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Marvels both social and technological abound on Election Day
We are truly lucky to be living today. Yesterday we witnessed an incredible thing happen; an event that will resonate in our country’s history forever. It never really occurred to me just how momentous this was until our new president elect told that story about the 106-year-old woman who cast her vote for him.
This [...]
The Shape Of Things To Come
I recently watched the film I, Robot again, and despite its cautionary nature, it had the opposite intended effect. I want robots walking around outside. I want automated busses. I want robot pals that I can hang with, and complain about how much better reaction times they have than me when we play games.
My wish may be closer [...]
Saturated with greenwashing
“Actions speak louder than words.”
English Idiom
Apparently, it’s very easy being green. Everyone from computer manufacturers to television companies to tire companies is “going green,” and all the companies really want everyone to know it.
We’ve all seen them. It’s practically impossible to watch a commercial segment these days without seeing some kind of advertisement where someone [...]
McCain campaign: one of hypocrisy
“It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.”
- Plutarch
People, I have had enough. My frustration has been growing for some time and the straw that broke the camel’s back has [...]
Music piracy: inevitable
A society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals …
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
Perhaps the article that ran last Tuesday ["Downloaders beware," ODE Oct. 14, 2008] struck a chord because I’m such an Internet junkie. It could also be that my Info Hell subject indirectly relates to [...]
