9/15/2004

Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin - Pinky and the Brain

Filed under: Big Brother — Tim @ 2:01 pm

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Jesse Ogden pointed to what is perhaps the most pithy example of the intellectual prowess of Ann Coulter, an Amazon.com interview.

Upon reading it, I honestly believe the nucleic acids in my left nut are more adept and resourceful than the likes of her. I do not see how it is possible to be as witless and inarticulate as the “Blond Bombshell” is and be as widely syndicated and revered as she has been.

Though, it could be toss up between WorldNetDaily’s poster-girl and Michelle “I-heart-bondage” Malkin, thanks to Anthony Gregory. Mr. Gregory reviewed Malkin’s latest book which not only glorifies FDR’s internment policies but encourages and lauds the despotic Star-chamber behavior which Ashcroft & Co. have been operating under as of late:

“[In] times of crisis, civil rights often yield to security in order to ensure the nation’s survival. What is legal and what is necessary to preserve the Republic sometimes diverge…. In defying a Supreme Court order to restore habeas corpus, Lincoln refused to let the ‘government itself go to pieces’ for the sake a (sic) single law.” (163)

That Lincoln guy is certainly the role-model to justify your actions by, not like he waged a ruthless war and violated the civil rights of anyone that he disagreed with.

Time to rotate the hands.

Threads, cores, bearish forces — oh my!

Filed under: Technology — Tim @ 1:20 pm

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I’ve been critical of Jonathan Schwartz in the past, but an engineering buddy of mine at AMD (we went to school together) pointed to a post on Schwartz’s blog that is giving me second thoughts on Sun’s inability to pick a direction and sticking to it.

The Niagara chip is going to be one bad mother when it hits the market, what other competing chip will be able to go head to head with it? At the same time however, words of caution from companies like Google might need to be heeded: with the ability to cluster off-the-shelf boxes cheaply and efficiently, SPARC marketshare may end up in a niche market not too dissimilar to where MIPS chips are.

I should note that on a personal level, if the Niagra chip was a female, I would probably tap it. It’s that delicious.