Daily Archives: March 2, 2004

I May Have to Buy a MAC

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This former MAC bigot switched to Windows machines many years ago: I have been surrounded by Windows machines at work for years and the schools where my kids attended and my wife works long ago ditched their Apple IIs and MACs.
Something like this may lead me back to a MAC. The price is right! I can’t count the times I have started to catalog my library and never finished. It keeps growing and I get no closer.
Does anyone know of a similar (function and price) program for a Windows XP machine?
Via Mike Silverman.

Water of Life

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On Mars:

The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered powerful evidence that water once “drenched” the surface of Mars and made the planet habitable for life at some unknown time in the distant past, NASA scientists said Tuesday.

This is very cool stuff.
On the other hand, we are, perhaps, lucky Mars is not currently suspected of supporting life. Or we might be dealing with this:

Why take chances?
Life, if found on Mars,
Might evolve and threaten Earth:
Launch pre-emptive strikes!

Update (3/2): There is a lot of good info on what the water announcement really means here. Via Electolite.

Just Who are you Working For?

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As The Angry Bear Points out:

You can’t play Three-Card Monte without a mark, a patsy, a sucker. Guess who’s playing the sucker in Greenspan’s shell game?

And, it is you and me folks who are playing that roll. Read the rest here and here.
Shouldn’t we be getting just a little bit angry about getting robbed every day? If our government will not protect us perhaps it is time for a change…and not just presidents.

perle jumps ship

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This just in from Doug at georgemustgo:

Shorter Richard Perle*: “I just wrote a book that says we should invade Syria, Iran, and Libya, and given that the unadulterated 100-percent bat-shit-craziness of these ideas may hurt the President’s re-election campaign by association, it’s probably best if I hang back for a while.”
Richard Perle, stepping into the strike zone and taking one for the team. A prince among men.

Hmmm, is perle more dangerous inside or outside the administration?
Via Sadly, No!.