So depending on when you look, you might get two updates for the price of one. This morning I woke up early (because I went to bed early), and figured I’d get in a quick update before venturing out into the inch or so of snow that might have ice underneath it. I’ll find out in a few when I head outside to shovel, I guess.
- Warren has a fine rant about how Statism Comes Back to Bite Technocrats. Nice work. Three main points: 1–You don’t have the right to decide how other people should live; 2–You can’t make better decisions for other people, even if you are smarter, because everyone is different; 3–Technocratic idealists always lose control of the game, which leads to fascism. Amen, brother.
My Life. Not Yours. Piss off!
[coyote blog] - People keep pointing to The Ultimate Geek Gift Guide from Wired. There’s not one thing on there I want. Am I a crappy geek? I don’t think so, but I’m just not that enthralled by TV at the moment. HD-TV? HFK? [instapundit]
- The Washington Post reports the Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity. Let’s see…
Seems like maybe it’s time toHe has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
[slashdot] - Well, it had to happen eventually. Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs. But then it’s only 4% of the people who can spot all the phishing attempts in this quiz, so I guess that’s not all that surprising. [slashdot]
- Want to find some new music to listen to? Tell Pandora a band or song you like, and it’ll play you some similar stuff. Seems to work for me. Cool. [fark!]