Attorney General Eric Holder has announced, as expected, that the Department of Justice will not let Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in California, stop them from waging the War on Drugs Which Are Less Harmful Than Alcohol and Nicotine in their never ending effort to fill up prisons across the nation. I expected that response from the … [Read more...] about Tea Party Ethos Up in Smoke
Mother Nature is a Cold Hearted Bitch
I'm guessing that many of you don't know this, but 2010 was named The Year of Biodiversity by the UN sometime before the year began. I am hoping, though, that you at least know what biodiversity is. When asked to define biodiversity, a recent survey in England, a country known to be more environmentally aware than the US, the number one answer was "some kind of … [Read more...] about Mother Nature is a Cold Hearted Bitch
Rebuilding Windypundit
It's been a few years since I made any big design changes here at Windypundit, but I'm beginning to think it might be time for something different, and I'd like to ask for you, Gentle Reader, for some help. The impetus for this change is the release by Six Apart of a new major version of the Movable Type blogging engine that powers Windypundit. I tried upgrading to it … [Read more...] about Rebuilding Windypundit
What OS Did The Matrix Use?
Now we know for sure. The Matrix was originally developed using Linux. Oh sure, it looks all loving and caring now, but plug that box into the Internet, let it read all about socialism and soon enough humanity will be hunted down in our sewer-submarines and end up plugged into Linux controlled wet squishy cocoons while we dream about hot chicks in black leather beating up cops … [Read more...] about What OS Did The Matrix Use?
Eradicating a Virus
As all computer geeks know, it's very difficult to wipe out a virus, and I mean eradicating it completely from the world. The fight against real-world viruses, the kind that attack humans and animals, is much, much more difficult. Viruses have evolved into the most abundant type of biological entity on the planet.The idea of eradicating one sounds like an impossible … [Read more...] about Eradicating a Virus