Seriously, who STILL instructs you to quit ALL other applications while you install software.
– Wil Shipley on Twitter, 12-30-2008
Entries Tagged as 'Quotes'
IS Quote of the day
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December 30, 2008 at 7:11am
by thecodepounder
Personal Computing · Quotes · Technology
Scientific method vs. religion
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December 22, 2008 at 1:08pm
by thecodepounder
I recently rented a DVD entitled “God, the Universe, and Everything Else”. It is simply a video release of a UK television program of the same name which featured Stephen Hawkin, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke, and apparently aired in the UK in 1988.
During the program, Carl Sagan had occasion to compare the scientific [...]
Quote of the day
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November 29, 2008 at 9:53am
by thecodepounder
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock [...]
Quotes · Religion · Social Commentary
Quote of the day
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November 13, 2008 at 9:13pm
by thecodepounder
In honor of my good friend, who occasionally comments on this blog as “thecodepounders alter ego”, here’s a little diddy from Dennis Miller (The Raw Feed, HBO 2003):
I was raised Catholic — I went to confession the other day, I said ‘you first’.
Humor · Quotes · Religion · Social Commentary
Obama to end 8 years of misinformation in Global AIDS policy?
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November 10, 2008 at 6:25pm
by thecodepounder
Drudge Report headline: “Condoms Over Abstinence in Obama AIDS Policy…” I can’t imagine the Drudge Report or it’s usual readers view this as a positive development, but those of us committed to rationality certainly do.
The linked story resides at Bloomberg, Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will reverse [...]
Education · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Health / Medicine · Politics · Privacy · Quotes · Religion · Science · Truth / Half-truths / Damned Lies
Quote of the day
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November 3, 2008 at 10:32pm
by thecodepounder
Technology pundit and columnist Andy Ihnatko on Twitter:
I like and respect Senator McCain, his character, his service, and his accomplishments. But in the end, he’s a 4:3 mind in a 16:9 world.
Internet · Politics · Quotes · Technology
Quote of the day
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October 30, 2008 at 3:05pm
by thecodepounder
Why would an omniscient god need to test anyone’s faith?
– anonymous
Psychology / Human Nature · Quotes · Religion · Skepticism / Rational-Critical Thought
John McCain and negative attack ads
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October 24, 2008 at 1:53pm
by thecodepounder
Eight years ago. Good point.
Six weeks ago. Not a chance.
Four weeks ago. Sometimes.
Two weeks ago. Moment of weakness?
I’ll bet that John McCain’s handlers wish he’d stop letting the “real” John McCain come out from time to time and stick to the “new” John McCain, who’s willing to deal in lies, half-truths, misrepresentations, innuendo, speculation and [...]
History · Politics · Psychology / Human Nature · Quotes · Television
Almost forgot: John Hodgman on the Rachel Maddow show
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October 21, 2008 at 5:57pm
by thecodepounder
John Hodgman appeared on the Rachel Maddow show last night, and had, among other things, this to say:
One of the reasons I find this election so exciting, as a “fake expert”, is that it’s a referrendum on reality. You know, obviously there’s a lot of fiction telling and storyline spinning going on out there. [...]
News · Politics · Quotes · Social Commentary · Television
Quote of the day
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October 17, 2008 at 6:18pm
by thecodepounder
Apple doesn’t make computers that people have to buy. They make computers that people want to buy.
– John Gruber, Daring Fireball, Listen to Tim Cook
It’s astonishing how many people still don’t get this basic truism.