Ari Pernick: Links ReadThis is just the list of stuff that I read.(Untitled)- March 18, 2003 the commie-pinko case for war jwzDan Savage explains his position on the war.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1594 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 only faith can give your life meaning jwzShiite Muslims cut and beat themselves with swords to mark Ashoura Day.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1593 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Werbach: "Forget what you think about Microsoft in the operating system or PC application market. In telecom today, they are the good guys." Scripting Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1592 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 NY Times: "A 20-pound carp about to be slaughtered and made into gefilte fish for Sabbath dinner began speaking in Hebrew, shouting apocalyptic warnings and claiming to be the troubled soul of a revered community elder who recently died." Scripting Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1591 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 STRANGE OMEN:. Why has France ordered its diplomatic staff to leave Israel before Baghdad Do they know more about what Saddam has in store than we do Or did they just sell him the means to do it - 11:40:45 AM Andrew Sullivan - The Daily DishAndrew fails to mention that the US has pulled out our nonessential staff too.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1589 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 Netscape, Apocalypse, and Pho. Others have commented on Charles Cooper's speculations about "What if Netscape had Won" In my opinion, this was never a zero-sum game, where one person has to lose for the other to win. A zero-sum mentality is a huge waste of resources and diverts energy away from productive innovation toward "attacking the other guy's base". Ever since the software industry fell victim to the politics of polarization, and assumptions like Cooper's.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1588 100 Words- March 17, 2003 Education and Words. And speaking of literacy, here is a nice little story about the "100 words you should know". This list has provoked some disagreement recently, with some people violently rejecting the idea that flowery words are evidence of intellectual horsepower. It is true that people sometimes use intimidating words as a sort of facade to dazzle and deflect away from real intellectual deficiencies. But that is not the same as saying that a rich vocabulary...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1587 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 Inspectors urged to leave Iraq. The US advises weapons inspectors to leave Iraq, as President Bush's final attempt to win UN backing for war is spurned by France and Russia. BBC News World UK Editionhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/17.html#a1586 (Untitled)- March 14, 2003 Revised Economics 210a Spring 2003 Home Page. Home Page for Economics 210a, Introduction to Economic History, Spring 2003, Barry Eichengreen and Brad DeLong, for first-year Ph.D. students in Economics at U.C. Berkeley Syllabus Background and Course Requirements. Paper Guidelines A Page Where I Might Start Keeping My Notes for the Course... Semi-Daily Journalhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/14.html#a1585 (Untitled)- March 13, 2003 MS Makes It Official: iSCSI Driver Due in June. After nixing the inclusion of iSCSI support in Windows Server 2003 last year, Microsoft today announced it will make available for download in June its iSCSI driver for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foleyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/2003/03/13.html#a1582 |