There’s a front-page story today. As I noted in a comment there, I found the final sentence interesting:
The rocket has just two successful test launches.
While true, there are other ways to phrase it. They could have left out the “just,” which implies that the number is both low, and bad. There is also an implication that there have been unsuccessful launches. It would have been just as accurate, and more favorable to the company, to write, “The rocket has had two successful launches, with no failures.” They could have even pointed out that the capsule performed successfully on its first and only flight.
An illuminating post. For the record, I don’t think that jobs can be created that well by a chief executive. But they can be destroyed, or prevented from being created, and the president has been doing that with a vengeance since he took office (before, in fact, with his campaign rhetoric).
The president makes no apologies for being reasonable. Well, he doesn’t apologize for things he’s actually done, either. Similarly, I make no apologies for being a Democrat.
[Update a while later]
Here are some other things for which I am completely unapologetic, from my Twitter feed:
I make no apologies for thinking that Harry Reid is the greatest statesman in history.
I make no apologies for making Paris Hilton famous.
I make no apologies for thinking that the president is reasonable, and the adult in the room.
Here’s an interesting article on cracking WPA. Bottom line, WEP is worthless for wireless security, and WPA is pretty good, if you use good passphrases and aren’t a high-value target.
Some thoughts from Eugene Volokh. I didn’t know that people were confused on this issue. But it is irritating that Microsoft screwed things up with DOS (as they did many other things).