links for 2009-03-09

Never would have guessed.

Really interesting read, throws a lot of information generally given by the media on it's side.

"Why would I buy from a company that tried to charge me for firmware updates for my consumer hardware? Sure, Drobo changed their mind after people complained, but the fact that Drobo even considered it will make me avoid them in the future." Indeed, that alone probably just turned me off from ever buying a Drobo.

California's Prop 8 which overturned a California Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage.

This was a stupid article to read.

How do you communicate for the web.

I love that the Wall Street Journal writes this but never complained about Bush using fear mongering. Also I don't think he has fear mongered, I think Obama has presented evidence that backs up what he is saying.

The media has no idea or understanding of the tax plan of the Obama administration and loves to just make up stuff.

You know you want to read it.

Illegal immigrants (already captured by the US) are denied access to vital medical care including abortions.

Ouch. This can't happen, then we are really talking Armageddon.

How is education changing due to the internet and technology.

Fun little article.

Another example of a a legit use of bittorent.

About time Microsoft.

"China is ready to talk to Taiwan about ending hostilities, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said at the start of the annual session of China's parliament." Wow, that is impressive.

"President Obama has announced that US sanctions against Zimbabwe will continue for another year." Good for him.

"North Korea has said it cannot ensure the safety of South Korean civilian flights passing near its airspace over the Sea of Japan (East Sea)." Stupid North Korea.

Sorry Dr. Gupta.

Face meet wall.

Very cool high quality images of the 5,000 year old ice man.

Pretty neat plugins.

"Two combat brigades that had been scheduled to return to Iraq this year will not be replaced, the United States military announced Sunday, signaling a first step in President Obama’s plan to end combat operations there by 2010. In addition, the last 4,000 British troops in Iraq are now due to leave by September."

Google needs to become more open with it's policies regarding AdWords and AdSense.

Good for them.

"The problem with newspapers is that they're stuck on the old model, where every newspaper covers everything. And the more important the story, the less efficiently it gets covered." That makes sense.

Google's CEO Schmidt now apparently agrees with Nicholas Carr that the internet takes away from the ability to do deep thinking.

This is probably a problem no matter what the disease or health issue.

"Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body." Very cool research.

"Women in Iraq still lack security and basic services, despite an overall drop in violence six years after the US-led invasion, aid agency Oxfam says." Oxfam is calling it a "silent emergency".

Apple is both falling behind in developer contracts and not providing enough information to current developers.

Tons of information about websites.

We need a place to store nuclear waste somewhere.

You have to wonder some days if Microsoft has any security people look over the decisions that they make.

Auto Resize textareas.

Cool research.

Cisco and Flip, really??

Bad times for anybody.

Here's why e-mail addresses are so crazy to try and validate.

Kinda interesting to think how quickly we have become used to the market going crazy.

Even if there exists a moral right to leave a mark on the environment, what happens when we kill the environment?

What are the possible future for interfaces?

How do you acquire the token to log into a MySQL database.

Some people need to relearn the difference between correlation or causality.

Pets can cost a fair amount of money.

Best reasons I can come up with for why people believe in evolution.