December 2010
3 posts
Note to Manufacturers of Stuff
You know that when we see a statement with an asterisk appended, or followed by “terms and conditions apply”, we take that as an indication that the preceding statement bears little or no resemblance to the truth, right? Reading that your product is “THREE TIMES BETTER*!” is not terribly convincing. Then again, if people really did see through blatantly misleading...
Can we talk about the fact that my 1998 Nokia 3310...
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
You can’t use your phone until we land, sir.
TOBY
We’re flying in a Lockheed eagle series L-1011. It came off the line 20 months ago and carries a Sim-5 Transponder tracking system. Are you telling me I can still flummox this thing with something I bought at Radio Shack?
FLIGHT ATTENDANT 2
You can call when we land, sir.
TOBY
[calling as she walks away] Also, I never...
“If you think about it, Wikileaks should not be necessary, at least in the United...”
– Marshall Brain (via azspot)
Just to be clear- we all get that this is stupid, right?
November 2010
6 posts
In others news
I just got my exam results for this semester. Out of 7, three 7s and a 6. So, that’s nice.
Also, the 6 is for Public Law, the subject I draw on when writing posts like that last one… So, you should probably take all that with a grain of salt and wait for me to start talking about utilitarianism, or phonemes, or negligence.
re: Quick Poll: Should Wikileaks face criminal...
My Tumblr-comment-length response is over on Theydothingsdifferentlythere’s blog, but we also had a chat about this elsewhere… So I thought I might as well hack together my thoughts here.
My instinctive response to these leaks tends to be “hell yes”. While there are far worse things than censorship, there are few that make me as angry. But… there are legitimate...