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Conceptual Coherence in a Ravaged Land (MLP)
By skyknight
Tue Mar 30th, 2004 at 09:36:59 AM EST
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American soldiers shut
down a popular Baghdad newspaper on Sunday and tightened chains
across the doors after the occupation authorities accused it of
printing lies that incited violence.
How can the US take such actions while simultaneously trying to
serve as models to Iraqi citizens? Should we not be leading by
example, meeting slanderous lies head on with rebutting print of our
own, instead of hypocritically turning the army on those who publish
odious contortions of fact?
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Japanese for Nerds (II) (Culture)
By rtmyers
Fri Mar 26th, 2004 at 09:47:27 AM EST
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This is the second article in the series "Japanese for Nerds". We will introduce a stack-based Japanese computer language, the notion of keyword parameters in Japanese, and give a BNF description of Japanese. We will also present two of the key recursive grammar rules which make Japanese so easy for nerds.
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The Outsourcing Bogeyman (MLP)
By R Mutt
Tue Mar 23rd, 2004 at 09:33:17 PM EST
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Foreign Affairs' Daniel Drezner has a fascinating
article
on the myths of outsourcing jobs overseas. Contrary to popular
belief, offshoring fell in 2003 and domestic IT job market is not shrinking.
Drezner's view is that self-interested consultancies, opportunistic politicians
and gullible journalists are combining to produce a phantom menace.
Also see a
critique and
Drezner's
rebuttal
on his
blog.
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Switching from PHP to Zope/Python (Technology)
By salimfadhley
Tue Mar 23rd, 2004 at 05:18:06 PM EST
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Occasionally, when working with computers, you get to experience a completely new way of thinking about problems long thought solved. Rarer still does one find a new set of solutions that are so well thought out and integrated that older approaches seem clumsy by comparison.
Recently I discovered Zope, and having understood its principles I decided to abandon my years of PHP experience in pursuit of a better way.
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Activist Congressmen Try a Power Grab (Politics)
By IsaacW
Sun Mar 21st, 2004 at 04:20:20 PM EST
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Take a look at HR 3920, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2004. The bill, titled the "Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004," would grant Congress the right to overturn the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court "to the extent that [they concern] the constitutionality of an Act of Congress." A two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress would be required to overturn such a decision; this is the same condition applied to overturning a Presidential veto of legislation. The bill is currently in committee.
The ability to declare laws unconstitutional is an important check on the Legislature. Under the current scheme of judicial review, it is not in the best interest of the Legislature to pass laws that are likely to be immediately challenged and struck down by the Supreme Court. Any Supreme Court decision that found a law unconstitutional would be in conflict with the opinion of the Legislature. Therefore, it is likely that any such decision would be overturned under the authority granted by this bill, effectively removing the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional. This power grab would destroy one of the most important powers of the Judiciary in the United States.
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Rumsfeld Caught Lying on "Face the Nation." (MLP)
By Kyle
Thu Mar 18th, 2004 at 10:30:25 AM EST
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On CBS's "Face the Nation" on March 14, 2004, United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that he hadn't used the phrase "immediate threat" to describe the situation in Iraq and that President Bush hadn't either. Thomas Friedman of CBS then presented Rumsfeld with quotes from September 2002 where he did describe the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq as an "immediate threat." Rumsfeld's response was that we may still find that they really were an immediate threat after all. MoveOn.org has a video available which cuts off before Rumsfeld finishes his response.You can also read the full transcript from CBS (PDF), or there is a partial transcript below.
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