Pat Robertson, others, claim that this is a sign from god telling us that Christianity is not the true religion.
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
A handy geeky graphic
This is a chart showing a whole bunch of different computer hardware bits and pieces, for reference. Click to embiggen.
From here.
Drill, Baby, Drill …
Let’s not forget.
Evolution: The Story of Life by Douglas Palmer
A very cooly and heavily illustrated chapter from the book Evolution: The Story of Life
A case of Internet Identity Theft In Progress: What do we do?
What should we do about a case of Internet Identity theft? Here’s the story: There is an individual of some reasonable degree of fame. I shall call him Guy-1. There is this other individual who is not famous. Guy-2. Both are similar in many respect, including, as far as I can tell, their political views, and those views correspond more or less to at least some of the views professed on this blog.
UPDATE: The offending fake Facebook page has been taken down. I am not sure exactly why, though I do know that some individuals reported the page.
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Some items for you to read ….
… while you are cleaning your pistol and watching Hulu.
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New and Improved Mac Mini
Apple® today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac® mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at $699, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS® X, iLife® or Mac OS X Snow Leopard® Server.
My birthday is this month.
Oh, did I say that out loud?
You’re Not Helping Blog Admits That They Love Greg Laden
It’s kind of subtle but if you read the words they say carefully, you can hear “kissy kissy” the whole time. Check it out: “Your … fascinating”
Oh, and please DO leave a comment if you visit their site. That would be funny.
Ubuntusci: Nice idea but you may be doing it rong
I like the idea of an edition of Ubuntu for scientists. I like the idea so much that I wrote a blog post about it a while back.
So I was very pleased to see that there is a project called Ubuntusci that is moving along nicely and that may fill in this niche.
But, when I went to look at the web site to find out more about it, I quickly discovered that there are two things wrong with the project that I’d like to suggest that they fix.
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Genie Scott Discussed Evolution and Creationism on Skepchick: Part 9
Bachmann Calls for Tighter Regulation, Commandeering of Private Property by Government
Seriously. I am not making this up. Michele Bachmann, the so called “darling of the tea-baggers” (though I’m not sure why she’s called that exactly) had done a full 180 on her policies regarding government involvement in stuff. Check it out.
Making religious delusion work for you.
It won’t always work …
From the NCSE to YOU: Science in the Courtroom by M. Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci’s new book, “How to Tell Science from Bunk” has a great chapter called “Science in the Courtroom.” The National Center for Science Education has arranged for you to have it for free. Click here to download the PDF.
Turtle on Pond
in northern Minnesota
Is there really any evidence for evolution?
Well, yes. And some of it is discussed in the book “Evidence of Evolution