Regarding: http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2003/CaplanMises.html I will say the that the exceedingly narrow column made the article seem prolix! Part...
... I have trouble with it for several reasons. 1. It assumes that what people want in a dictator (which is more and more what the office of the presidency has...
Dictators, a dying constitution, devalued freedom, reckless imperialists, ruthless murders? Too much! Suffice to say that I don't partake in this gloomy...
Here's an interesting article, in more ways than one, by Lee Smolin, regarding two main contenders for a correct theory of quantum gravity, "String Theory"...
Continuing the discussion of string theory in some of these lists ... more on this. May I add that I don't understand anything said below? There's no reason I...
Byron, If you're interested, you might click over and read the full article -- it defines the unfamiliar terms and puts the excerpts I provided in full...
A friend of mine, Jim S., who *is* a mathematician, and understands what this is all about (unlike myself) noted my confusion about "background-independent"...
Dear Erik, I will. I also appreciate the wikipedia article. I didn't understand it either, but it is interesting. I'll pass it along (and wikipedia in general)...
Looking forward to reading these ... http://www.epicurus.info/etexts/gassendi_ofmoralphilosophy.html ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New...
There is something droll in my posting this rant after having spent a week unable to send an email from work: http://www.insteadofablog.com/2003.12.12.shtml In...
Several comments about your amusing prospam rant. 1. You say Express allows viruses and worms into Windoze platform. Is there a free alternative? And what does...
... From what I understand, the Visual BASIC programming that went into Microsoft's Windows email clients creates big holes through which viruses can get onto...
Here is a review (by an amateur astronomer) of a book which disputes the Hubble's constant / big bang universe theory. Forwarded to me by my friend Lynn. ...
Byron's friend Lynn writes: "The entire ediface [sic] of the Big Bang theory and modern cosmology depends on one assumption: that Hubble's explanation of the...
It's nice to know that our leaders will lie about nearly anything - even when they know they'll get caught later on. Here's a great little story, about the...
... Timo, my friend, perhaps you're being ironic and I've missed the joke -- but I can't help but interpret your preface to this tabloid tripe as an attempt to...
When the Microsoft anti-trust case was worming its way through the courts, I often downplayed it. Unlike other libertarians, I didn't give the standard Randian...
from Hayek Blog http://www.samuelbrittan.co.uk/text172_p.html The not so noble Nobel Prize Samuel Brittan: The Financial Times 19/12/03 The connection between...
At the conclusion of the article on Hayek and the Nobel Prize for Economics, written by Samuel Brittan (The Financial Times), Brittan states that Hayek was ...
Comments my friend, Jim. Very Monty Python! Jim forwards the following article in which we learn that the FBI is targeting people who read Almanacs. ...
... I suppose most people will quickly discount my opinion on this issue because of my employer, but I should say that my opinion has not changed since I ...
... A number of my wonkish Linux friends have been predicting the demise of Microsoft for many years now, but my own experience setting up and using a Linux...
Jon, as you probably can guess, I'm not in substantial disagreement with ... This is actually compatible with my point, oddly. The market will move faster and...
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