Here’s How The Government Can Fix Silicon Valley: Leave It Alone
Also see saffronrose on the California senators and thelongshop on the top of the Republican ticket there. “None of the above” is looking pretty good.
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: free OS that Just Works
My experience has been much the same.
At the Blue Nile Restaurant in Minneapolis. mia_mcdavid and I took our foster daughter, carpe_noctum_93 there for her 17th birthday, along with our son James. Continue reading
At Gethsemane Episcopal Church in downtown Minneapolis. Nice place: I have occasionally gone to their midweek services, which, however, are less common than they used to be.
From Time for industry to end its war on regulation
The biggest oil spill ever. The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. The deadliest mine disaster in 25 years. One recall after another of toys from China, of vehicles from Toyota, of hamburgers from roach-infested processing plants. The whole Vioxx fiasco. And let’s not forget the biggest climate threat since the Ice Age.
Even if you’re not into conspiracy theories, it’s hard to ignore the common thread running through these recent crises: the glaring failure of government regulators to protect the public. Regulators who were cowed by industry or intimidated by politicians. Regulators who were compromised by favors or prospects of industry employment. Regulators who were better at calculating the costs of oversight than the benefits. And regulators who were blinded by their ideological bias against government interference and their faith that industries could police themselves.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 