Quote for the Day

A Gandhi he is not.

Quote for the Day: "

'Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has ended his hunger strike on health grounds,' - the Scotsman.

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(Purportedly Via Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish.)

Caitlin & Laura, the rematch

Caitlin & Laura, the rematch
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

There's always time for Dr. Mario when friends visit.

rolling keegan's stomach

rolling keegan's stomach
Originally uploaded by becksu614.

Note also the uncredited fifth Mich Haus member in that picture.

The Hobart industrial dishwasher to Molly's left.

Sigh.

I miss that dishwasher (as I look at my sink...)

Mike on 420 Maynard

A truly endearing piece on the renovations to the University of Michigan Student Publications Building.

Trust me I'm a Floridian

As Expected.

Vote Fraud sux.

Dilbert Comic for 19 Feb 2006

My New All-Time Favourite Dilbert.

Comic for 19 Feb 2006: ""

(Purportedly Via Dilbert.)

Colleen Wants Your Danish Goodies

That's adorable.

Colleen Wants Your Danish Goodies: "

If you’re going to be at the New York comics convention February 24 -26, Colleen Doran, illustrator of ORBITER and creator of A DISTANT SOIL says:

For every person that brings a Danish Flag, button, or any product of Denmark, including a book or newspaper, I will give you a free head sketch and donate $1 to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Don’t expect fancy sketches, it’s a short weekend.

You don’t have to give me your Danish trade goods, just show Denmark some love, and I’ll show you some love, by giving you a precious pearl of a doodle (no pictures of Mohammed, please - do not ask for the Legion of Superheroes, either), and I’ll put a tip in the CBLDF’s jar.

And yes, I know the difference between the Swedish flag and the Danish flag.

If you insist on giving me Danish chocolate, I won’t object.

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(Purportedly Via Warrenellis.com.)

Grown men in peacoats shouldn't smell like baby powder.

Apple Seeks (Poetic) Justice

This is just so damned cute.

Apple Seeks (Poetic) Justice: "

Seems
Apple has href="http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=2">hidden a secret
message to OSX86 hackers to find in the 10.4.4 build of Mac OS X for Intel. And this time it's in verse!
/>Your karma check for today:
There once was a user that whined
his existing OS was so blind,
he'd
do better to pirate
an OS that ran great
but found his hardware declined.
Please don't steal Mac OS!/>Really, that's way uncool.
(C) Apple Computer, Inc.

Sure, it's not the greatest poem, but how
funny is this! I've always loved easter eggs in software and this is the best kind. The people who run OSX86 Project
site have offered up their own poetic reply to Apple. You can read it at their site.

I humbly offer up my
own poetic reply in the style of William Carlos Williams after the jump...

This Is Just to Say

I have beaten
the DRM
that was in
the Intel box

and
which
you were probably
saving
for Leopard.

Forgive me
it was auspicious
so sweet/>and so fast./>'''''''''''''''''' - not
Maxxus

Feel free to add your own Ode to Apple in the comments.

Read'|'Permalink'|'Email this'|'Linking'Blogs'|'Comments

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(Purportedly Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.)

This isn't PRC pscyhobabble.

Please make it stop.

Colonel Martin said the number of hunger strikers [ at Guantanamo ] peaked around Sept. 11 at 131, but added that he could not speculate about why other than to note that "hunger striking is an Al Qaeda tactic used to elicit media attention and also to bring pressure on the U.S. government."

Does Diet Have Any Effect on Health?

Studies continue to say No.

Now for some bacon, cheese, and wasabi mayo.

Yum.

Announce: OpenSSH 4.3 released

Note the BUILT IN VPN CLIENT.

This could get very very interesting...

Announce: OpenSSH 4.3 released: "OpenSSH 4.3 has just been released. It will be available from the

mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/ shortly.



OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0

implementation and includes sftp client and server support.



We have also recently completed another Internet SSH usage scan, the

results of which may be found at http://www.openssh.com/usage.html



Once again, we would like to thank the OpenSSH community for their

continued support of the project, especially those who contributed

code or patches, reported bugs, tested snapshots and purchased

T-shirts or posters.


Read more..."

(Purportedly Via OpenBSD Journal.)

POLITICS: Alito Helps Stall Execution

HAHAHAHAHA. Ok, I'm done now.

POLITICS: Alito Helps Stall Execution: "As one of his first actions as a Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito has pissed off conservative members of the court. Alito sided against conservative justices Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas by blocking the state of Missouri's request to execute an inmate despite the inmate's pending appeal.



Missouri inmate Michael Taylor, who was scheduled to be executed Wednesday, filed a last-minute appeal on the grounds that the drugs used in execution cause pain, thereby making lethal injection an unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Missouri filed a request to allow the execution.

The court's split vote Wednesday night ended a frenzied day of filings. Missouri twice asked the justices to intervene and permit the execution, while Taylor's lawyers filed two more appeals seeking delays.



Reporters and witnesses had gathered at the state prison awaiting word from the high court on whether to go ahead with the execution.



An appeals court will now review Taylor's claim that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment, a claim also used by two Florida death-row inmates that won stays from the Supreme Court over the past week. The court has agreed to use one of the cases to clarify how inmates may bring last-minute challenges to the way they will be put to death.

I am interested to see where Alito's rulings go now that he has a lifetime appointment.

(Written by: Shalome)

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(Purportedly Via SuicideGirls: News Wire.)

Comics for {01,02} Feb 2006: Dilbert's got my back, comparative advantage, and so on...

Comic for 02 Feb 2006: ""

(Purportedly Via Dilbert.)

Comic for 01 Feb 2006: ""

(Purportedly Via Dilbert.)

Islam vs. the Enlightenment

I whole heartedly agree.

Islam vs. the Enlightenment: "My goodness! Has Europe suddenly discovered some backbone to stand against the Islamic assault against Enlightenment thinking?

[Update: Actually, forget it. France Soir just fired their editor. Shall I get April measured for a Hijab?]"

(Purportedly Via Fraser Speirs.)

Caitlin Doing the Bird

Caitlin Doing the Bird
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

Caitlin, Yulia & I went to go see Morris Day & the Time at BAM on Saturday night.

Only Caitlin had the balls to go on stage to do the Bird.

POLITICS: Hamas Victory: It's a Good Thing

So apparently it is called "Crisis Hope Theory".

POLITICS: Hamas Victory: It's a Good Thing: "Emanuele Ottolenghi, professor of Israel studies at Oxford University, has an intriguing take on the Hamas victory in Palestinian Parliamentary elections.

Contrary to initial responses, Hamas’s projected victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections is a positive development. Not, as its apologists claim, because the proximity of power will favor a process of cooptation into parliamentary politics, and therefore strengthen the pragmatic wing of Hamas. There is no pragmatic wing in Hamas, and all differences within the movement — the armed wing and the political wing, Palestine Hamas and Hamas in Syria — are arguably tactical differences. No, the reason is, as Vladimir Ilich Lenin would put it, 'worse is better.'

This notion is what Stanley Fish once derisively termed 'crisis hope theory.' It goes like this, if things get worse, this will bring about crisis and thus, they will get better. Ottolenghi rightly notes that the elections put Hamas in 'an impossible situation,' but it is ludicrous to assume this means the end result will be any better.



This lame argument reminds me of leftists comforted by Bush's election, as this would show the limits of the Democratic Party (it has) and thus would result in a turn to the left (it hasn't). He writes:

But unless Hamas reneges on its ideology and endorses a new course, then Israel’s claim that there is no Palestinian partner is vindicated. The resulting Israeli policy of unilateralism is vindicated. Israel’s argument that the Palestinians do not want peace is vindicated. Israel’s argument that Islamists’ nuances and differences of opinion are just tactical, not strategic, is also vindicated. And the prospects of a Palestinian state will become even more remote.

He forgets to mention that Hamas might feel a bit 'vindicated' right now. Israel and Palestine can retrench further into opposition. But hey, I guess that's a good thing because 'worse is better'?

(Written by: panopiticpants)

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(Purportedly Via SuicideGirls: News Wire.)

Waxing Off

The Karate Kid was on AMC last night.

Avigail put it best, "This means we're old."

userfriendly : 24 jan 2006 (8724)

Absofucking brilliant.

userfriendly : 24 jan 2006 (8724): ""

(Purportedly Via User Friendly the Comic Strip. by Illiad.)

Picard, Look Out!

Chaka...when the walls fell.

Picard, Look Out!: "

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(Purportedly Via WTF? OMGZ!.)