Oct 16
Toad in the Hole commented on
The Rand Economy.
Thanks for the video, Paul... When Jon Stewart is interviewing someone really smart and clear about a subject he knows about, it's really obvious he's a wicked smart guy himself. Seriously good viewing.
Oct 16
Toad in the Hole commented on
Finland Makes High-Speed Internet a Right.
Wait, I heard that this was about thwarting the proposed/pending EU mandate, that ISPs kick people off their service if they just receive a letter that the person in question *may* have violated DRM. Finland wants to stop this... i.e. everyone has a right to broadband, and an accusation of DRM violations won't let us kick them off.... It's a WAY cooler story.
Oct 15
Toad in the Hole commented on
Come With Me If You Want to Live.
@18 matt! -- Except those "natural" collisions don't have fancy detectors to see the signature remnants of the Higgs. If you don't observe it, you don't collapse the wave function, hence no past/future conundrum.
Oct 12
Toad in the Hole commented on
Too Many Cooks?.
I love Vroman's! If you're ever in the San Gabriel Valley, check it out! Not as cool as Powell's but pretty nice for a local shop!
Sep 2
Toad in the Hole commented on
Meanwhile in California.
Will, this is in the top 10 fires in California. Yes, fires in very rural environments will grow to be much bigger because there's nothing around, and not much reason to stop it.
@12 you only think they are rich people's homes because the news only mentions "million dollar homes" and loves to report from the big-ass homes. As a matter of fact, it's a HUGE brouhaha here that the local news has really been non-existent on the coverage, particularly in the first few days. If it's malibu/celebrity homes, they interrupt their programming. For normal people, not so much.
Sep 2
Toad in the Hole commented on
Meanwhile in California.
I can confirm that living in the San Gabriel Valley right now is like living in an ashtray. I've never had so many nosebleeds in my life.
@6, yeah, I hate being a house too. Find a plot of land in the US that isn't threatened by some sort of natural disaster. I've lived all over, and if it isn't one thing, it's another.