The EU Agriculture Commission has announced that, in light of the dismal economy and high food prices, it proposes to slightly relax its onerous rules and regulations on fruits and vegetables in retail markets. Pages and pages of standards and specifications on things like onions and carrots will be tossed out into the compost heap. Or, as [...]
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A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. – Doug Larson
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Rest in peace, Michael Jackson. Your global influence was far and wide. (This video wins several awards, including “Best Use of Philippine Prison Man-Hours” and “Best Use of Those Standard-Issue Bright Orange Jumpsuits”) 6/27/09 UPDATE: The above item was featured on CNN today — http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/27/michael.jackson.prisoners.thriller/index.html — which only goes to show, the difference between a blogger [...]
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What does suing two brothers and their mom in Vancouver for $750k have to do with taking on Google? More than you’d think. As reported in the WSJ, Microsoft recently “filed a lawsuit against three people that it alleges committed a form of “click fraud” (…) in which automated computer scripts or large groups of people click on [...]
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Rare versus Well Done steak? It’s like like difference between sinking your teeth into a succulent savory treat, versus gnawing on a piece of cardboard. IMHO. Yum.
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So, we’ve got a Pluto situation. We’ve got scientifically defined terminology (“planet,” “pandemic” ) which *technically* applies to a phenomenon, but for whatever reason, creates a problem with the *general public* and their understanding of that terminology. Now, the scientific community tends to be very careful about what it chooses to understand about what certain definitions actually mean and [...]
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