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"One underlying problem for American safety activists is that over the last 40 years citizens have..."

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:41:01 -0800

“One underlying problem for American safety activists is that over the last 40 years citizens have been encouraged by media and the government to believe that driving a car is a right instead of a privilege.”

- Pedal Power (pdf) via @duncanbeevers

"It’s bad enough that the story is misleading, and that it provides no useful news. What makes..."

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:55 -0800

“It’s bad enough that the story is misleading, and that it provides no useful news. What makes it dangerous is that it is misleading precisely to draw readers; and by becoming popular it then causes things to happen.”

- The Last Psychiatrist: The Coming Global Collapse, Sponsored By British Airways

“It’s like twitter. Except we charge people to use...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:02:58 -0800

“It’s like twitter. Except we charge people to use it.”

"It’s as if I went around to all the employees on the floor and handed them little badges,..."

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:41:53 -0800

“It’s as if I went around to all the employees on the floor and handed them little badges, telling them: “Please hold on to this badge. It says whether I like you or not.” It’s not the way things work in the real world, and OOP is supposed to model the world.”

- Stevey’s Home Page - When Polymorphism Fails

"Did I tell you I heard The Doors “Riders On The Storm” mashed with Blondie’s..."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:40:47 -0800

“Did I tell you I heard The Doors “Riders On The Storm” mashed with Blondie’s “Rapture” the other day? Surely there’s a law against that somewhere. If there is, I’d like to make a citizen’s arrest against whoever did that”

- blog | analogindustries.com

"No, I don’t mean a Prius/vegan sort of consciousness, just the basic kind where we are aware..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:21:07 -0800

“No, I don’t mean a Prius/vegan sort of consciousness, just the basic kind where we are aware that all of our actions have a blast radius, and other human beings are in it.”

- The Last Psychiatrist: Is Obama Inspiring Black Adults To Step Up? The Nature Of Altruism, Part 1

"Nightclubs are machines for turning music in to beer sales."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:20:14 -0800

“Nightclubs are machines for turning music in to beer sales.”

- blog | analogindustries.com

"Every company’s dream, right? A base of miserable customers who stick with you only because they..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:32:27 -0800

“Every company’s dream, right? A base of miserable customers who stick with you only because they have no choice.”

- Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now? - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com

"We don’t listen to music in the office. We listen to US Army audio transcripts from the front lines..."

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:12:29 -0800

“We don’t listen to music in the office. We listen to US Army audio transcripts from the front lines of the Vietnam War. The power of these bits of history really help us focus on fixing bugs in Basecamp.”

- Jason Fried (via friedisms)

"If real productivity had risen just 1% pa, it would have almost doubled since 1955, which means that..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:54 -0800

“If real productivity had risen just 1% pa, it would have almost doubled since 1955, which means that people could live a 1955 lifestyle working only three days per week. This is clearly not the case”

- Computer Productivity: Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail

"our automobile design, our road design, our laws and the way they are interpreted, our law..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:05:55 -0800

“our automobile design, our road design, our laws and the way they are interpreted, our law enforcement and our city planning continue to be focused on moving more automobiles faster, on isolating the driver from his/her surroundings, and on requiring less and less of the driver in terms of awareness and interaction with their environment”

- Portlandize: What rights do we and don’t we have, and why

"If we spent $4 billion on affordable housing in Portland, Schools in Portland, Jobs in Vancouver,..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:59 -0800

“If we spent $4 billion on affordable housing in Portland, Schools in Portland, Jobs in Vancouver, and College in Oregon - could we help society way more than if we put it all in to one 5 mile stretch of freeway?”

- BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Reader shares a new approach to crossing the Columbia

timocratic: I guess there is one pluse side to class vars

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:47:01 -0800

timocratic: I guess there is one pluse side to class vars
timocratic: AtAt
timocratic: @@killed_some_ewoks

evan: just so long as there is no alias_method_chainin'

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:38:52 -0800

evan: just so long as there is no alias_method_chainin'
evan: thats not allowed in my house.
Defiler: and ruby is evan's house
evan: heh
evan: well, thank you Defiler.
timocratic: if ruby is evan's house, it's a double-wide trailer with some foster children
timocratic: screaming "you aren't my real father"
timocratic: you can't tell me what to do

"Capitalist industry has thus won the game: the superfluous has become necessary. There’s no..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:50:04 -0800

“Capitalist industry has thus won the game: the superfluous has become necessary. There’s no longer any need to persuade people that they want a car; it’s necessity is a fact of life.”

- The Social Ideology of the Motorcar

"Believe me, they already know about threesomes, and at least eleven have been in one (p<.00001)"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:02:16 -0800

“Believe me, they already know about threesomes, and at least eleven have been in one (p<.00001)”

- The Last Psychiatrist: Gossip Girl Is Going To Corrupt Someone

"her record includes following too close, driving uninsured, driving without a license, driving with..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:49:16 -0800

“her record includes following too close, driving uninsured, driving without a license, driving with switched license plates, and failure to signal to turn or stop”

- BikePortland.org » Update on Willamette fatality (the face of the bull in the china shop)

"There was a technology stack, there were buzzwords, there was a very popular programming language,..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:54 -0800

“There was a technology stack, there were buzzwords, there was a very popular programming language, there even were some quasi-open source components. Lots to like, and difficult to criticize.”

- The Not So Big Software Design

"Sometimes when you choose to do less you force someone else to do more. And sometimes that someone..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:42:47 -0800

“Sometimes when you choose to do less you force someone else to do more. And sometimes that someone else is you, two weeks down the road.”

- Simplicity is Complicated | Virtuous Code

evan: i hope the moon rover has keyless entry

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:13:05 -0800

evan: i hope the moon rover has keyless entry
evan: getting keys out of your pocket with space gloves on would SUCK
evan: and if you drop them in the moon dust?
evan: game over.
evan: on the other hand, the lunar rover had the first version of on-star probably.
evan: i'm sure houston could open the doors from earth.
imajes: er, houston, we have a problem?
imajes: i dropped my keys again.
imajes: oh, buzz.