Evil Thoughts

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Hear no evil, read no evil, speak drivel

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Hear no evil, read no evil, speak drivel 04/16/2004 07:45 AM
Sidney Blumenthal: Bush's press conference shows just how ill-informed he is about Iraq 4/15 .. Hear no evil, read no evil, speak drivel .. piece

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Harnessing Evil for the power of...
well, less evil

Harnessing Evil for the power of...
well, less evil 06/05/2005 11:55 PM
There are days I think the $WORK_PROJECT is an exercise in extended programming irony. The parrot code my compiler generates for $WORK_LANGUAGE makes heavy use of continuations. Really heavy use of continuations, to the point where reports are taking (and discarding) three continuations per record plus another two or three per page of the output. For a language which doesn't have functions, blocks, or lexical variables, and whose idea of sophisticated control flow is goto or gosub to bare labels. Go figure....

Chris Abraham: Evil Man in Black and His
Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good
Guys

Chris Abraham: Evil Man in Black and His
Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good
Guys 04/12/2005 05:55 AM
Evil Man in Black and His Evil Black Suitcases Tackled by the Good Guys .. Permalink

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Thoughts from SES

Thoughts from SES 12/12/2003 07:47 PM
I think the number I heard was close to 900 or 1000 attendees. Interestingly, Google did not sponsor the conference this time. They ...

My Thoughts Exactly

My Thoughts Exactly 04/21/2004 10:12 AM

Found this great comment over at SlashDot that I thought some of you might appreciate:

So you're telling me superglue is like perl?

Hell yeah it is. Nobody understands it, everybody screams about how great it is, promises to work forever but in reality only works for about three hours.

Hell yeah superglue is just like perl.

T-shirt quality stuff.

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Thoughts of War

Thoughts of War 06/05/2005 11:27 PM
The fact that we are at war always creeps up on me. I certainly don't devote active thought to it/ Passive processing is heavily occupied these days. Some of the most valuable ambient mainstream information gets in from NPR...

Thoughts of the Day

Thoughts of the Day 01/11/2004 07:57 AM
valariesvision.blogs (1) .. Thoughts of the Day .. valarie Marie

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To Evil!

To Evil! 09/17/2004 12:36 AM
Danny O'Brien: To Evil! "How do you work out who the movers and shakers are in the free software hacking world? I have decided to evaluate those involved in our so-called industry in terms of a battle between good and evil."

More about evil-or-not

More about evil-or-not 03/23/2005 08:15 AM

Yesterday, late in the afternoon, I wrote a bit about evil, and how unfortunate it is that this word has entered discourse in the blogosphere. I think we can trace it back to the Google goal of not being evil, an idea that's run its course, and should be stricken from their corporate philosophy. Google is no more or less evil than any other company, has no basis to claim a moral superiority, and should openly cancel it. And if they won't remove the hex, let me offer a new law of the Internet, a corollary to Godwin's Law. "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of it becoming about evil approaches one." And I'd add, that the length of time is shorter, but the effect on discourse is the same. It stops all rational discussion immediately.

Die You Evil Bug

Die You Evil Bug 06/09/2004 07:08 PM

IRC is Evil

IRC is Evil 05/06/2004 12:00 AM
Anytime there is a relatively new mode of communication, its blamed for all things conceivable. A NY Times article takes aim at IRC as a breeding ground for file sharing, child porn and, god forbid, hackers. It specifically takes aim...

Oh That Evil IRC

Oh That Evil IRC 05/06/2004 02:53 AM
Admittedly, I haven't used IRC in about a decade, but I'm still a bit surprised to see the NY Times write up a whole article describing just how evil IRC is. After reading the article, you can almost count down the days before some politicians talk about investigating this "IRC thing." Is it my imagination or is IRC just a technology that can be used for chatting? Most of the article talks about all the terrible stuff that is done on IRC in a way that does its best to blame the technology. They practically apologize for the few times they try to mention non-evil things that IRC is used for, as if they can't believe that anyone would dare defend such an evil monstrosity.

Evil or Not Too Evil?

Evil or Not Too Evil? 04/14/2004 01:15 PM
Our order processor, eSellerate (part of MindVision) decided to add a new "feature" to our store called the eSellerate Download...

Do Be Evil

Do Be Evil 05/13/2004 02:15 AM
Google To Start Selling Banner Adverts From the that-didn't-take-too-long-department, Google's ad sales VP Tim Armstrong says Google will now start selling graphical banner adverts. One concession to their old mores is that, for now, the banner adverts will only appear on affiliated websites running their AdSense referral program (as does MeFi), and there is an opt-out. However... "We have no plans to show images on Google.com", said Mr. Armstrong "but we are not opposed to it".

Am I Evil?

Am I Evil? 06/25/2004 10:27 AM
Coincidence or contortion? Ivan Panin deciphered a numeric code in the Bible. Known as Gematria, the 'code' implies the Bible could not have been written without Holy assistance. Panin offered an open challenge for someone to create text using a similar pattern, yet no one was able to create one(nor tried).

However many people doubt the authenticity of the code though. The code is found in the same verses using different translations. It is also claimed that Panin manufactured his own translations to create this mathematical phenomenon.

Whether or not you believe, you can determine how good or evil any text or website is.

NYT says IRC is evil

NYT says IRC is evil 05/06/2004 04:36 AM

The New York Times has an article about how evil IRC is.

New York Times

Still, I.R.C. perhaps most closely resembles the cantina scene in "Star Wars'': a louche hangout of digital smugglers, pirates, curiosity seekers and the people who love them (or hunt them). There seem to be I.R.C. channels dedicated to every sexual fetish, and I.R.C. users speculate that terrorists also use the networks to communicate in relative obscurity.

Dvorak's ragging on chat and IM too.

Give me a break. Are people running out of new technologies to bash?

via Ross Mayfield

Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts 04/13/2004 12:43 AM
Back from taping. Amazing. Had an absolute blast. Shows went great. Old friends were just as friendly. Can't wait to see the results in a couple of days. Read Dancing Barefoot en route; inspired me to do something similar. Thanks, Wil....

Can Employers Own Your Thoughts?

Can Employers Own Your Thoughts? 08/18/2004 05:22 AM
Salon is running a very good wrap-up of the case Evan Brown lost to Alcatel, concerning whether they owned the rights to an idea he developed on his own time. The article, while sympathetic to Brown, does cover the issues on both sides of the case, suggesting that Brown made some mistakes in dealing with the situation -- though, all of those appear to be honest mistakes almost anyone might make. Still, with so many people working on random side-projects all the time, does it put employees at risk of somehow being stuck with the company they currently work for to avoid having to deal with a lawsuit? The article offers some suggestions for anyone else in a similar situation, but the best one might be what a number of readers here suggested last year when a similar case (involving Apple) came to light: when you're offered an employment contract cross out the section that says they own anything you create while employed there.

Thoughts at the End of the Road

Thoughts at the End of the Road 12/08/2003 05:49 AM
The geek-seeking journey down Route 1 ends at the 'southernmost point in the United States.' Now it's time to reflect on what it all meant. Michelle Delio reports from Key West, Florida.

Thoughts on the Google IPO

Thoughts on the Google IPO 08/12/2004 09:34 AM
Search Engine Journal Aug 12 2004 2:08PM GMT

Too many thoughts for thursday

Too many thoughts for thursday 09/23/2004 03:46 PM
cherish all your dreams treasure your morning whispers let champagne dance on your tongue laugh till you're dizzy kiss for...

Thoughts of a Dreamer

Thoughts of a Dreamer 03/24/2005 08:42 AM
The LiveJournal of Jeff Weise .. Thoughts of a Dreamer .. LiveJournal .. member

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A Micropayment for Your Thoughts

A Micropayment for Your Thoughts 12/02/2003 06:32 AM
With free online material increasingly giving way to paid content, several companies are wagering that they can make big bucks by facilitating tiny payments for bits of online content, from news articles and essays to poems and comic strips.

these thoughts by Lee Harris

these thoughts by Lee Harris 12/26/2003 05:24 AM
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"has some interesting thoughts as well"

"has some interesting thoughts as well" 06/29/2004 09:15 AM

Holiday thoughts

Holiday thoughts 12/19/2004 03:54 PM
A couple of quick holiday thoughts, because I still haven't finished my shopping yet: Ya gotta love a site called Letters From Bad Santa: Have Santa tell someone YOU know that they'll be getting only coal this year. For only...

Keynote thoughts

Keynote thoughts 01/07/2004 04:52 PM
Maybe it was the overhyped expectations, but today's keynote was probably one of the least exciting ever. Steve's Reality Distortion Field seemed to be broken.

Yahoo RSS first thoughts

Yahoo RSS first thoughts 01/23/2004 01:22 AM

I’ve played with the Yahoo RSS beta for all of 5 minutes, and it’s actually pretty decent. You can search for feeds by keyword, which is really useful. I’ll use that feature to find feeds for other aggregators. Your feeds show up in the same style as official Yahoo News sources.

Headlines for recent items from the feed are displayed. I wonder if this will affect how people craft their titles? Many blog titles are less than descriptive. Reading a feed using only the titles from these blogs would be impossible. As My Yahoo becomes a mainstream feed consumer, perhaps people will write better titles.

In addition to keyword searches, you can also enter the URL of a feed of course, or the URL of a Web page, with or without the http://. That’s an important usability step, since many people are used to typing Web addresses without the prefix. But rather than parsing the specified page for links to feeds, as I’d expect, Yahoo seems to use the specified URL as a search against some sort of feed directory. I wonder where their directory is coming from. A search for kalsey.com turns up a link to the original name of my Simplelinks feed, a name it only had for a day. None of my other feeds are listed.

When I enter marketingwonk.com, I get a link to their comments feed, but not their main feed. So their directory needs tweaking. It would also be nice if the requested URL were parsed for link tags pointing to feeds.

A penny for your ERP thoughts

A penny for your ERP thoughts 01/22/2004 10:23 AM
Well, actually there's no penny involved. But InfoWorld would really like those of you who work with ERP systems to share your experiences with them in our ERP survey. ...

Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts?

Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts? 08/03/2004 07:37 PM

A Few Closing Thoughts

A Few Closing Thoughts 08/29/2004 11:38 PM
What particularly strikes me in reading over the comments (not that I've been able to read carefully all of them) is the challenge of managing uncertainty. It is uncertainty that pervades the topics that I've touched on in my postings and that have provoked many of the comments. I started...

Microsoft Wants Your Thoughts

Microsoft Wants Your Thoughts 08/05/2004 10:50 AM
The company is launching a beta Web log service in Japan. Will it win the battle of the blog services?

Some Random Thoughts

Some Random Thoughts 12/02/2003 03:11 AM

Naturally, I love that Cingular is using Tommy Tutone's song "867-5309" to promote number portability! (Isn't it weird that G ooglism is a Google search result?)

With the holidays fast approaching, it's important to note that there is an RSS feed for What's New at ThinkGeek!

I can tell that PC sales are up because I am busy dispensing computer advice in my neighborhood. One neighbor bought a new computer tonight, while another needs lessons to burn CDs. Neither has broadband access, so we're still a pretty typical neighborhood.

There's a new link on the right over there for pointers to my past Presentations and Articles.

And yes, I'm truly loving my Treo 600, thanks for asking. I promise to write up my experiences with it to date later this week!

First thoughts about Panther...

First thoughts about Panther... 10/29/2003 12:10 AM

After a highly enjoyable Panther install party around Mr Webb's house, I'm now in a position to give my first impressions of Mac OSX.3. In no particular order (and with no claims made towards total accuracy):

• The new chrome Apple logo that you get when you start up or login to your account is bloody ugly and and tacky and I can't see what motivated them to use it;
• My spacing between icons is strange and seems absurdly large;
• I can't use the trackpad to click on the login screen - which is highly annoying;
• Removing the clock application was a strange move, but merging it with the clock in the menu bar and allowing you to choose how to use it makes a certain amount of sense. Having said that, when you switch from digital to analogue view you're left with a strange shadow box around the analogue face, that seems to be a bug;
• There are a number of occasions where windows appear partly obscured by the top menu bar - this is strange behaviour and confusing, and is hence probably a bug;
• Fast-user switching is well-represented and mostly elegant, although the rotating cube is actually just really funny to watch because it's so over-the-top;
• The application switcher (Apple-Tab) is beautiful, elegant and well-developed;
• The Font Book application is initially confusing, but is likely to have considerable utility; The redeveloped default font pane is really useful;
• There are a number of strange new interface widgits around the place, including a kind of tiny, almost unnoticeable nubbin that allows you to drag entirely random panes out the side of other panes. This is particularly evident in the Font applications and is extremely strange and clunky. The generic font interface also has some odd rotating knob controls that don't act quite the way I expected;
• Both modes of the Finder are powerful and mostly functional, but the 'action' button is a terrible confusing mistake and both views could have done with more polish and attention to detail. They are - however - much much faster and more responsive as windows, which is much to be applauded;
• Subtle dividers in the top-menu items are extremely elegant, practical and pleasing, but the generally flatter, greyer interface is a bit of a downer;
• Exposé's controls are in a bit of conflict with some of my illluminated keyboard controls, but that doesn't matter - it's a beautiful, elegant and well-presented feature that may take a little one to become habituated with, but is likely to be transformatively useful;
• Mail's new threading mode is totally incomprehensible;
• Mail is faster, more responsive and more strident than you'd think;

Generally, I'm impressed by the functionality but not impressed by the finish. This one feels half-done - that it wasn't possible to get it any further down the line before launch date. I have a feeling that over the next few months we'll see a few patches that resolve 90% of OS's problems. And when they do - it's going to be more awesome than ever.

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More Flat Thoughts

More Flat Thoughts 06/05/2005 11:10 PM
Here's a look at some of the conversation sparked by Doc's commentary on our Flat New World.

"thoughts on perspective."

"thoughts on perspective." 05/13/2004 10:55 AM

Miscellaneous Thoughts

Miscellaneous Thoughts 03/16/2003 10:59 AM

Miscellaneous Thoughts

Highly Recommended: Brueggers Honey Grain Bagel w/ Honey Walnut Cream Cheese.  And its a beautiful day in Boston at least.  Go forth and do not blog !

PHPEverywhere: Some Thoughts on PHP

PHPEverywhere: Some Thoughts on PHP 11/27/2002 09:28 AM

comparison thoughts

comparison thoughts 10/30/2003 12:33 PM
eating an ice cream cone is good ice cream with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and cherries is better calling someone...
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