My column is in the KC Star, tomorrow. Faith section, back of FYI. Thanks!
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Friday, 29 June 2012
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Reactionary
Posted on 11:03 by hony
People who hyperventilate over circumcision need to take a chill pill. Especially Andrew Sullivan. Every time he writes about it he sounds like a 13-year-old writing an opinion essay immediately after watching King's 'I Have A Dream' speech.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
hey, The Oatmeal
Posted on 08:14 by hony
If you aren't too busy getting sued into oblivion, take a minute to read this. My point exactly.
Thanks, and have a good day with your lawyers.
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Thanks, and have a good day with your lawyers.
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Thursday, 14 June 2012
35 Years In Process
Posted on 07:54 by hony
One of the most important events in human history is currently occurring. The first human-made object is leaving the solar system. May it be the first of many.
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Armstrong's Razor, Ctd
Posted on 07:38 by hony
One more quick note on Lance. A common argument point when people say "he must have doped" is "how could he be so much better than everyone else unless he cheated?"
People don't realize this, because it isn't widely known, but Lance Armstrong was setting triathlon records in Texas as a teenager (competing in the adult category) in the 80's and those records still have not been bested. Lance Armstrong, cheater or not, is simply not human.
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People don't realize this, because it isn't widely known, but Lance Armstrong was setting triathlon records in Texas as a teenager (competing in the adult category) in the 80's and those records still have not been bested. Lance Armstrong, cheater or not, is simply not human.
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Armstrong's Razor
Posted on 07:33 by hony
Imagine a company that sells cabinets. That company becomes the best cabinet selling company in the world, and subsequently gains a lot of admiration from the press and a lot of ire from its competitors. Now imagine that for seven years straight, that company is forced to have an auditor on-site, every day, all day, scrutinizing every action...checking every dollar in and out...and waiting to pounce if a single business infraction occurs. At the end of those seven years though, the auditor has found not one single infraction worth citing.
Nevertheless, after a few more years the company is accused of shady business practices and a Federal investigation ensues. The Federal investigators interview dozens of employees, dig through thousands of pages of business records, and scrutinize the company on everything. At the end of that investigation, all charges are dropped - the business is declared sound.
Then a private group...the Cabinet Selling Companies of America charges the company with wrongdoing.
Are we really expected to believe the company is going to be found guilty?
I am not saying Lance Armstrong is without a doubt innocent. I cannot possibly know. But I do know he is the most investigated athlete in history, over 500 blood samples were taken from him during his cycling career (all negative). Investigation after investigation has come up with nothing.
So when I see the USADA come after him, using the same witnesses a Federal investigation found insufficient for charges...I have to wonder if this is just another hack at him.
As my friend Adam says "Lance Armstrong is either the greatest athlete of all time or the greatest liar of all time." Which is more likely? A ten year long conspiracy that foiled hundreds of blood tests, investigations and video surveillance...or he simply did not dope?
What really bothers me about this is that the USADA has to be the stupidest group of people in the world. Stripping Lance Armstrong of 7 Tour de France titles will absolutely decimate the U.S. cycling business. I bought a Trek road cycle and Team Postal/Discovery/Radioshack gear because of him. So did millions of other people. Kill our hero, and you kill our love of the sport. The USADA should have his back, not be putting a dagger in it.
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Nevertheless, after a few more years the company is accused of shady business practices and a Federal investigation ensues. The Federal investigators interview dozens of employees, dig through thousands of pages of business records, and scrutinize the company on everything. At the end of that investigation, all charges are dropped - the business is declared sound.
Then a private group...the Cabinet Selling Companies of America charges the company with wrongdoing.
Are we really expected to believe the company is going to be found guilty?
I am not saying Lance Armstrong is without a doubt innocent. I cannot possibly know. But I do know he is the most investigated athlete in history, over 500 blood samples were taken from him during his cycling career (all negative). Investigation after investigation has come up with nothing.
So when I see the USADA come after him, using the same witnesses a Federal investigation found insufficient for charges...I have to wonder if this is just another hack at him.
As my friend Adam says "Lance Armstrong is either the greatest athlete of all time or the greatest liar of all time." Which is more likely? A ten year long conspiracy that foiled hundreds of blood tests, investigations and video surveillance...or he simply did not dope?
What really bothers me about this is that the USADA has to be the stupidest group of people in the world. Stripping Lance Armstrong of 7 Tour de France titles will absolutely decimate the U.S. cycling business. I bought a Trek road cycle and Team Postal/Discovery/Radioshack gear because of him. So did millions of other people. Kill our hero, and you kill our love of the sport. The USADA should have his back, not be putting a dagger in it.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
Posted on 10:28 by hony
TAE, March 15, 2012:
Today I saw this. I love being right.
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What's next [for Apple]?...here's my guess: the iCar is next. Imagine an Apple-manufactured car stereo that seamlessly connected to your iCloud, ran iTunes, and bluetoothed into your iPhone seamlessly. Imagine you can mount screens in the back seat of the car that are multi-touch capable just like an iPad (1080p!). Imagine the whole system runs flawlessly on iOS. All of a sudden your car is an iPhone/iPad heaven-zone. Frankly the technology wouldn't be hard at all to develop. And by connecting to your iPhone the user could take/send phone calls without a separate phone data plan. The car stereo could handle GPS/navigation, could have Siri connectivity, could run apps, and could play movies.
Today I saw this. I love being right.
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Engineers don't know anything.
Posted on 14:02 by hony
This article had me until the very last paragraph:
The reason, Mr. Evans, that engineers go to college for several years is to learn what as already been done so we don't make fools of ourselves later on when we "invent" decades old technology.
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But for Evans, it’s clearly just the first step. Already, he’s set his sights on bigger targets. Next on his to-do list is to equip the hulls of ocean tankers, a major source of global pollution, with pods. Already he’s been told it can’t be done. The design of hulls, he was informed, can’t be improved. Naturally it was an engineer, he said, who told him.Naturally. What do engineers know, anyway? The portrayal of engineers as a class of technocrats trying to marginalize the lone inventor is a trope I could do with a lot less of. If Evans had asked an engineer whether his "vortex stabilizers" worked, they might have responded "you mean like the ones that come on the 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and have been extensively reported/tested before? Or the ones that have been on airplances since World War II?"
The reason, Mr. Evans, that engineers go to college for several years is to learn what as already been done so we don't make fools of ourselves later on when we "invent" decades old technology.
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Repost
Posted on 13:15 by hony
TAE feels compelled to remind readers at least four times a year that should decide, for whatever reason, that Earth is a place more useful without the presence of human beings...conventional Hollywood-friendly fighting would not occur. Planes with lasers, disc-rotor plane/copters, secret Air Force spy planes, unmanned submarines, and hypersonic drones will not protect humanity from simple bombardment from space, or from the release of a human-targeting bioweapon.
When the aliens come to Earth, we'll see them on telescopes, and then we'll die.
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When the aliens come to Earth, we'll see them on telescopes, and then we'll die.
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