Comment First World Problem (Score 0) 349
I don't have anything else to say....
Comment Re:Or even shorter ... (Score 1) 700
Just don't make the mistake of believing that Zen in the Art of Archery actually represents how kyudo is actually taught:
http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/Shots_in_the_Dark.html
Herrigel is a bundle of contradictions. At the very least he started the "Zen in..." and "Zen and..." memes.
Comment Re:Public (Score 1) 321
A friend of ours with leukemia made a plea to donate cord blood to help others in her situation. We looked into it and found that there were no donation companies in our state. However, one company would ship us a collection kit to FedEx back to them. Because it would be shipped, if we delivered certain times of the week then they wouldn't be able to accept the sample.
The doctor was great about collecting the cord blood, especially at 4:30 in the morning. The thing we didn't know was that the hospital staff wouldn't take responsibility for putting the blood together for the kit--they didn't want to accept the liability. That responsibility fell to me... after 18 hours of labor, even though I wasn't the one delivering it was still difficult.
We did get a thank-you form letter from the company. Hope it helped someone out.
Comment The truth is... (Score 2) 265
there are lousy homegrown solutions and great vendor applications (and vice versa). It depends on the caliber of the development team.
Comment Re:What's the attraction? (Score 1) 358
Can't believe nobody else has mentioned what I consider the primary attraction: no-additional-cost vanity license plates (at least in Minnesota).
Monkeys Exhibit the Same Economic Irrationality As Us 254
grrlscientist writes "Laurie Santos is trying to find the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primates make decisions. This video documents a clever series of experiments in 'monkeynomics' and shows that some of the stupid decisions we make are made by our primate relatives too."
Israel's Supreme Court Says Yes To Internet Anonymity 198
jonklinger writes "The Israeli Supreme Court ruled this week that there is no civil procedure to reveal the identity of users behind an IP address, and that until such procedure shall be legislated, all internet postings, even tortious, may remain anonymous. The 69-page decision acknowledges the right to privacy and makes internet anonymity de facto a constitutional right in Israel. Justice Rivlin noted that revealing a person behind an IP address is 'an attempt to harness, prior to a legal proceeding, the justice system and a third party in order to conduct an inquiry which will lead to the revealing of a person committing a tort so that a civil suit could be filed against him.'"
Comment It's called a "recession" ... (Score 1) 335
... get over it.
When things are humming again, the jobs, money and talent will return.
Comment The first words in "The Godfather" novel were.... (Score 4, Insightful) 251
"Behind every great fortune is a crime." -- Honoré de Balzac
Comment If you're an investor in Creative.... (Score 1) 423
If you're an investor in Creative get out now.
A company that sues competitors for patent infringement is like a defender who has been beaten so thoroughly that he turns to plead with the referee. You don't do that if you can still reach the ball, even if you genuinely believe you've been fouled. So a company threatening patent suits is a company in trouble. Paul Graham
Comment Golden week? (Score 1) 158
Golden week... that's what a friend calls the time of the month that falls outside his girlfriend's week before, week of, and week after. He's a big fan of that week.
Made me wonder whose week Digital Music was enjoying.
But back on topic, I wonder how closely the rate of gift-download redemption follows the rate of gift-card redemtption.
Made me wonder whose week Digital Music was enjoying.
But back on topic, I wonder how closely the rate of gift-download redemption follows the rate of gift-card redemtption.
Journal Journal: More Here....
Slashdot journal is great but I've already got something going over here: Poochkiss - Internet Technology News.
