A long but informative report, from Max Boot.
Next Decade, In Orbit
Leonard David has a very encouraging story about XCOR. This is something that I’ve been predicting for a while, despite those who said that there was no way that the rocket industry could ever be like the computer industry, with people starting businesses in their garages:
Rich Pournelle, XCOR
“You Don
“…to know that competing against the government is a fool
“You Don
“…to know that competing against the government is a fool
“You Don
“…to know that competing against the government is a fool
Blue-Ray Versus HD-DVD
Who will win out?
Following a market lead wrestled free in February, Blu-ray
The Value Of Armed Resistance
And the resistance of the media to point it out:
In each of these cases a killer is stopped the moment he faces armed resistance. It is clear that in three of these cases the shooter intended to continue his killing spree. In the fourth case, Andrew Wurst, it is not immediately apparent whether he intended to keep shooting or not since he was apprehended by the restaurant owner leaving the scene.
Three of these cases involved armed resistance by students, faculty or civilians. In one case the armed resistance was from an off-duty police officer in a city where he had no legal authority and where he was carrying his weapon in violation of the mall
Sheryl’s Brilliant Idea
Boy, when Rosie thinks you’ve gone over the line, you’re pretty radical:
“One square! Has she seen my a**?”
And Don Surber has penned a song about it:
All I wanna do, is wipe my bum…
What a gift to the blogosphere.
[Evening update]
Instapundit has more. As I said, a gift.
[Update at 8:20]
Now she’s saying that it was a joke.
Yeah.
Right.
A joke.
Just like John Kerry’s.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Well, you know, I did go back and read the original blog post that set off the kerfuffle, and while I’m not familiar with her other writings or her general blogging style, I’m willing to believe that she was in fact being (or at least attempting to be) humorous (the bit that she added from her brother, about washing the single square, admittedly helped). I know that I’ve suffered in the past from people taking seriously posts meant to be satirical (though it does help to identify it in the post category). so I’m willing to cut her some slack.
But it seemed like an unusual source of satire on that subject.
So, what do my commenters think? Do we believe her?
Sheryl’s Brilliant Idea
Boy, when Rosie thinks you’ve gone over the line, you’re pretty radical:
“One square! Has she seen my a**?”
And Don Surber has penned a song about it:
All I wanna do, is wipe my bum…
What a gift to the blogosphere.
[Evening update]
Instapundit has more. As I said, a gift.
[Update at 8:20]
Now she’s saying that it was a joke.
Yeah.
Right.
A joke.
Just like John Kerry’s.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Well, you know, I did go back and read the original blog post that set off the kerfuffle, and while I’m not familiar with her other writings or her general blogging style, I’m willing to believe that she was in fact being (or at least attempting to be) humorous (the bit that she added from her brother, about washing the single square, admittedly helped). I know that I’ve suffered in the past from people taking seriously posts meant to be satirical (though it does help to identify it in the post category). so I’m willing to cut her some slack.
But it seemed like an unusual source of satire on that subject.
So, what do my commenters think? Do we believe her?
Sheryl’s Brilliant Idea
Boy, when Rosie thinks you’ve gone over the line, you’re pretty radical:
“One square! Has she seen my a**?”
And Don Surber has penned a song about it:
All I wanna do, is wipe my bum…
What a gift to the blogosphere.
[Evening update]
Instapundit has more. As I said, a gift.
[Update at 8:20]
Now she’s saying that it was a joke.
Yeah.
Right.
A joke.
Just like John Kerry’s.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Well, you know, I did go back and read the original blog post that set off the kerfuffle, and while I’m not familiar with her other writings or her general blogging style, I’m willing to believe that she was in fact being (or at least attempting to be) humorous (the bit that she added from her brother, about washing the single square, admittedly helped). I know that I’ve suffered in the past from people taking seriously posts meant to be satirical (though it does help to identify it in the post category). so I’m willing to cut her some slack.
But it seemed like an unusual source of satire on that subject.
So, what do my commenters think? Do we believe her?