Friday, October 11, 2002
The Therac-25 accidents may count as the deadliest software/engineering design fiasco to date. (What? You've never heard of it? Neither have most people.)
For a serious treatment of what went wrong, you can read Nancy Leveson's report or just do a Google search.
For a more warped and twisted perspective, here are the South Park kids paying a visit to a Therac-25 installation.
Thursday, October 10, 2002
From the "Sick and Wrong" Department
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
There has been a fine dustup today at Mark Shea's, spilling over to the HMS Blog regarding the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. I have made a modest contribution.
I'm taking some amusement from the fact that Mark is rather more of a right wingnut than pinko-lefty-peacenic moi, yet he's the one arguing for nanny-State controls of ammunition. And I, apparantly, am a Gun Nut.
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
Preach It, Brother Dale!!
Choice Dawkins quote:
Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to the children as the grievous mental harm in bringing up the child Catholic in the first place.
Yes, Dawkins is claiming that to raise a child Catholic (or Protestant, or even Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or almost any historic faith) is worse than child rape.
To top it off, he even claims that besides, fondling kids isn't such a big deal:
... I suspect that most of the sexual abuse priests are accused of is comparatively mild - a little bit of fondling perhaps, and a young child might scarcely notice that.
"Schmuck" is the most charitable word I can come up with.
In case you think I'm misrepresenting Dawkins, you can read his twaddle yourself and decide if I'm being unfair to the Great Clearthinking Rationalist™ basking in "the glories of true understanding" (yes, that's his phrase).
schmuck, n. See Dawkins, Richard.
Monday, October 07, 2002
In case you didn't already know, Pope John Paul II is an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.
No, I'm not making this up. I can't make up things this weird.
Reason #42 to Homeschool: The Dreaded "S-word"
I'm currently reading The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer, and found this gem:
Look at the general state of peace, joy, and sexual fulfillment at the average high school and ask: Is this what I want my teen to be socialized to?
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