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My Internet connection has been mostly down the last four days, thanks to Cox Internet. I tried to do some off-line activities on my computer like finishing some unfinished essays and doing some coding, but even that seemed futile offline. After looking at a blank screen for a few hours, I resumed reading .NET Enterprise Design. It’s a neat book, even if it is ironic that I decided to read a book on designing effective networks while the internet was out.

Thanks to Google and M.S.N. for recognizing me as the 3rd highest “Greedy American.” If I could go choose to be known by any one moniker, it would be as a “greedy American.” But this got me to thinking: who are the real greedy Americans? (And how can I capitalize on my search engine hits?) What is the essence of being selfish, anyway?
Continue reading How to be a Greedy American

SMU shuts down race-based bake sale.
The Texas A&M chapter of the YCT is planning the same thing in November.

This year’s Open House didn’t yield any great photos, but here is a decent one:

For more, go here.

There is a new statue in the business school called “life rhythm.” I pity the poor bastard whose “life rhythm” is described by this junk heap. This is what they picked to represent business? I can think of some superior alternatives…

A few interesting stories: Jeff Jacoby says that The War On America Did Not Begin On Sept 11th, Victor Hanson writes that “These Are Historic Times,” and Arthur C Clarke’s dream of a space elevator may be becoming a reality, although the weight of government involvement may ground this project before this elevator goes anywhere.

This is getting ridiculous: The Beatles Sue Apple Computers Over iPod, iTunes
The purpose of trademark law is to prevent a business from mooching of another’s success by falsely representing it. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Apple Corps is using it for in this case.

Saudi Arabia’s religious police have declared Barbie dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes of the “Jewish” toy — already banned in the kingdom — are offensive to Islam.
For more on the story, see Cox and Forkum.

Arafat threatens to commit suicide if he is expelled from Israel. Oh, the horror! Don’t do it Arafat – the thousands of innocent people you murdered will never get over it!

A California judge on Friday gave preliminary approval to a landmark settlement under which Microsoft will pay $1.1 billion to settle a class-action suit that claimed it overcharged consumers for Windows.

Hey, California, you’re overcharging people on taxes — where is their settlement?
Microsoft comments:

“Microsoft has offered great products at competitive prices and we believe we would have prevailed in this case,” a Microsoft spokesman said in an e-mail message to reporters. “However, we were committed to resolving this matter. This settlement further demonstrates Microsoft’s continued efforts to put these conflicts behind us and to focus on the future.”

So, theft is wrong in theory, but if we capitulate to crooks this time, they’ll leave us alone, right? Right?