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    Midnight linkage

    DJ Chicken George » His mixes are simply amazing. Listen to the Jazztronica mixes on Properly Chilled or the Dublab mix. I’m in love. Mark’s Sysinternals Blog: More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home » "But, there?s more to the story, like how Sony?s patch can lead to a crashed system and data loss and how Sony is still making users jump through hoops to get an uninstaller." Mark’s Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far »

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    Lunch linkage

    krustukles: An antidote to the geek girl calendar » "CALL FOR PAPERS: She’s Such A Geek: An Anthology by and for Women Obsessed with Computers, Science, Comic Books,Gaming, Spaceships, and Revolution" Agent or Program? » “Here we propose a formal definition of an autonomous agent which clearly distinguishes a software agent from just any program.”

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    Lunch linkage

    Steve Don’t Eat It! – Silkworm Pupas » “But what caught me off guard was the crunchy cocoon. Silk my ass. This was like chewing on tiny bones. The good news is I was immediately distracted by the unexpected squirt of briny liquid that shot out into my mouth. A little heads up would have been nice. (Am I right, ladies?)” In-fucking-deed. Skinny Daily Post: Out of the closet » Yes, another one from SDP: “Weight loss is both immensely personal and inescabably public. Like it or not, no matter how indepent we are, we inevitably find ourselves in situations where our desire for healthy eating creates a certain disruption…

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    Angry rant of the evening: Evolution debates

    I found myself researching something on evolution tonight in order to continue a discussion with WO that came up this weekend, and I found myself infuriated that I’d let myself become involved in another shitty evolution vs. intelligent design discussion. Pardon the poor grammar, but I’m a bit worked up. Would you care to know why I stringently dislike debates about evolution and intelligent design? Because it’s all dogma. People quote that evolution is a “a fact and a theory”–this is a direct quote from Talk Origins–when I think most quasi-educated folk know good and well that no theory is ever a fact. It’s all dogma, and it’s the same…