Eric S. Raymond Returns to the Blogosphere- June 30, 2008 Armed and Dangerous, the blog of Eric S. Raymond, has been inactive since June 12, 2006. ESR made a number of posts over the last few days, beginning with the linked post. He also has three posts on the Heller decision: A Victory for Civil Rights, Civil Disobedience, and The Heller ruling and the 2008 elections. Welcome back, Eric! From Civil Disobedience, a report of Eric's visit to his local chief of police: Quote:I told him that I had been intending to speak with him for several weeks, to...http://billstclair.com/blog/eric_s_raymond_returns_to_the_blogosphere.html Git Magic- June 30, 2008 Ben Lynn has a pretty good practical introduction to using the Git version control system. Only interesting if you write software. I use Git for my personal projects. The companies I work for currently use Subversion. I started using Git after watching this video of Linus Torvalds, Git's creator, and the creator and chief maintainer of the Linux kernel, talking about it at Google. musichttp://billstclair.com/blog/git_magic.html Rogue Nation- June 30, 2008 Charley Reese at LewRockwell.com - United States of America: rogue nation, committing acts of aggression around the globe. Why it would be utter folly to start a war with Iran. Quote: Iraq is a small country compared with Iran. Iran has about 70 million people. Its western mountains border the Persian Gulf. In other words, its missiles and guns look down on the U.S. ships below it. And it has lots of missiles, from short-range to intermediate-range (around 2,200 kilometers). More to the point,..http://billstclair.com/blog/rogue_nation.html One Man's Memory of the Slow Death of RKBA in Amerika- June 30, 2008 Skytrooper at Get Your Hands Dirty! - a good personal account of the slow death of the right to keep and bear arms, starting with the 1968 Gun Control Act. I have printed the whole post below, with Skytrooper's permission. by Skytrooper Perhaps Im older than you because I can remember the 1950s and 60s. I can recall firearms for sale in the Sears and J.C. Penney mail order catalogs and 20mm anti-tank cannon for sale for $190 in Shotgun News. I recall walking into Stan Lisk Sporting Goods in...http://billstclair.com/blog/one_mans_memory_of_the_slow_death_of_rkba_in_amerika.html Darth Barr- June 29, 2008 Scott Graves at The Libertarian Enterprise - Mr. Graves wonders whether Bob Barr has truly experienced redepmtion, as did Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. He doesn't know, but he thinks we should give him a chance. I'll have to admit that if I were to choose between Obama, McCain, and Barr, that Barr would be the clear choice. But I don't intend to vote in November. tlehttp://billstclair.com/blog/darth_barr.html The Smith-Suprynowicz Test- June 29, 2008 L. Neil Smith at The Libertarian Enterprise - I remember reading this idea in Vin's andor Neil's writings, but I'd never heard it described as the Smith-Suprynowicz Test before. Good one to remember. I pass. tle Quote:Would politician who claims to support freedom support the right of a nine-year-old girl to walk into a hardware store and, without signing anything or producing identification of any kind, pay cash for a submachinegun, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a supply of...http://billstclair.com/blog/the_smith_suprynowicz_test.html Valcent's Releases Profitable Initial Production Estimates For its Vertical Vegetable Growing Systems- June 29, 2008 Valcent press release - a new method of growing vegetables promises to make food productiion and biofuels much more efficient. If their numbers are correct, it looks to me like this could solve the world's food and energy problems for a good long time. See photo galleries for their High Density Vertical Growth System and High Density Vertical Bioreactor. Quote:El Paso, TX; March 13 - Valcent Products Inc. (OTCBB: VCTPF) -- Data from its fully operational field test plant has confirmed...http://billstclair.com/blog/valcents_releases_profitable_initial_production_estimates_for_... |