Because you get sentences like this that you have to somehow figure out and edit. What the f.
"The rope which winds the rope connected with samplers."
Anyone have any clue what that's trying to say?
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
I Think I'm a Genius
When I was pretty young, about 12 or so, I started trying to think of ways to help change the world. My best idea was to get someone who had so much money they could easily afford to give it away (I chose the iconic Bill Gates) to buy farm equipment for developing countries. I even added that it wouldn't necessarily have to be a charitable enterprise, because Gates could sign an agreement with the countries that they would continue to turn to his equipment company for repairs and upgrades, which they would pay for. Eventually, he could even make money on the deal. And even if he didn't, he has so much freaking money anyway.
Well now, a little over ten years later, what do I read on CNN.com?
If only I'd had access to Bill Gates at age 12, think how much better off we'd be now.
Well now, a little over ten years later, what do I read on CNN.com?
Bill Gates' new project: Farming
If only I'd had access to Bill Gates at age 12, think how much better off we'd be now.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Highlights of the Upcoming Third Annual Mobile Adult Content Congress 2008
Face it, you've been wondering how to promote Responsible Access & Delivery of Mature Content to the Mobile Device, haven't you. Well, look no further. Next week, industry professionals from around the world will converge on Miami Beach Florida for the third annual Mobile Adult Content Congress. Set in a relaxed, interactive atmosphere on beautiful Biscayne Bay, delegates will discuss the billion dollar opportunities in mobile adult services and establish new international partnerships.
There will be a keynote address from Jay Grdina, CEO of Club Jenna and sessions like "Erotic Gaming and Gambling," "How To Minimize The Technical Hurdles To Get Adult Content
Distributed By International Carriers," "Case Studies From Hustler Mobile Worldwide," "Branded Adult Content vs. Generic Adult Content," and "Monetizing the Global Market for Adult Content While Meeting Operator Requirements."
Wired Magazine perhaps put it best when they summed up this conference as "All business. No boobies."
I know, I too am a little disappointed that there won't be any boobies.
There will be a keynote address from Jay Grdina, CEO of Club Jenna and sessions like "Erotic Gaming and Gambling," "How To Minimize The Technical Hurdles To Get Adult Content
Distributed By International Carriers," "Case Studies From Hustler Mobile Worldwide," "Branded Adult Content vs. Generic Adult Content," and "Monetizing the Global Market for Adult Content While Meeting Operator Requirements."
Wired Magazine perhaps put it best when they summed up this conference as "All business. No boobies."
I know, I too am a little disappointed that there won't be any boobies.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Darwin Day
Wow, finally some sanity in my inbox. The best part of this release? My hometown is the sponsor of the sanity. Yes! Promote reason! Don't let that 43% get you down!
After having that Economist letter writer in my new hometown, I'm glad to see that Albany is still a bastion of the non-crazy.
And the "Darwin Fish Fry" sounds sweet.
Feb. 12 is "Darwin Day" -- American's Celebrate B'day of Evolution Champ
ALBANY, N.Y. This Feb. 12 is the 199th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
Hundreds of groups across the United States and the globe will celebrate the date as "Darwin Day" in honor of the discoveries and life of the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection.
"Darwin Day promotes understanding of evolution and the scientific method," said Matt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies. "This celebration expresses gratitude for the enormous benefit that scientific knowledge has contributed to the advancement of humanity."
The Darwin Day Celebration is a project of the Albany, N.Y.-based Institute for Humanist Studies, an international educational nonprofit that promotes reason and humanity.
Next year will mark both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the 1859 publication of Darwin's "The Origin of Species", which first presented the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through natural selection.
The theory of evolution was controversial in Darwin's time and remains controversial in the United States today.
Recent Gallup polls show that 43 percent of Americans reject the theory of evolution and instead believe that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." And at least four 2008 presidential candidates have said they do not believe the theory of evolution.
"There is a continuous threat to evolutionary biology and to science in general that has been posed by fundamentalists who reject entirely a Darwinian worldview because they feel it threatens their religious beliefs," said Massimo Pigliucci, Ph.D., a professor of evolutionary biology at the State University of New York-Stony Brook.
Pigliucci uses Darwin Day to teach the public about how science works "so people aren't just hearing about science from their local preacher." His online course "Evolution, Creationism and the Nature of Science" is available for free through the Institute for Humanist Studies.
The Darwin Day Celebration started with one event in 1995. Last year there were more than 850 Darwin Day events world-wide. Darwin Day festivities can include essay contests, film festivals, museum exhibits, art shows and even an "Evolution Banquet" with "Primordial Soup" followed by a "Darwin Fish Fry."
This year, hundreds of church congregations will celebrate Darwin Day by hosting an "Evolution Weekend" to explore the compatibility of science and religion.
For information and a listing of Darwin Day events around the world, visit: http://DarwinDay.org
After having that Economist letter writer in my new hometown, I'm glad to see that Albany is still a bastion of the non-crazy.
And the "Darwin Fish Fry" sounds sweet.
Feb. 12 is "Darwin Day" -- American's Celebrate B'day of Evolution Champ
ALBANY, N.Y. This Feb. 12 is the 199th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
Hundreds of groups across the United States and the globe will celebrate the date as "Darwin Day" in honor of the discoveries and life of the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection.
"Darwin Day promotes understanding of evolution and the scientific method," said Matt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies. "This celebration expresses gratitude for the enormous benefit that scientific knowledge has contributed to the advancement of humanity."
The Darwin Day Celebration is a project of the Albany, N.Y.-based Institute for Humanist Studies, an international educational nonprofit that promotes reason and humanity.
Next year will mark both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the 1859 publication of Darwin's "The Origin of Species", which first presented the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through natural selection.
The theory of evolution was controversial in Darwin's time and remains controversial in the United States today.
Recent Gallup polls show that 43 percent of Americans reject the theory of evolution and instead believe that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." And at least four 2008 presidential candidates have said they do not believe the theory of evolution.
"There is a continuous threat to evolutionary biology and to science in general that has been posed by fundamentalists who reject entirely a Darwinian worldview because they feel it threatens their religious beliefs," said Massimo Pigliucci, Ph.D., a professor of evolutionary biology at the State University of New York-Stony Brook.
Pigliucci uses Darwin Day to teach the public about how science works "so people aren't just hearing about science from their local preacher." His online course "Evolution, Creationism and the Nature of Science" is available for free through the Institute for Humanist Studies.
The Darwin Day Celebration started with one event in 1995. Last year there were more than 850 Darwin Day events world-wide. Darwin Day festivities can include essay contests, film festivals, museum exhibits, art shows and even an "Evolution Banquet" with "Primordial Soup" followed by a "Darwin Fish Fry."
This year, hundreds of church congregations will celebrate Darwin Day by hosting an "Evolution Weekend" to explore the compatibility of science and religion.
For information and a listing of Darwin Day events around the world, visit: http://DarwinDay.org
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Why I'm Already Sick of the 2008 Election
I think I finally figured out why my office e-mail is on a million ultra-conservative list serves. Richard, my favorite "Associate Editor," apparently has access to our e-mail. He also apparently hates immigrants, as his choices for president so far have been Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter. Here's an excerpt from our most recent Hunter e-mail:
Duncan Hunter has not been expending heavy resources on targets of marginal value like IA and NH. He's only gone through the motions to take advantage of free media opportunities. His priority has been defining the critical substantive issues that will shape the future of our Nation and very likely, western civilization.
Good Lord.
Update: Apparently the strategy of not wasting resources on these states of "marginal value" didn't pay off, as Hunter has now, to everyone's surprise and alarm, dropped out of the race.
Duncan Hunter has not been expending heavy resources on targets of marginal value like IA and NH. He's only gone through the motions to take advantage of free media opportunities. His priority has been defining the critical substantive issues that will shape the future of our Nation and very likely, western civilization.
Good Lord.
Update: Apparently the strategy of not wasting resources on these states of "marginal value" didn't pay off, as Hunter has now, to everyone's surprise and alarm, dropped out of the race.
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