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04 JAN 09
Emergent Chaos: The Identity Divide and the Identity Archepelago SAVE
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Peter Swire and Cassandra Butts have a fascinating new article, "The ID Divide." It contains a tremendous amount of interesting information that I wasn't aware of, about how infused with non-driving purposes the drivers license is. I mean, I know that the ID infrastructure, is, in essence and aim, an infrastructure of control. Even so, I didn't realize how far it had gone as a tool of compliance enforcement.TAGS
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03 JAN 09
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Propaganda war: trusting what we see? SAVE
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Israel has tried to take the initiative in the propaganda war over Gaza but, in one important instance, its version has been seriously challenged.TAGS
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28 DEC 08
Rugby (the religion of Wales) and its influence on the Catholic church ... SAVE
There is no evidence of a link between papal deaths and any home nation grand slams (when one nation succeeds in beating all other competing teams in every match). There was, however, weak statistical evidence to support an association between Welsh performance and the number of papal deaths.TAGS
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22 DEC 08
Jacques-Alain Miller: The Financial Crisis SAVE
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As etymology would recall, there exist affinities between the word crisis and the word critical. Crisis calls upon judgment, but it is more than anything a swinging point, like a disease which can lead to death or to the cure. For an analyst, what is the meaning of the word crisis?TAGS
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27 NOV 08
A Prescient Joke SAVE
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A Modern Parable. A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing. ...TAGS
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Is That a Coffee Table or a Munition? SAVE
One of the standard software security prescriptions for the SDLC is to data classification and enforce least privilege. From a security perspective this sounds fantastic, especially on a whiteboard. When the rubber meets the real world road, things often turn out slightly different. It turns out that it is hard to conduct business with excessive granularity.TAGS
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24 NOV 08
The Future of Ephemeral Conversation SAVE
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Rules pertaining to government need to be different, because of the power differential. Subjecting the president's communications to eventual public review increases liberty because it reduces the government's power with respect to the people. Subjecting our communications to government review decreases liberty because it reduces our power with respect to the government.TAGS
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Installation Irony SAVE
Catalan electricians and sign installers have been working hard in the Place de George Orwell (George Orwell's Square) in Barcelona... (via http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/11/crime_in_barcelona.html)TAGS
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21 NOV 08
When Sky Marshals Do Bad Things SAVE
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the kind of person who wants to be federal air marshal is the exact kind of person we don't want for the jobTAGS
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Are we in danger of talking ourselves into recession? SAVE
An article by Michael Carroll on how media suggestion impacts our mental maps.TAGS