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Laptop reliability

effay posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 1:55 pm
I just ran across a study of laptop reliability by manufacturer. It's interesting that it conforms perfectly to my anecdotal experience. My first laptop was a Compaq (HP) which turned out to be a ...
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My message to Android

effay posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 11:48 pm
So there are about a billion Android phones out there now, and with every new iteration there is renewed wondering whether the iPhone is finally threatened. I'm sure Android is great, and I hate A...
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Quotable

effay posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 11:40 pm
Federalism "produces a political civilization which is not only unique but which is of a far higher order than any other form can create." -John W. Burgess
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My actual response to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize

effay posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 1:05 pm
For what!?I just wish I worked for The Onion right now, because I would publish an actual and truthful news story about this, replete with actual quotations from the press release. There's no need...
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"Tiger" Mike Davis

effay posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 5:24 pm
One of our professors referred us to the infamous memos of "Tiger" Mike Davis today. Funny stuff. Have a look.
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Texas v. White v. Thomas Paine

effay posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 12:22 am
In Texas v. White, Chief Justice Salmon Chase described the United States as "perpetual," "indestructible," and "indissoluble." He further determined that the Union could only be broken through revolu...
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Thoughts on the Honduran political crisis

effay posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 12:08 pm
-Here is an informative report on the legality of crisis by The Law Library of Congress. -This is a good example of the risk of empowering the legislative branch to interpret the constitution. -It'...
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Annoyance of the day

effay posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 6:36 pm
Today, the Federalist Society hosted a debate over whether Guantanamo should be closed or not. For some reason, the pro-Guantanamo debater, who I didn't think had very good debating skills, kept a...
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Black People don't care about Kanye West

effay posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 11:50 am
Who is in a worse predicament: Chris Brown after beating Rhianna, or Kanye after being dissed by Obama?
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John Mackey on health care

effay posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 12:03 am
It takes a lot of balls for the CEO of Whole Foods Market, a company that largely caters to privileged hippies, to say something like this. In fact, Whole Foods' shareholders are probably looking ...
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Dr. Norman Borlaug is dead

effay posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 12:18 am
In the words of the United States Congress, "Dr. Borlaug has saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived . . . ."
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Links

effay posted an article on - Aug 3, 2009, 9:27 pm
1. Don't give money to homeless people; they might be millionaires. 2. The newest Taser; electrocutes up to three people without requiring a reload.
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Athletes+Twitter=bad

effay posted an article on - Jul 29, 2009, 2:38 am
All the sports news services are following the latest Twitter-based athlete feud. This time it's Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador whining at each other like eight-year-olds. I guess athletes h...
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Edited my first Wikipedia page today

effay posted an article on - Jul 22, 2009, 7:08 pm
If you follow the format of other pages and use the Sandbox, it's not that hard.
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In support of yield circles

effay posted an article on - Jul 17, 2009, 9:59 pm
Thankfully, the city just widened a lightly used street around where I live and replaced the old four-way stop with a yield circle. It's so much more efficient now that you only have to stop to yi...
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George W. Bush's great redeeming quality

effay posted an article on - Jul 14, 2009, 10:32 pm
President Obama's first pitch at the All-Star Game today has to make you wish he would suck it up and take a few lessons from the gold standard of first pitchers: George W. Bush. For all his faili...
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Microsoft's problem

effay posted an article on - Jul 14, 2009, 2:58 pm
Very good article about what's been ailing Microsoft for the past few years. Basically they have reached the point of good enough. Really, there was no major improvement from XP to Vista, and it d...
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The EC's ubsurd attacks on Microsoft

effay posted an article on - Jul 12, 2009, 10:49 pm
Recently the European Comission has made the destruction of Microsoft its mission in life. Previously, the EC has forced Microsoft to market an edition of Windows XP without Windows Media Player, call...
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On Sarah Palin

effay posted an article on - Jul 6, 2009, 1:06 pm
All this media obsession with Sarah Palin baffles me. Everything she does is scrutinized to determine how it is actually a deft move to position her for a run in 2012. Okay, maybe she really will run ...
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My new food addiction

effay posted an article on - Jul 3, 2009, 5:40 pm
Tabasco sauce. It's so good. I can't get enough of Chipotle burritos with every bite doused in Tabasco. I think it's burning a hole in my throat though.
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Californians: They love spending, but they simply refuse to pay for it

effay posted an article on - Jul 3, 2009, 12:51 am
I find it funny that Californians constantly elect politicians to spend lots of money and then they always vote down the ballot measures those politicians propose to pay for all the spending. Clearly...
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