Courtesy Brendan of I Hate Linux (and a Microsoft employee who gave me two nice t-shirts!)
I haven’t been this moved since AmigaOS: A Tragedy in Five Acts
DrTdaxp
Because I say so
Recent Comments
- Variation, Within and Between (2)
- > tdaxp: I hope so
- > Steve French: Did you coin the term “Dixie Ceiling”?
- > tdaxp: I hope so
- Science is Real. Measurement is Real. Improvement Is Real (3)
- > biz: And boring.
- > tdaxp: Thanks for the link! There’s a lot of cool stuff about the video, #1 being they built a time machine and...
- > biz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ty33v7UYYbw
- Should you go to graduate school? (2)
- > tdaxp: Hey Annemarie, Thanks so much for your comment. One of the great parts of the internet is all the different people...
- > Annemarie Perez: Famous? Really? Anyway, thanks for the link. I agree with almost all of your questions except for this...
- The Language of Theory, or, How to Escape the Humanities Ghetto (4)
- > tdaxp: Hey Dan Nexon, Thanks a lot for the comment! Sorry for the delay but I’ve been thinking about it a lot I...
- > Dan Nexon: Hey, Dan. Thanks for the close read. I think you’ve misunderstood the purpose of the ideal-typical...
- > tdaxp: Hey Dan Nexon, Thanks a lot for the comment! Sorry for the delay but I’ve been thinking about it a lot
- Overqualification and Elite Employers (3)
- > tdaxp: Hey Michael, Not many. This is a lottery, and the humanities are a ghetto. [1] Fred, He certainly bailed before the...
- > Fred Zimmerman: A lot going on in these articles, but I’m not sure I see how Ferenstain is overqualified for...
- > Michael: So how many Liberal Arts grad schools are able to find and effectively train the students capable of making the...
- Science, Paradigms, and the Old Boy Network (9)
- > tdaxp: Hey LFC, Thanks for the comment! I’m aware of the way that “pardigm” is used within political...
- > LFC: Re the highlighted passage about “paradigmatic research is declining.” I don’t really get your...
- Progress, Science, and Exemplars — or — when it sucks to be young (11)
- > tdaxp: Hey Deichmans, Thanks for the comment! I want to step in to defend Kuhn somewhat: one amazing thing about him is...
- > deichmans: Dan, I agree with your disdain for Kuhn’s model. Tightly coupling the notion of “Revolutionary...
- Acquiring Network Address (290)
- Cliometrics and Cliodynamics (2)
- > tdaxp: CLI-o-MEH-trix or cli-OM-eh-TRIX?;-)
- > biz: I’m pretty sure there is no quicker way to get made fun of than to say the words ‘cliometrics’ and...
- UnAmerican (9)
- > tdaxp: Tangurena, if you don’t have an understanding of the difference between political speech and publishing opsec...
- > Tangurena: The flunkies said it because they got away with it in regards to censoring Wikileaks. The media was willing to...
- > tdaxp: Curtis, An insightful comment. Thanks for sharing. Google has their terms of use. I have my policy on trolling....
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Censorship feels good, dudn’t it?
- > tdaxp: Curtis, You’re smarter than the stupid forced dichotomy that characterizes your first comment, and too good...
- > TMLutas: One of my items on my “the republic is over” checklist is normally sober people starting to signal...
- > tdaxp: Adam, Hah! I can’t recall a similar episode of the military or security services attempting to silence a...
- > Adam: I promise this won’t become a habit, but I agree with you here too. The possibility that this person might be...
- > Purpleslog: Well said.
- Thugs and Intolerance (11)
- > tdaxp: Hey Adam, Certain interpretations of quantum mechanics hold that, whenever a set of behaviors is possible, all...
- > Adam: I don’t think vandalizing a poster is *necessarily* anti-free speech. http://io9.com/5813447/bulg...
- > Steve French: I would love to hear your thoughts on Jonathan Haidt’s last book (largely on this topic).
- > Sean Meade: ok. subscribing.
- > Purpleslog: “CNN anchor who was fawning over the thug” The thugs had also occasionally worked as at CNN and...
- > larrydunbar: Isn’t a liberal or conservative just someone who lost his/her last argument, so who wouldn’t be full of...
- > tdaxp: Thanks everyone for the thoughts and time you spent commenting. Sean, I like your comment, I’ll respond more...
- > dnexon: PS: I realize the last question might come across as a incipient “No True Scotsman” remark. It...
- > dnexon: I’m with Sean. The claim that many liberals and conservatives are intolerant of dissenting views: true. The...
- > MarcC: Typo? “So why are so many liberals hate field”? Should that be “hate-filled”?
- > Sean Meade: interesting post, Dan. i disagree mildly with your hypothesis, but not with the idea that liberals can be...
- Land Subsidies in Education (1)
- We Don’t Know What To Do (6)
- > Eddie: Jay & Dan, “For example, the WIC program should include not only nutritional subsidies but also...
- Impression of “Life of Muhammad” Trailer (27)
- > tdaxp: Curtis, I think I generally agree. Prosecturial discretion is as integral to the Common Law as, say, the power of...
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Dan, prosecutors have discretion, and I’m not altogether sure how you will change that fact....
- > tdaxp: Curtis, Reading the comments you are responding to might ease a good deal of your confusion. Prosecutors have...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: Or do you mean to say that I or you or your neighbor can commit any crime we wish and then publish...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: How about State Violence ™ in response to fraud and other assorted crimes?
- > tdaxp: Curtis, I’m not sure what private parties might be against him, nor particularly interested in that....
- > Carina: “The filmmaker’s idea was to give the film a title that would draw in “hardcore Muslims”...
- > Curtis Gale weeks: Questions remained about whether Nakoula’s filmmaking and Internet distribution activities might...
- > Carina: No, that isn’t why I thought that. I could see why you interpreted it that way, though. I just meant that...
- > Adam: To clarify, I’m AGAINST censoring the film or punishing Nakoula. I don’t want Dan to go all Mitt Romney...
- > Adam: I’ve got to be honest — if I were an executive producer who gave money to this guy to make me a film and...
- > catholicgauze: The Coptic-angle on the film’s background seems to be made up by the Muslim Brotherhood and the one...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: While abusing taxing authority may be a genuinely terrifying prospect, I do wonder if the...
- > tdaxp: CG, Interesting point. I wonder if Coptic hostility to the Greek Orthodox/Latin Catholic churches still exist. PS,...
- > Brendan: Forgive me Carina, but what you describe is a horrible thing that begs to be abused. Sure, we finally got Al...
- > Purpleslog: Re the Life of video… I thought it was going to be a comedy at first given the interaction between young...
- > Carina: Free speech, sure, but I legitimately hope they investigate this guy for tax evasion, etc. Looks to me like the...
- > Catholicgauze: Note the priest talking to the woman during the Mohammad & donkey scene. The priest (of the unified...
- > tdaxp: Curtis, A friend of mine is a Copt, who mentioned to me since Mubarrak fell, Copts have fallen from 2nd class...
Is Brendan your director friend? I must say, the production values and cast assembly are quite impressive, but the humor could be more original.
Just offering constructive criticism with the last part. Remember, all artists must be their own toughest critic.
Nay, I’m the developer friend of his at Microsoft.
Indeed. [1]
While I doubt Office 2010 will be as cool as Windows 7, glad to see their ads are fun!
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_UuuhPYc_4