Computers are a pain. People seem to think that computers should manage their ethics. “If a computer lets me do it,” they think, “it is OK for me to do it.”
Of course, computers are fallible beasties as are the people who program them, so there are not always the rules in place to force people [...] Read more »

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I posted this in the comments below, but it’s worth a look for those of you who don’t read the comments. The Columbia Journalism Review has excellent synopsis on coverate of Dean’s I Have a Scream Speech.. Bryan Keefer’s position: the coverage has ceased to be about Dean’s speech and about who can come up [...] Read more »

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… doesn’t seem as bad when you watch the video as when you hear it on the radio. It’s a little strange, but in 2000 I would probably have given my left arm to have Al Gore show that kind of passion. Read more »

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I have a strong and inexplicable aversion to speeches, talk shows, and call-in shows. I’m not sure why. But for that reason I tend to get news of the State of the Union Addresses from secondary sources: transcripts, newspaper articles, and now blogs.
Bubba clearly
thought the speech was a bomb, but for excellent analysis [...] Read more »

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When entries slow down around here to a genuine crawl — like now — you can assume one of two things.
# I am incredibly busy with work or a new computer game
# I have a post I am thinking about but am having trouble organizing it in my head.
I have been work-busy, but most [...] Read more »

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