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What is going on here?

A while ago it was suggested that rather than sending random links in email I create a blog and just post them there. I thought about this a for a few years and have decided to do it. Don't expect anything here to be wonderful or interesting. It'll be almost entirely stuff I find on Stumbleupon, and Slashdot, and the occasional ridiculous idea I come up with.

Random old links

I have tons of old emails, if you are lucky I'll post the all the content from them here.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/no-tech-north-korea-wont-attack-the-super-tech-south/

http://josh.com/teepipe/index.htm

http://canoekayak.com/kayak-fishing/kayakingthefloridakeys/

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1696/

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1556#comic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4

http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/06/24/160225

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhGAcWNdDvDzeXJTb0Y16F7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090226105004AA7JiTP

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/09/06/25/1535219/Iran-Tries-to-Pacify-Protesters-With-emLord-Of-The-Ringsem-Marathon?from=rss

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_011508ORN_mt_hood_climbers_LJ.253cb5a0.html

http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1283927&cid=28492855 <- First half explains Indian reservations, second half is crazy rant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqoRaphiEk&feature=player_embedded

http://earth.imagico.de/view.php?site=alaska2

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/1/0/4/2/pages110420/p110420-33.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDR0xGA0Gic

http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=38467

http://controversy.wearscience.com/design/timecube/

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1535#comic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvujWhU6Gs

http://classics.tumblr.com/post/96579206

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5408136

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4749361/HORSE_the_band_-_A_Natural_Death_%5BFLAC%5D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold

http://www.sandman.com/telco.html
Solution to energy crisis = use power from phone company.

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/24/1830239&from=rss

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiq8iNe42T3g&refer=home

http://thebeattitude.com/2009/05/27/it-is-okay-for-catholic-nuns-to-run-red-lights-and-kill-people/

http://www.mosnews.com/world/2009/05/29/dealsoyuz/

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/29/giant-chipmunks-meet-stormtroopers-pictures/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/7932870.stm

http://failblog.org/2009/03/09/overcoming-compulsive-behavior-fail/

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/11/2235202&from=rss

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/25/border.incident/index.html

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/17/1228224&from=rss

http://users.tpg.com.au/morepats/Craig/

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/22/184221&from=rss

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/24/1947221&from=rss

http://www.cracked.com/article_17170_8-awesome-cases-internet-vigilantism.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/638187.stm
"All the testing had to be done at night," Bud Rigby recalls. "Cars as far away as three or four miles on the highway would still produce enough vibration in the test chamber that they had to stop testing."

http://www.cracked.com/article_17098_6-strangest-objects-people-were-caught-having-sex-with.html

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/03/30/ibm-applies-patent-offshoring-math?page=0%2C0

http://www.gameater.com/dad-abandons-daughter-to-play-video-games/

http://www.crap.fi/archive/6895.jpg

http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/images/ignorant_vote100.jpg 

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/election-cartoons/images/mother-of-presidents.gif

http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2008/09/24/pages/2698/PoliticalCartoon4.jpg 

http://www.uship.com/SHIPHAPPENS/blogs/uship/archive/2009/02/26/most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world.aspx 

http://thedailyuplift.com/2009/02/25/darwins-theory-in-action/

http://home.comcast.net/~jjebc/Science_vs._Norse.jpg 

http://www.skytec-engineering.de/hpa.htm 

http://imgur.com/EYY9.png 

http://memeparty.com/i/2eb21cac1ae7747de2263e8901b45ef5.jpg

Trade Deficits

http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/18/1653245&from=rss

http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/04/29/florida-calls-for-ban-on-fake-nuts-hanging-from-vehicles/
it would be great if it did pass, because they'd have to put up signs at the border telling people that "bumpernuts" were illegal

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/19/chimp.attack/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Epidemic_of_1518

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=294286 <- I take most my grooming advice from physicists http://qdb.us/29952

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7909248.stm
Not really news, but I feel it's worth a brief discussion. People generally talk about the trade deficit as a bad thing. However, what they are overlooking is that a trade deficit is a way of correcting an imbalance. In order to have an imbalance of trade you must first have a country that is more prosperous. Countries don't just send cars and stuff to other countries because they need them, they send them because those countries are paying for them. But a trade deficit can only lead to an equaling of prosperity, not to the other country overtaking us. If Japan because more prosperous than us we would no longer be able to afford their cars, and we'd stop buying them. The same holds true for how people love to talk about China buying our debt. Buying debt is another way of saying investing in. Generally you don't want something you've invested heavily in to do poorly. China buying our debt is a good thing because it makes them more likely look out of our interest, because that will be profitable to them. International trade is a good thing, it levels the playing field and leads to a mixing of cultures that lessens tensions and prevents wars. When countries become interinvolved (<-a word) in one another through trade they have less to gain, and more to lose from war. The countries you have to watch out for are the ones that want nothing to do with others, and that also have some power. I've said it before and I'll say it again Russia is probably the greatest threat to the world. 5-10 years ago I probably would have said China, but they are slowly becoming capalist, and while they'll probably have to have some sort of revolution at some point to become a democrocy, I don't see them cause trouble outside of possibly taiwain/tibet any time soon.

Russia though is interesting. A huge powerful country that was pretty much ignored after it's collapse. However it still has the infrastructure and resources of a powerful country. I don't know if you know about this whole natural gas thing this winter (they turned off gas exports to Europe, pretty much just for fun), but it shows they clearly aren't interested in any sort of good will, and they have the still have great influence where they want it.