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February 22, 2006
School Email.
It’s been too long since I last posted. I get that. Sorry gang. But I do have some thoughts...
This Article on Student/Teacher Emailing is not really about Email. Rather, it is about “deference”. See, some professors want to be seen as nearly divine beings brought forth from the heavens to study abstract ideas and let students be near them...
One such instructor is UC Davis’ own Jennifer Schultens. It seems that an unfortunate student asked Dr. Schultens her opinion on what sort of organizational system to use. Dr. Schultens decided that the most appropriate response would be silence...
Was the student’s query inappropriate? Absolutely. But the instructor has a duty to help instruct students in a myriad of subjects—including proper decorum. An instructor can not only give information directly, but also help students by teaching them how to learn. Dr. Schultens failed in her most basic duty...
The broader issue is that Teachers and Students are involved in radically different experiences. At the University level, a Professor is paid to do research, a poor teacher who does research which reflects well on her University will not be punished for their inability to transmit information to Students. Students are tangential to the processes...
The thing is, Students don’t see themselves as tangential, we see ourselves as the center of the University. And so when you get a collision of these two colossal sets of egos-- 18 year old freshman and thirty something assistant professors—each seeing themselves as the center of the universe, each side can come across to the other as rude...
Two Aggies wronged each other in this exchange. Only one got a spot on the New York Times. Fortunately she managed to convey her own inexperience and unfitness in her own words...
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February 17, 2006
Hot coffee? Please...
I just wanted a video game, not eternal damnation in hell.
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More on Cheney’s gun
YouTube - Scientific Proof Cheney's Shooting Story A Lie
How far was the Vice President from his friend? This video does a few tests and compares them to Cheney’s statements. Conclusion: the Veep is a liar...
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February 15, 2006
Picking Stocks
Inconsistently good...
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February 13, 2006
Still can't solve it...
Groupthink :: The People's Cube: Guaranteed Results
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February 12, 2006
Now they’re just randomly shooting people!
CNN.com - Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter - Feb 12, 2006
Isn’t this the stuff we’ve been half-joking about for a long time? What sort of punishment will Cheney face, do you think?
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February 08, 2006
Gamer's Girlfriend's grief
Tripod perform at a Comedy Festival - Google Video
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February 06, 2006
This blogpost may well be illegal in Bush’s America
The Other Big Brother - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com
So, to recap, the president has declared that he can use powers found in Article 2 of the constitution to deprive Americans of their Civil Rights. Actually, he didn’t do that. He whispered it. He kept his usurpation of American liberty secret until he could put in place the pieces of his twisted pseudo-laws. Let us make no mistake; the President has violated American law...
Even worse than that, he isn’t violating us to keep us safe from our enemies. He claims that these abuses are like cutting off an a gangrenous arm—rather lose the arm than death to the body. Instead he is cutting off the arm of the body politic—because it threatens to remove his favorite toy...
Is this treason? Perhaps. It certainly rises to impeachable levels. Future generations will marvel at us no matter what we do. The question is: will they celebrate us for our fortitude, or learn from our mistakes. If we have any love of liberty at all, we must take the legal steps to remove President Bush...
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February 05, 2006
Japanese Zombies?
Man-made blood won't carry bacteria, viruses
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February 02, 2006
White supremacy
Awesome!
(via: Shakespeare's Sister)
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Take my Ipod, please
History and Senator Stevens' iPod
The first was the appearance of Senator John Sununu, the Republican Junior Senator for New Hampshire. Sununu, an MIT grad, interrupted to ask the question so far unconsidered by his colleagues: Do we need this mandate at all?
He pointed out that "we have a whole history of similar technological innovation that has shown us that the market can respond with its own protection to the needs of the artists." And he concluded with one of the most damning depictions of the ahistorical nature of the flag (clip from Congressional RealVideo) you'll hear on the Hill:
"The suggestion is that if we don't do this, it will stifle creativity. Well...we have now an unprecedented wave of creativity and product and content development...new business models, and new methodologies for distributing this content. The history of government mandates is that it always restricts innovation...why would we think that this one special time, we're going to impose a statutory government mandate on technology, and it will actually encourage innovation?"
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February 01, 2006
oh Mary Sue, baby where are you?
Mary Sue: Nine Men And A Little Lady
(via Afaeyre Maede)
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