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Random Foo of the Week
Feb. 5th, 2006 05:10 pmThis week, we have the '6 social interaction report', links that caught my eye, a fragment of dream foo, and some thoughts on emotion. As usual, a lack of segues.
Homeland Security is finally after the real threat to the US... vegans!. It seems odd that merely writing down the license plate of an undercover vehicle is a criminal offense. I mean, it's out in public. They can spy on you but you can't know about them? Okay, in real crime there might be a reason to avoid it, but if they're going to go out on bull$#!% stuff like this they should at least have James Bond style quick-change license plates. If the security of your operation can be threatened by a vegan with a pad of paper, something's wrong with you.
Yahoo, AOL charge fee for 'guaranteed e-mail delivery'. So if you have these and you don't get an e-mail from me, it's THEIR FAULT. They say it'll help them to reduce spam. But hey, geniuses - spam constantly gets through all your filters ALREADY. Charging companies who (theoretically, according to the terms of the agreement) who DON'T SPAM a fee to bypass spamfilters and other blocks ain't going to help a whole lot. If you use yahoo-mail, flee, flee for your lives!
( The 6 Social Interaction Report )
Dream Foo: Nothingmuch to report in the way of details, but I believe it was Stargate-heavy.
I was thinking the other day about emotions, and specifically the fact that for the most part we can't control them. (I've mentioned before that I can turn off things like disgust and sort of put myself in a zen state and look at or think about pretty disgusting stuff without being at all bothered, but I can't do that to get rid of depression or immediately cut out anger no matter how much I try). Anyway, this lack of control, that's pretty much the only reason I can find why we so value them.
I mean, imagine for a moment a being that could control their emotions. ( Read more... )
Homeland Security is finally after the real threat to the US... vegans!. It seems odd that merely writing down the license plate of an undercover vehicle is a criminal offense. I mean, it's out in public. They can spy on you but you can't know about them? Okay, in real crime there might be a reason to avoid it, but if they're going to go out on bull$#!% stuff like this they should at least have James Bond style quick-change license plates. If the security of your operation can be threatened by a vegan with a pad of paper, something's wrong with you.
Yahoo, AOL charge fee for 'guaranteed e-mail delivery'. So if you have these and you don't get an e-mail from me, it's THEIR FAULT. They say it'll help them to reduce spam. But hey, geniuses - spam constantly gets through all your filters ALREADY. Charging companies who (theoretically, according to the terms of the agreement) who DON'T SPAM a fee to bypass spamfilters and other blocks ain't going to help a whole lot. If you use yahoo-mail, flee, flee for your lives!
( The 6 Social Interaction Report )
Dream Foo: Nothingmuch to report in the way of details, but I believe it was Stargate-heavy.
I was thinking the other day about emotions, and specifically the fact that for the most part we can't control them. (I've mentioned before that I can turn off things like disgust and sort of put myself in a zen state and look at or think about pretty disgusting stuff without being at all bothered, but I can't do that to get rid of depression or immediately cut out anger no matter how much I try). Anyway, this lack of control, that's pretty much the only reason I can find why we so value them.
I mean, imagine for a moment a being that could control their emotions. ( Read more... )
