Been ages since I did a links post, so here's some of the best of the web since last time: A bunch of Overthinking It essays : One on Starship Troopers (on why critics got it wrong), one on Fantastic Mr. Fox (a Freudian analysis), one on Avatar (the James Cameron sci-fi movie; starts off slow but then gets brilliant at the end). For those of you who don't read Overthinking It, it's a great...

As some of you know, mcfnord worked* on a project called the LJ Mindmap where for a given LJ user he analytically mapped relationships between LJ friends, through the connections they forged with other friends of the LJer in question, as well as various other factors that served in turn to illustrate more about the person being analyzed once he graphically illustrated these relationships...

        Below are two posts which are well worth reading and contemplating.   I fully agree that Microsoft and other companies making operating systems NEED to be held financially accountable for ALL security breaches in ALL their operating systems, no matter how old they are. ===================================== Mircrosoft -- Enabling Child Sexual Predators! http://peristaltor.livejournal.com/139072...

"Possession of child pornography does not lead to child abuse. That has never been demonstrated scientifically; in fact, the opposite is likely true ." Possession of child pornography likely leads to... child love? What do you think he means? Post to sfdrama ?

        Below from peristaltor . ====================================== A Happy Halloween Reminder -- Don't Be Afraid! From this rant : It's not that I'm cavalier about safety. I'm just a sucker -- so to speak -- for the facts. And the fact is: No child has been poisoned by a stranger's goodies on Halloween, ever, as far as we can determine. Joel Best, a sociology professor at...

"You know the guy before you was a complete disaster when all you have to do to earn a Nobel was replace him and breathe through your nose." Ganked from peristaltor , who I don't know, who wrote this in a comment to firstashore .

Originally published at Sophrosyne Radical . Please leave any comments there. Many are discussing the recent increase in reported incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in America. Following the release of new data indicating the incidence of ASD has doubled since 1996 , many Americans are looking for answers . Mercury-imbued vaccines are commonly singled-out by naturopaths and...

The Case for Separated Bike Lanes in NY : Good short documentary essay. The Filled Pause Research Center : Um... Absurdly Long Key Lengths in Crypto are Silly : Includes an interesting argument about computer science based on physics. The Conservative Bible Project : Wonder what they'll do about Jonah . Quine Relay in 11 Languages : I am in awe. An Anecdote About Health Insurance : Yet...

        Below from peristaltor .         This, once again, one of those instances where I strongly feel that trials for capital crimes, confiscation of 100% of assets, and executions would not in the least bit be excessive. Bankers, congress critters, heads of regulatory agencies.  Time to choronate the gene pool. ================================= "Bluntly, we have institutionalized...

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