In one of my classes, our discussion tends to get confused as to the meaning of an interest versus a value. My own understanding is …

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I found it interesting — and amusing — that the rhetoric of the RIAA has shifted towards arguing that P2P systems are competing with legal services; this …

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If you need further evidence as to why using a Social Security Number (SSN) for identification is a bad idea consider this new story from …

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I recently re-discovered Sam Ruby’s automatic trackback scipt for pyblosxom entries and made some tweaks for my own purposes:

1. Permits paths/categories, the original …

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Lago notes that academia is ruining the Internet for him: upon reading an interesting blog entry, his reflex is to respond with a bibliography of …

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The theory of evolution is used to describe (or even generate) characteristics within some population based on three processes:

1. Variance - there is variation of characteristic …

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I’ve noted that a common source of disagreement and even exit within open source communities is the handling of software bugs. In my experiences …

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In a values in technology class we are reading The Ruination of the Tomato. The class discussion is lamenting the sorry state of the modern …

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While I was home for the holidays, I read a book of my brother received for the holidays: What Should I Do With My Life …

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This semester’s work is now complete! Getting registered and acclimated was non-trivial, but the deliverables for the classes I ended up in are below …

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