26 Jan 2004
No More Honor Roll

a boy and his computer has a post up talking about a situation in Nashville that's simply beyond belief. Hopefully, what began as an unintended consequence of a misguided law will be tossed out on it's ear: but I doubt it. There's lawyers involved.

... all Nashville schools have stopped posting honor rolls, and some are also considering a ban on hanging good work in the hallways, all at the advice of school lawyers.

The Vonnegut story referenced in the post is also one of my favorites: if you've never read it, do so. It's a concise, precise Anthem.

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Ironic Bequests of Money

IBM Patents Method For Paying Open Source Workers

(link) [Slashdot]

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Tapes From Vermont TV Show a Howard Dean Rarely Seen on Campaign Trail

Apparently, Dr. Dean was once a human being! I never would've suspected it following his screaming speech in Iowa last week.

Seriously, though, this was the governor I admired in 1998 - not the maniac on the presidential trail. He's pandering as much to his "core" or "base" as much as Dubya is - they just happen to be in different directions. But pandering is pandering, and patronizing is patronizing, and I don't appreciate either in anyone who would be our President.

As governor, Howard Dean was a measured, pragmatic, nonideological chief executive who could tip his hat to a Republican.

(link) [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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That Gibberish in Your In-Box May Be Good News

Ya gotta love surrealist spammers ... here's one I got this morning, minus only the single JPG image with the Viagra ad.

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sunspot angst conveyor autocollimate gone casteth millionaire canton isle rand lubbock sweeten burnout bema skyrocket smudgy dragon bichromate harding

The sheer volume of spam may not have diminished in your in-box. But advanced filtering software is having an effect.

(link) [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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