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Patent Abuses

A couple of good articles, Patently Absurd and The Smother of Invention over at Forbes.com. I think the first is best summed up

Too many patents are just as bad for society as too few.

It lays out the why things started to get bad in the 80’s and a bot of the how.

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Eric on Sex

Must read Eric Raymond’s Sex Tips For Geeks.

[via scripting news]

Also of note Eric is blogging over at Armed and Dangerous.

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Eric on Sex

Must read Eric Raymond’s Sex Tips For Geeks.

[via scripting news]

Also of note Eric is blogging over at Armed and Dangerous.

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Resume Tips

Some good resume tips over at the OReilly’s OnJava IT Career Center.

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Resume Tips

Some good resume tips over at the OReilly’s OnJava IT Career Center.

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DivX Players for Consoles

Well this came up at the FVLUG “meeting”/Mozilla Party last night so I thought that the obvious google reference should work.

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DivX Players for Consoles

Well this came up at the FVLUG “meeting”/Mozilla Party last night so I thought that the obvious google reference should work.

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Enneagram types

Just another silly online personality type test. You be the judge if the results are on or not.


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Type 2, Score 18, Summary
Twos are defined by their empathy of other people. They are uniquely gifted at tuning in on the feelings of others. This makes them great networkers, but being too caught up with other people can cause them to lose track of their own personal well being. Two charity is really a projection of how they want others to care for them.

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Enneagram types

Just another silly online personality type test. You be the judge if the results are on or not.


take free enneagram test

Type 2, Score 18, Summary
Twos are defined by their empathy of other people. They are uniquely gifted at tuning in on the feelings of others. This makes them great networkers, but being too caught up with other people can cause them to lose track of their own personal well being. Two charity is really a projection of how they want others to care for them.

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Catholism and OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder linked to piety. Having been born, baptised and confirmed spending my first 8 years of schooling at St. Mary’s the connection doesn’t surprise me in the least. One thing Catholics have on most of the other Christian derivatives is ritualist compulsive behavior. Metafilter has discussion.