Tag: Human Stupidity

  • An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant

    Techmeme linked me to this amazing Bill Gates e-mail rant. It’s gratifying to know that even the creator of the operating system finds it infuriating, especially when it just took me 10 minutes to reconnect my old laptop to my 802.11g (WiFi) network. I mistyped the WEP key, allegedly, either in the first box or…

  • This Is Stupid – And You Can Quote Me On That

    The Associated Press wants to charge bloggers $12.50 to quote five words from AP articles. See this rate chart for the evidence. I’m not sure which is more frustrating – that the AP has so little respect for the value of a free exchange of information in a free society, that they have so little…

  • In Which I Bemoan Comment Spam Again

    What in the world is going on with my blog’s comment spam in the last few days?

  • Moral Consideration of Plants

    From the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology. I think I’ll go kick a dandelion. Hat tip: Volokh Conspiracy.

  • Favorite Spam of the Day

    I love this person, because he or she is incompetent in the most amusing way. One would hope that such blazing incompetence renders such people inept in their efforts to harm others, though for every con there is probably a gullible enough mark out there… Subject: 2007 Fiscal Activity – $2839,49 Refund From: “[email protected]”<service @irs.gov>…