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2 things that annoy me
- When pundits, wags, and periodically me use the term “unintended consequences” as a rhetorical trump card. It’s a well established concept by now, and it is usually used to refer to a foreseen, but unpleasant risk, not anything unexpected.
- When people say “It’s more complicated than that” when they really mean that the set of options or outcomes is different than what the original speaker thinks. The situation is not necessarily more complicated, and it could even be simpler than originally thought, just different.
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Wow
The music genome project.
Via Althouse.
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Pathetic
Apparently CNN expects us to take them seriously when they run a headline of
“Give me an O! U! C! H! — Cheerleading injuries on the rise“. The preceding sentence is on their main page, not the article page.A cost of story would be the greatest thing for news possible. Not perfect sure, but an improvement.
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Two odd things
- The fact that Bolivia has elected a president that wants to legalize coca production is receiving very little attention.
- The Cisneros Independent Counsel investigation from the Clinton era is finally wrapping up. And they’re not releasing all of the report either. We really need standing ICs to investigate whatever comes up.
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I’m in the market for a new…
Cell phone, and possibly plan. Anyone know of any good ones? I’m currently on Cingular, but all of their re-up options are quite crappy, as are their phone prices. I would happily switch.
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Quotes of the moment
La Brigada has the best baby lamb intestines you can imagine.
You have a status quo bias. And like most people, you probably overinvest in goods and underinvest in experiences. Get off your bum and go. Many major cities in the USA have direct connections to Buenos Aires. You fly overnight and sleep on the plane. You wake up in a new universe.
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Oddness
So I take the plunge and get a flat screen monitor (the Samsung 930 B). I even get a new video card with a DV) – out as well.All that, and the fricking new monitor only comes with an analog cable!?!?!! Why do manufacturers do that? I had that happen with both of my SATA drives as well.
On the whole though, the monitor seems quite nice.