Amara’s law — “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. Gall’s law — “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
Newspaper Editor
Here are a few articles that could have used an alert editor:
Does Stupidity Come Naturally?
I recently became aware of the modern adage known as Halon’s Razor (a contemporary variation of Occam’s Razor): “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Perhaps this explains much of what’s happening in the O’bama
O’bama’s Oratorical Skills
Some great observations from Northern Ohio… talking about O’bama: We don’t trust anything he says, because it has been demonstrated on issues from war to health care that he does not say what he means, or mean what he says.
Happy New Year
Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy years. Wow!
Politicians, Taxes, and Doublespeak
This is an interesting video to see how a Democrat from Virginia uses doublespeak in front of a group of reporters: “I’m not going to raises taxes, but we may have to raise money”. I suppose he feels that he can
Great Proverbs… Revised by Kids
More goodies from StrangeCosmos… A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each kid in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest: 1. Better to be safe than…
Seeing Eye-to-Eye
A U.S. Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist, badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine
Driving Styles
Ways in which to determine where drivers call home… Hat tip to StrangeCosmos 1) One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: New York 2) One hand on wheel, one finger out window: Chicago 3) One hand on wheel, one
Earmarks and Congressional Corruption
You may have read this article about the law closing in a John Murtha (D – PA). A few excerpts: Murtha’s richest earmark largesse was saved for a former appropriations subcommittee staffer who had a long-standing personal relationship with the