Month: September 2007
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New features on Amazon.com
I am really impressed with the new Amazon mp3 website. Not only are the downloads DRM-free, but they are cheaper than Apple’s iTunes store. I had stayed away from iTunes because I wanted some security in case I got a non-Apple media player, but also because I am deluded by rap songs on the iTunes…
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Make October 20 "Light’s On" day in Los Angeles
The city and county of Los Angeles is organizing a voluntary “lights out” event on October 20 to “fight climate change.” If you agree with me that this event is a moral atrocity and a stepping stone to coercive restrictions on human industry, then I urge you to use as much energy as possible from…
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MIT's learning Leonardo Robot
How cool is this: (More cool robots.)
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Ayn Rand Institute editorial/press release RSS feed
Since the Objectivist Metablog republishes most of ARI’s press releases, I created an RSS feed which allows you to feed those press releases to your newsreader/website: http://www.objectivismonline.com/Feeds/ARI.php Please note that the feed contains a copyright notice reproduced verbatim from ARI’s press releases. You will have to follow the rules in their copyright notice if you…
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Censorship by any other name
“Net neutrality” is the new fairness doctrine for the Internet. Edit: The crazy thing is that Verizon caved to customer pressure within 24 hours – proving the power of the market – yet its brief initial refusal has been taken up as proof of the need for government censorship.
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Taking death-worship to a whole new level
..in Mexico