This is a bit of old news (a couple of weeks old) but I finally read the full transcription of what Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) had to say on the topic. My first instinct is to laugh, but it’s truly scary that people with so little understanding of technology are deciding our future. There’s one [...]
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California Primary Information
Since I wasn’t sure if I’d be in town for the election, I opted for an absentee ballot for this June’s California Primary. While making my decisions, I was quite underwhelmed by the lack of aggregated information about the candidates. I found these two site with some info (and some links to candidate’s websites, etc): [...]
My Birthday Present – Jury duty
<sarcasm> I just wanted to thank the Superior Court of California for summoning me for jury duty on my birthday in May.</sarcasm> I fully believe the jury system is an important part of our society but, like many government things, the implementation is really terrible. I could go on a rant for a while about [...]
Results not typical
It seems that quite a few commercials have the disclaimer, “Results not typical.” While I’m not a fan of big government and over-regulation, it seems that something ought to be done about deceptive advertising. Isn’t it time we force advertisers to only advertise the typical results? Perhaps the FTC needs to tighten their control over [...]
Discouraging people to vote
Lately I’ve been getting a barrage of spam from various political groups trying to get a proposition passed/rejected for California’s November special election. I’ve even gotten those damn recorded voice messages on my cellphone! Now I understand the point but quite honestly this is the type of behavior that alienates voters. Many of the emails [...]