'the new york times can always be trusted' has now changed to 'the new york times can be mostly trusted'. the rules are kinda simple and easy to understand: when flux is measurable or even predictable it is no longer flux. when stability introduces any amount of flux, it is no longer stability. i do not have any specific issue…
society (us humans) intended for copyright to exist to protect the rights of an author, to ensure that the author would receive money, for a limited period of time, for the long work an author expended in the production of their works. patents, similarly, protected the capital spent in research and development, fostered, engendered and facilitated development and growth (exclusivity…
12 October 2017, is it a bird? is it a plane? no... it is Asteroid 2012 TC4... worst case calculations by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A) has this asteroid passing at anything between 4200 miles and 170 000 miles from earth. NASA scientists predict that the asteroid will not impact the planet. This sounds a lot like KAK to me,…
on the 9th day of october 2017 a new country will be (re)born. before 1975, catalonian culture was oppressed and after 1975 catalonian people were simply absorbed by the spanish. the catalonian people are a nation, catalonians have their own rich culture and it is an historic moment in time at the re-birth of this country. it happens frequently that…
so, i receive a phone call, from someone claiming to be an IT internet technician called "Zaid". the call originated from 021 913 0585. he claims that a domain, account.co.za is mail bombing his clients and he wants to know why we are doing that. i tell the "internet it technician" that we are not doing that, it is not…