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Obama Warned Us – Arguments

My whole goal over the next four years is to make sure that, whatever arguments are persuasive and backed up by evidence and facts and proof that they can work, that we are pulling people together around that kind of pragmatic agenda.

BARACK OBAMA, press conference, Feb. 9, 2009

“And if I don’t have persuasive arguments, I’ll just have the media pummel you with propaganda.”

3-finger salute

BillGatesBill Gates says Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mistake. But it wasn’t his fault.

He was speaking at Harvard recently, and said that David Bradley, who designed the IBM PC, wouldn’t put a single logon button on the computer. Bradley had designed the three-button combination for rebooting the PC.


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Microsoft used the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination for logging in to the operating system. Gates says that was a mistake.

I’m thinking that’s not the only mistake Microsoft made along the way. I’m thinking Windows ME. And Windows Vista. And Windows 8. And…

Now, to be fair, Microsoft did some good things along the way. Without Microsoft, who knows what technology would be like. Heck, they saved Apple along the way, which makes Microsoft kinda responsible for iPods, iPhones, iPads, and that smug feeling Apple users exude.

Told you Microsoft was evil.

Random Thoughts: Back in My Day, Blue Whale, and Children and Video Games

It’s a great idea to name your son after you because then you can say, “I love you, [your name here]” and really mean it.

I was thinking of watching Breaking Bad. Can I just jump in with the next episode or will it be too confusing if I haven’t see the previous?

I was thinking about the phrase “back in my day” and wondering at what age is the day yours. Like whose day is it now?

Life is fun and challenging and then you die and go to Heaven.

The blue whale is history’s largest predator, but calling it a predator is like calling walking mouth open into a cloud of gnats hunting.

What is it with the Koch brothers? Sure, you love freedom if you have billions of dollars, but everyone else wants free stuff.

When there’s a racial incident, do people say, “Now everyone will get behind segregation!” because that’s what gun control people are like.

In Mario Kart, all Buttercup does is steer into walls. From informal surveys, its between ages 3 and 5 children develop videogame skills.

Just wondering how long until my children can be my squadmates on Call of Duty.

Remember in the olden days when cellphones had visible antennas?

Thinking on children and videogames, I was four when I was finally able to get past the first stage of Donkey Kong on the Atari. Buttercup is almost 3, so if in a year she still can’t steer straight in Mario Kart, then I can start being worried.

Of course, my wife still can’t play an FPS without walking around staring at the ground the whole time.