments Off
Juan Cole has a summary the depressing news from Iraq over the past day or so. A shorter summary: a US soldier opened fire on a car entering the US headquarters in Baghdad. Unfortunately, the passenger in the car was a member of the IGC showing up for a meeting. Insurgents blew up 16 Italian [...]
I resemble that remark
November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off
Food for thought.
Borderline madness
November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off
Did you know that we’ve spent about $20 billion over the last 10 years or so to militarize our border with Mexico? And that doing so has had an effect exactly the opposite of the one that we expected? I didn’t either. What amazes me more than any political position is the [...]
Struts vs. WebWork
November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off
For future reference: Struts vs. WebWork. Technical differences aside, at least half of the job descriptions for J2EE jobs I see mention Struts, I’ve never seen a single one that mentions WebWork.
That’s what I call conviction
November 11th, 2003 · Comments Off
George Soros, my favorite tycoon after Warren Buffett, had this to say about unseathing Bush:
Asked whether he would trade his $7 billion fortune to unseat Bush, Soros opened his mouth. Then he closed it. The proposal hung in the air: Would he become poor to beat Bush? He said, “If someone guaranteed it.”
Ghosts of the Great War, 2003
November 11th, 2003 · Comments Off
Making Light: Ghosts of the Great War, 2003