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Hi Shim

sloth — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:55:46 +0000

Shim told me he actually checks this site.

That makes 1 reader!

Don’t-pay-for-software day

sloth — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:15:04 +0000

Today apparently is don’t-pay-for-software day. I say this because today is both Pirate Day (or Talk Like A Pirate Day) and Open Source Day (or Software Freedom Day). Both celebrate classic ways to not pay for your software.

The other alternative is taking them literally together like this:

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We might need to call this union holiday Confused-About-What-I’m-Doing-Day or You’re-Doing-It-Wrong-Day.

Violent beating clause

sloth — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:39:26 +0000

I was talking to Vortigus, and like many normal conversations the topic turned to mandatory binding arbitration.

Vort had the best idea ever.

Vortigus: I’m going to start putting in violent beating clauses in any future contracts I sign
Sloth: that’s awesome
Vortigus: Sure, I won’t sue, but you agree to let me violently beat you and your family if you screw me over

I award Vortigus a

With this and two iPhones

sloth — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:10:24 +0000

With this and two iPhones you can have the most annoying marriage ever.

The worst possible PR

sloth — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:25:13 +0000

Sometimes companies do silly things, get bad PR, and then retract them or try to correct the situation.

Sometimes companies do silly things, get bad PR, and then make retarded statements that let the entire world know not to deal with them.
I won’t say this is one of those times since I don’t want to get sued.

They might be gi…unions

sloth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:51:44 +0000

Webster’s defines the phrase labor union as: an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members’ interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Along those lines, I present two different things to read. They have lots of clickables to sources and such should you care to investigate further.

Getting the ABA Out of the Law School Accreditation Business
100 Years of Medical Robbery

I’m familiar with the Volokh Conspiracy but not enough to know what their leanings are politically. The Ludwig von Mises Institute however I am familiar with. It is a libertarian academic organization (perhaps a thinktank) that follows the Austrian School of economics. In my mind this is a Very Good Thing ™.

Edit: M, I had my mechanism wrong. The ABA’s control is via school accreditation. From the wiki link “Specifically, in most U.S. jurisdictions, graduation from an ABA-accredited law school is expressly stated as a prerequisite towards being allowed to sit for that state’s bar exam, and even for existing lawyers to be admitted to the bar of another state upon motion.”

I am not a fan of a government license to practice something that depends upon some issuance of a private group in general. Regulators shouldn’t be run by those they regulate.

Blog not quite deleted

sloth — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:27:40 +0000

This is Wil Wheaton’s best post ever.

Amazon’s overly optimistic shipping

sloth — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:58:25 +0000

I took this partial screen cap just a few minutes ago. Let’s say 8:50 AM, December 30th, 2008.

Amazon must really think their shipping service is hardcore if they are able to get this product to you six days ago. Either that or they are so pessimistic about their odds of getting it to you in a timely manner that they mean next Christmas.

If it’s the first option I want a time machine too.

It’s a trap (again)

sloth — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:23:42 +0000

The link in the last post was supposed to read:
Mice suspected in killing nearly 100 cats.

It’s a trap!

sloth — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:56:37 +0000

Mice suspected in killing nearly 100 mice.

Secret Moose

sloth — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:31:22 +0000

I have hidden the secret moose. See if you can find it.

Sorry, you are not the one

sloth — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:26:00 +0000

I’ve been answering the phone with “This is ” for years. It’s nice for a few reasons:

People calling the wrong number immediately know this. There is no uncomfortable conversations with people who have no idea who they are talking to.
I don’t ever accidentally answer my cell phone like it’s my work phone (elf I’m looking at you).
It generally causes people to skip the first 30 seconds of the conversation that establishes that both parties are doing well and that nothing is up.

Obama wins!

sloth — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:38:16 +0000

I think. I’ll probably go to bed soon. He leads the electoral college votes like 30000000000 to 88.

Obama Wins The Real Election, McCain Wins Popular Vote!!!!

sloth — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:44:21 +0000

Right now it’s Obama 103, McCain 69. Let me be the first to congratulate you President Obama.

But wait, McCain is leading the popular vote?!?!? If you listen to the democrats that bitched after the 2000 election then McCain should win now. Let me be the first to congratulate you Mr. Should-Be-President McCain.

I’m confused.

Obama Wins Again

sloth — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:01:23 +0000

Obama 77, McCain 28.

May I be the first to call you ~~again~~ President Obama.

Every time you hear “too close to call” do a shot. We’ll collect your body in the morning.

McCain wins

sloth — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:30:55 +0000

It’s official, McCain wins in a landslide. Right now he has 8 (update 13) electoral votes to Obama’s 3.

Let me be the first to call you President McCain.

Election Night

sloth — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:19:39 +0000

I was planning on staying up all night to watch the election. Luckily I don’t have to. For those of you who were wondering, the results are in: Obama in a landslide. No, I didn’t vote for Obama. This isn’t a proBama post. No I didn’t vote for McCain either. Go away flamers.

That said, let me be the first to call you President Obama.

It’s all for naught though because the machines have risen up to overthrow their chad hanging masters.

In case the machines all reboot suddenly I’m still gonna watch the election. I suggest we over a play by play. Red state vs Blue state vs Red vs Blue state kinda thing. No purple states please, we don’t want your kind here.

So what is really happening to the financial markets?

sloth — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:25:18 +0000

I think that this sums it up the best of anything I have seen yet.

Hat tip to Steve Horwitz for the link.

Even if you have ADHD (Elf I’m talking to you) read the whole thing.

Obama vs McCain Round 2 Fight!

sloth — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:50:10 +0000

I will reference Will Wilkinson in this one but reverse the statement (I love you Will and read you every day send me an autograph please!! /fanboy).

I prefer McCain over Obama in much the way I prefer rancid milk over rancid milk regurgitated by a cat.

Theme songs

sloth — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:57:17 +0000

Here is a good nerd theme song. Ignore the video, just let this play in another tab.