http://mooreslore.corante.com/ en-us dana@a-clue.com 2006-02-27T16:05:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/27/the_legend_of_dennis_hayes.php Those of you under 30 may never have heard of Dennis Hayes. But once he was somebody. I knew him. His was one of the first tech stories I wrote in Atlanta, back in 1982. Dennis Hayes made modems. His... 49433@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ History 2006-02-27T16:05:49-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/26/evolution_changes_its_mind_again.php One of the great absurdities of the “intelligent design” debate is when someone says “science says.” Scientists say a lot of things. Scientists agree (and sometimes disagree). The consensus among scientists is what science “teaches.” But that consensus can change,... 49336@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Science 2006-02-26T15:00:45-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/25/welcome_to_1966.php Another of those political-historical things. Move along, oh lovers of tech stuff. (That's the 1966 Buick Chevy Impala to the left.) It disturbs me when people ignore history, even the history they themselves have seen. Like Brit Hume today saying... 49310@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ History 2006-02-25T13:39:43-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/22/the_internet_as_a_political_issue.php Generally, political issues involving the Internet are handled by elites. Voters don't understand things like the "Brand X" decision, or the ICANN mess. All they care about is that the resource is there when they want it, at some price... 49117@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2006-02-22T16:02:36-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/18/danas_quick_writing_course.php I've been writing for over 40 years, professionally for 30. If you're interested in doing the same, here's a simple four-step process that will make your writing all it can be. Writing is easy to learn, easy to do. But... 48837@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-02-18T10:13:57-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/15/show_trial.php During Mao's Cultural Revolution, show trials were used to cover-up the evils of the regime. Innocent parties were brought in, tried without justice, then either killed or sent to "re-education" camps. The U.S. House held its own version of such... 48648@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2006-02-15T12:30:34-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/14/yahoo_gets_lost_in_translation_baddaboom_baddabing.php Yahoo tried to draw some favorable press coverage today. (That's actress Charlize Theron, but she's very small, hard to recognize. That's deliberate, as you'll see.) In the wake of a scandal over the fact its Chinese affiliate cooperated with... 48566@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Strategy 2006-02-14T14:37:40-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/02/corruption_on_the_web.php Verisign CEO Stratton Sclavos is a big investor in incumbency. And he gets value for money. OpenSecrets.Org reports that he gave $84,000 in political contributions during the 2004 cycle, and has (with his wife) given another $24,700 in 2005. The... 47774@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Models 2006-02-02T13:31:42-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/31/what_coretta_gave_me.php Coretta Scott King died today. She was 78. She lived over half her life as a widow, true to the memory of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. She became a symbol of his movement, and sometimes a symbol of... 47585@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ personal 2006-01-31T12:28:21-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/24/a_curious_theory_of_conservatism.php In his latest diatribe against a la carte cable pricing Capitalist Tool Adam Thierer of the "Progress and Freedom Foundation" claims that arguments by his opponents in this debate represent "a curious theory of conservatism." I couldn't let that go... 46992@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Economics 2006-01-24T14:29:44-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/23/sexual_monsters_inc.php Something occurred to me when reading of how the Justice Department wants a week of Google search records, ostensibly to enforce the failed law against Internet pornography, but with authority under the Patriot Act. This is getting someone’s rocks off.... 46978@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2006-01-23T15:33:59-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/19/murder_the_beloved_country.php One reason I haven't been around much lately is I have been (finally) reading Salman Rushdie's latest 2005 1997classic Shalimar the Clown. Like all great writers Rushdie tends to be ahead of his time, sometimes far ahead. Just as his... 46726@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-01-19T14:38:28-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/09/congress_passes_blatantly_unconstitutional_law_against_internet_speech.php If Congress thought Netizens were angry before, now we're furious. Declan McCullagh revealed today that buried inside some must-pass legislation from last year is a provision from Sen. Arlen Spector, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that bans all anonymous... 45801@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2006-01-09T14:33:43-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/29/end_impeachment_talk_now.php There has been some talk on the left calling for the impeachment of President Bush. That talk should end now. No competent legal authority has the facts justifying any charge. The Congress is the only such authority, and Congress has... 45044@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-12-29T08:02:26-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/22/melinda.php Of all the dumb-ass things Michelle Malkin has ever written (and she does it deliberately) this is the one that got me mad: Sorry, but Melinda Gates? She marries the software mogul after he has done his greatest work...and that... 44704@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Futurism 2005-12-22T15:28:01-05:00