The War on Drugs: Hypocrisy, Credibility, and Game Theory. The war on ‘drugs’ is not what it pretends to and actually damages the groups it claims to want to influence in a positive manner, children and young adults. [via kuro5hin.org]

Tubcat.

This cat is HUGE!

Morons in the News: Taco Bell Caves to Guerilla Organization. Taco Bell has caved in to the demands of the religious extremist organization known as the American Family Association… [Morons Dot Org]

Morons in the News: Fundies Protest Sex. These three words can be taken in so many contexts and still be true… in this case, some fundies are bitching that condoms will be available at the Olympic Village… [Morons Dot Org]

Morons in the News: Oklahoma Governor: Racial Profiling is Spiffy. The governor of Oklahoma is proudly insisting that racial profiling is the way to go when tracking suspected terrorists… [Morons Dot Org]

I ordered an Airport card for my G4 so I won’t have to run Ethernet cables in my new home. I already have a base station & an airport card in my iBook.

I plan to put the G3 server in a corner of the spare bedroom, along with the DSL modem, router, and base station. The G4 will go someplace more convenient & comfortable to work.

Satire: American Family Association Causes Fall of Roman Empire. The American Family Association has announced that it alone is solely responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire… [Morons Dot Org]

I have a pet peeve with Apple computers, one that I haven’t commented on at all over the years – why in the hell do Macs all come with a single-button mouse? Sure, control-clicking gives me access to a lot of the features that a two-button mouse would offer, but I cannot think of a single reason why Apple still sticks with a one-button mouse. Are we who buy Macs not nimble-fingered enough to use a two-button mouse? [Mac Net Journal]

Yes! For every Mac I’ve bought, the mouse has always stayed packed away in the box. Years ago I used a Kensington Thinking Mouse. Lately, I’ve used a Logitech Mouseman Wheel & a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer. I now use a Logitech Cordless Wheel mouse.

I just realized that RDF has a lot in common with MARC, the standard catalogging format for library data. Both categorize similar types of data and maintain similar pieces of information. MARC was developed long before the web, but there’s now an XML standard for MARC records.

Specialized software is used to catalog, maintain, and browse MARC databases. It would be interesting of RDF and/or XML can replace MARC.

BTW, I used to work for that company and helped develop a client application for the Mac, which was discontinued after I left, since they couldn’t find another Mac programmer 🙂

Sickening: Two shops in Vancouver were raided last week for selling counterfeit DVDs. Along with the standard “billions and billlions of dollars lost each year” figure, the Motion Picture Association lawyer trotted out the connection that the profits from the sale of these illegal DVDs may help fund organized crime and terrorists. [via Lawrence]

Morbus: whaaa? that doesn’t even begin t… sigh. [Aaron Swartz: Secret Agent]

I figured it out. The government’s (and everyone else’s) new code word is “terrorist”. If you don’t like something or want to instantly sway public opinion against something, call them terrorsts, or claim that they help fund terrorists.

drug dealers == terrorists

counterfeit dvd sellers == terrorists

music or software piracy == terrorists

I don’t think people are really stupid enough to believe that crap.