Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Mess o' Links.

Exponentials are of the form y=a*b^x.
Now, Popular Science thinks this has an upper bound.
That's just sad.
So the math behind Moore's law doesn't have a limit on theory.


Wow BHO can really pick 'em.
Look at what his new Pastor is like.

Either Obama agrees with Meeks, and with Wright, or he is bound to them by political expediency. Both are influential in the world of Chicago politics, both provided an inroad to the black community which Barack Obama lacked. For a candidate of hope and change who tries to portray himself as above these sorts of political calculations, it becomes apparent that he's a political opportunist of the highest order.


New politics eh?

Roundup of all the nitwittery of the two battlin' dems.
Hillary wants to nationalize healthcare but she can't even manage it for her campaign...
Rev. James T. Meeks... wow. BHO's got some great judgment. Hope


McCain... again. I'm not fond of him, and crap like this is why. But again I feel he's better than the other two in the race and that's Four-tens.



More reporting from Iraq itself.. Showing how much things have changed

The story in Karmah should be familiar by now. Iraqis said no. We will work with the Americans and drive you out of our country. So many Stateside Americans still wonder aloud why mainstream Muslims refuse to stand up to terrorists, so apparently the story in Karmah – which is hardly unique to Karmah – isn't familiar enough.



Heh. More Eco-scams.


Also here's a bit from Rachel Lucas.
It's a realistic view on teenagers and sex.



In my world, reality is everything. And the reality is what I just said - humans become fertile and interested in sex when they’re young teenagers. This is a simple fact that can’t be debated, changed, or wished away. We have to accept that there is absolutely no possible way to create a different reality unless we manipulate their hormones or sterilize them (which, frankly, I WHOLLY SUPPORT).
Other facts are that teenagers are resistant to adult advice, they do not see the “big picture”, they have a very poor grasp of how what they do right this second will affect them in the future, and the number one motivator in their lives is peer pressure. Put all of that in a pot and stir it up, and you have very young humans who are fertile, horny, shortsighted, and determined to do what makes them feel good right now.

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It's a lot like the Great McCain Question and the lesser of two evils. You know you're gonna get a liberal jackass for a new president, just like you know kids are going to have sex. All you can do is minimize the damage. Voting for McCain may be distasteful and feel so wrong because it's essentially an endorsement of something you don't want to endorse, but the alternative is something worse. Giving teenagers contraception feels distasteful and wrong, as it is an endorsement of something you don't want to endorse, but the alternative is unwanted pregnancies and abortions, which to me, is worse.


Something interesting to think about.

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