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On the Slate website Hart Seely has collected some of the truly classic poems of our time - they are taken from briefings listed on the Dept of Defense website. The Unknown As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There
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I have seen many young, fit, intelligent people with a fine education, sound values and good family behind them. But they do not realise that what they make of them every day from now is up to them. Many people with those advantages do nothing with their lives. It is
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Trevor over at Corporate Engagement is on his soapbox over some of the more self-important (and possibly self-delusional) bloggers around the recent Dell fracas. He coins the the term 'blugged' - which is a good one - for the phenomenon. He makes a good point about some of
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This is a link to Jeff Jarvis' BuzzMachine: Dell Hell Archives
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Now this may seem like a crazy sort of thing to say - but it is true that I'm learning many spiritual lessons from my dog. Not that I'm claiming that Trotsky (that's my dog, not the dead Russian politician) actually speaks to me.
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Kate over at smalldeadnimals comments: "I speak as a woman who has worked in a male work setting for all of my adult life. I can say with some authority that the time has come to dismantle organized feminism." She raises some interesting points in her post small
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My recent experience of Dell's customer service is that it COMPLETELY SUCKS! And, as anyone who can Google Dell Hell knows, I'm not the only one who feels this way... For instance: * Dear Mr Dell gives an excellent overview of the Dell Hell experience * BL Ochman&
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There is some really thought provoking stuff over at esr.ibiblio.org - Armed & Dangerous - (esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?p=184 full story here), an excerpt follows below: "I believe, but don?’t know how to prove, a much stronger version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis than
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Just recently came across an old transcript of an interview with Martin van Creveld (one of my favourite military writers - he wrote good books on command in war and technology of war). He gives a really interesting perspective on the problems Israel is having in Gaza, strangely enough things
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How ironic is this? I've been waiting for my new water tank to be installed. But after years of drought it has been delayed - by rain! "Installing a 5000-litre rainwater tank in every Sydney home might put off the need for a new dam for up
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Another interesting snippet re international aid and Africa: Tech Central Station - False Hope "Thus, the international aid system has essentially served to reward policies that slow down development, whatever the initial intentions of its advocates. Under such circumstances, the implementation of the rule of law in Africa, necessary
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"The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem." Source: SPIEGEL Interview