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one-laptop-per-child-soldier

I haven't seen many criticisms of the $100 laptop project. It's hard to criticize something that is being done for altruistic reasons. I have always thought that it was not what was needed. Clean water, mosquito netting, text books, schools, things like that seemed more important to me, but since I'm not doing anything (except giving platelets), who am I to talk?

patriotic-searching

Use Patriot Search because "other search engines often do not share your data immediately upon government request, thereby endangering the safety of your country and the well-being of you and your family."

congratulations-to-openid

for winning the 2007 Disruptor Award

hash-house-terrorists

In the latest completely stupid culture of fear incident, a couple of Hash House Harriers were arrested for putting flour on the ground near an Ikea. The sad part, well one of the sad parts, is that the man arrested is a German citizen who joined the running group to meet friends. Another sad part is this quote from the city spokesperson:

Mayorga said, "We can't take any situation lightly. We didn't know who these people were. We didn't know what this substance was and in the best interest of the citizens of New Haven, we had to take it seriously."
I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure there is no chemical or biological agent that is effective by being thrown on the ground in pile outside. What would be good is for the city to have a process whereby an uninformed officer can make a call to someone who then says there is no need to call the Police, Fire, Health, state police and FBI for someone playing a harmless game.

ralph-reed-and-email-security

The Radical Georgia Moderate blog has a post about accidentally getting access to a Ralph Reed campaign email account.

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