Pervasivelight 5.0

caketastic

dave — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:15:23 +0000

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The Republic of Texas

dave — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:42:23 +0000

and this salient point

But other states may find the Texas model difficult to emulate. The state is unique in having its own electricity grid. All other states fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, adding an extra layer of bureaucracy to any transmission proposals.

a fair assessment of work

dave — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:02:49 +0000

this is my current IM icon.

spam or headline?

dave — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:54:50 +0000

George Soros makes attack on Hong Kong market, resulting in massive job losses

all kinds of wrongness

dave — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:14:02 +0000

Yes that’s an actual advertising campaign to encourage people to sign up for food stamps, running now in New York f’ing City.

Wonder how much that’s costing me, freaking commies.

bastille day suprise

dave — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:08:52 +0000

yesterday at the annual Brooklyn Bastille Day celebration they thew a new twist into the mix. a collection of vintage Solex bikes. Okay, they may look like someone bolted a sewing machine to the front wheel of a ghetto bike, and sure walking may be faster, they’re fascinating pieces of machinery. If I had been a little more sober I may have begged a test ride.

the sweetest when cold

dave — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:03:58 +0000

wow, just wow

dave — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:36:44 +0000

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.”

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

from the no sh*t Sherlock files.

dave — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:30:28 +0000

Increasing exposure to carbon dioxide appears to boost crop yields, Hans-Joachim Weigel of the Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute for rural areas, forestry and fisheries in the central city of Brunswick told AFP.

“Output increased by about 10 percent for barley, beets and wheat” when the plants were subjected to higher levels of carbon dioxide, Weigel said.

science is teh fun

when bad news is good news

dave — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:21:42 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel Tuesday in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as traders wary about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from oil’s recent rally.

Analysts attributed much of the recent sell-off to profit-taking, saying traders were cashing in on the previous week’s gains. A stronger dollar also helped keep prices lower by discouraging investors from pumping more money into commodities.

At the same time, concerns about global oil supply disruptions subsided and fears that the economic slowdown is spreading moved to the forefront.