Archive for the 'On the net/In the news' Category

on ad hominem in intelligent design

Monday, February 20th, 2006

A while ago, I came across this slashdot article, which boldly went where everyone has gone before: declaring that the concept of intelligent design is dying, because science has worked out how bees fly. Made me think about the classic ID defense model, which looks something like this: Science believes in evolution Science can’t even [...]

Ever have the world of infosec make you feel just a little bit ill?

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

I have.

lol we’re getting pwned

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

by the oil companies, no less. Hooray for record profits! Yay for concentration of wealth in the hands of the already unimaginably wealthy! Not like this is really news ….

the ‘blogosphere’ is a horrible atrocity

Monday, January 16th, 2006

So I was just looking into the wordpress api stuff, trying to help a guy in #wordpress figure out how to do something, and I got distracted, leading me ultimately to the topic at hand…

realization time … tech isn’t just for techies anymore

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

So, I ran into the slashdot-linked businessweek editorial on the broken state of intellectual property, and of course the obligatory followups (supporting and rejecting the conclusions of the article). And it sort of makes me think … you know?