Gwynne Dyer's Articles
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27.8.04
Linguistics prof. George Lakoff dissects the "war on terror" and other conservative catchphrases
More from that guy who was talking about how the democrats need to learn how to frame their discussion of issues.
25.8.04
Johnny Theremin
In Chapter Five Johnny learns to snorkel, and The Faceless Chickens make their first move.
LawMeme - The LawMeme Reader's Guide to Ernie Miller's Guide to the INDUCE Act
Ernie Miller is a writer at Corante. He does The Importance Of ... and also contributes to Copyfight. Over at LawMeme James Grimmelman (some guy, you aren't supposed to recognise the name) has written and keeps updated LawMeme - The LawMeme Reader's Guide to Ernie Miller's Guide to the INDUCE Act
So it seems that an unpatched XP machine lasts less than a minute on the MIT network
Reason: The Vets' Case: A detailed analysis of the Swift Boat affair
Well, it isn't really, but it's a fun read and Reason as a whole can be interesting.
24.8.04
Cool exploding bridge story
I sure hope he can sell the picture for at least the replacement value of $15 000 worth of camera.
The Morning News
File under humour. Black and white and read all over. That's their motto, honest. But funny nevertheless.
Orwell was right. Language shapes thought
There is this deep jungle amazon tribe that doesn't have any words for numbers higher than 2. A researcher shows them 4 apples and tells them to make a pile with the same number of apples. Hilarity ensues.
22.8.04
Ale & Whores!
There are some in the world who, if they knew of it's existance, would say that it would be appropriate for me to wear it.
Those nancy boy highland pipers.
If yez wants te learn more about a real pipe then why not try here? No offense to the Scots. Some of my best friends are Scotch. Mr. Macallan's 25 yr old daughter for instance :)
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