April, 2015 archive
Newsweek Discovers Olds 0
Via Raw Story, Newsweek discovers that Facebook drops persistent cookies that track you even when you are not browsing Facebook.
This is not news. This is olds.
This is why, for years, the few times I visit Facebook, I do so only in a private browser tab that deletes all cookies when it’s closed, and, to be doubly safe, have my browser delete all cookies upon exit.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A polite society is a clean society.
The younger sister playfully pointed the gun at her sister and pulled the trigger.
The rifle discharged, and the bullet struck the 8-year-old girl in the neck.
No charges will be filed, because, according to the report, the father was sober and cooperative.
It used to be that being drunk was an acceptable excuse; now it appears that being not drunk has become one.
Biblical Marriage 1
I find it noteworthy how many persons who love to thump the Bible seem unable to comprehend the frightful implications of taking it literally.
Via Job’s Anger.
All the News that Fits (in a Tea Bag) 0
There’s a new outlet for teabaggery in Minnesota that calls itself Alpha News. Michael Brodkorb reports that they have already prepared themselves for any allegations that their news is made-up news.
Please do not be surprised or concerned, as according to the “Website Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement” for Alpha News, “Alpha News is not responsible for the content of postings and comments” on Alpha News.
Follow the link. It’s get better.
Afterthought:
This Alpha will never make it to beta.
uWatch Out Now 0
Peter St. Onge considers the iWatch and rudeness quotient.
He has a point.
As much as I do love computers for what they make possible, I am appalled at persons who continue telephone calls as they deal with sales clerks and find a twits on twitter more important than the friends in front of them. Heck, some young lady with her head in a cell phone nearly collided with me as she cut a left turn too close (and too fast) at an intersection day before yesterday.
Smart phones wielded by stupid persons make for no good outcome.
The Galt and the Lamers 0
Jon Stewart discusses Sam Brownback’s efforts to create a Galtian Paradise in Kansas.
Below the fold in case it autoplays.
Facebook Frolics 0
Testing the TOS.
The lawsuit, which was officially filed in a Vienna court on Thursday, is being spearheaded by 27-year-old Austrian law graduate and privacy campaigner Max Schrems.
(snip)
The case has been brought against Facebook’s European headquarters in Dublin, which registers all accounts outside the US and Canada, accounting for approximately 80% of Facebook’s 1.35 billion users.
Schrems was able to file his action against the Irish subsidiary in a civil court in Vienna because he claims Facebook is in breach of European law on users’ data.
Wonder whether this will go anywhere?
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Emily Badger explores the recent spate of laws, like these, designed to shame and punish the poor for being poor, and tries to understand why persons go for them. A snippet:
Mettler’s research has shown that a remarkable number of people who don’t think they get anything from government in fact benefit from one of these programs. This explains why we get election-season soundbites from confused voters who want policymakers to “keep your government hands off my Medicare!” This is also what enables politicians to gin up indignation among small-government supporters who don’t realize they rely on government themselves.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Somewhat better.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits declined by 23,000 to 2.3 million in the week ended March 28, the fewest since December 2000. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.7 percent. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
“Special Snowflakes” 0
I don’t follow Daily Kos very closely, but I must say, this post is a gem.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Target practice in the Target store:
The round ricocheted off the floor and went into the ceiling. No one was injured, but floor tiles and the ceiling sustained damage.
This guns everywhere sure is working out nicely, is it not?
