Solving Illegal Immigration: Can It Really Be THAT Difficult?
Like many of my ideological brethren, I'm a dedicated supply-sider, so the solution to our current illegal immigration crisis seems obvious to me: punish the companies that employ illegal immigrants.
Let me take a step back. I believe there are three parties primarily to blame for the current mess: the Mexican government, the [...]
Ong Bak: Thai For "Holy Crap, That HAS To Hurt!"
Martial arts fans, have you seen Ong Bak? If not, Netflix it, grab it from Blockbuster, do whatever you have to do in order to see this movie.
I won't bore you with the details of the "plot", such as it is. However, the fight scenes are some of the most vicious I've ever [...]
Your UNIX Geekout Moment Of The Day
If you have even a passing interest in the history of operating systems, then you owe yourself a look at the comprehensive timeline of UNIX's existence.
Dang. Just try to follow some of those OS family trees…
2005 Edwards Air Force Base Air Show
A coworker of mine forwarded me a link to a photo montage from this year's air show at Edwards Air Force Base. It features the first picture of an F-22 with the missile bays open evertaken in public, among many other cool shots. Give it a look.
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
I'm always left to wonder if anyone, anyone pays attention to SciFi movies as "cautionary tales". For instance, while Tetra Vaal is cool in concept, in practice such a system practically reeks of Terminator 2.
Yes, let's put weapons into the hands of super-strong, fully autonomous robots. That's a great idea.
A Marvelous, Monstrous Musical Mashup
I've only recently become aware of the musical phenomenon known as "mashups", where DJs and remixers take what would seemingly be incompatible musical pieces and create coherent songs using said music. For example, Jay Z released an a capela version of his "Black" album which lead to the creation of several mashups based on [...]
