Money is used to facilitate economic transactions. Instead of trading an apple for a haircut, you can simply hand your barber the amount of money needed.
So why are we spending MORE money to have our money created than it’s face value?!
What a silly waste. … read more “The Cost of Money”
I hate to say it as an alumni of UW, but Jake Locker should not be a #1 draft pick in the NFL after this season. After his dismal performance two weeks ago at Nebraska (4 for 20 passing) and missing several wide open receivers yesterday, Jake looks more like he should be picked up in the 2nd round as a wildcat runningback.
People are finding mates and sticking with them at lower rates than in the past. The misapplication of science to society is a big part of it.
Consider: As Taleb points out in his book “The Black Swan”, to consider how a billiards ball will react after the ninth impact, you actually need to know the stations of every molecule in the universe just to take into account the meaningful impact of gravity.… read more “Modern Human Errors In Selecting A Mate”
I am fighting two unjust charges right now, one from the City of Los Angeles and the other from Metropolitan Park Apartments of Seattle.
The City of Los Angeles gave me a parking ticket when I was in a legal spot in Beverly Hills. I think the parking attendant had a quota to fill and saw that my license plate was from Washington State and thought I was an easy target and so gave me the wrong ticket.… read more “Government More Evil than Enterprise”
Funny comic: “for a good time call”
I have been receiving lots of robot phone calls recently, usually with the following message:
“Hi, I found your website on the internet. Would you like an unending supply of leads? If yes, press 1. To be removed from our call list, press 9.”
If you don’t press anything, the call quickly disconnects.
This practice is illegal and carries heavy fines… I’m very surprised that companies are getting away with it. … read more “Robot Phone Calls”
If you want to build a favicon or an animated favicon in an easy to use web-based panel, try the favicon generator. I am pretty impressed with its functionality and used it to make a favicon for CoalitionTechnologies.com (only viewable in Firefox).
Features include:
Microsoft had me really excited about their new Windows Azure product: it is supposed to be easy to use cloud based hosting & databases. Unfortunately, their user interface possibly has the worst design I’ve ever seen… and I’ve been a GoDaddy customer for four years lol. The system makes no sense and has poor support. I am about to say screw Windows Azure, and switch to GoGrid or another non-Microsoft solution.
The creators of South Park have now been threatened with violence & death by several Muslim groups for depicting Mohammed dressed up in a bear costume in the last episode and hinting at seeing more of him in the next episode.
Should Comedy Central declare pre-emptory jihad on Islam?
As the War on Privacy continues, it is important to note that the enemy here is only privacy; not alone time. Alone time is very much a separate principle. Privacy means hiding what you are doing from other people, alone time is just spending time by yourself. If people know you are by yourself you do not have privacy, but you do have alone time. … read more “Privacy Versus Alone Time”