Author Archives: ErgoOne

Cherokee Nation: Slave Descendants Need Not Apply :(

Posted on August 25, 2011 by ErgoOne

I was checking blogs of some of my friends tonight, and ran across a disturbing bit of news on Robert Glaub’s blog. In short, today the tribal government of the Cherokee Nation is reported to have expelled from membership the … Continue reading →

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First Amendment? What’s That?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by ErgoOne

The Renton, Washington City Prosecutor has filed a complaint against an anonymous cartoonist for cyberstalking after the cartoonist’s mocking cartoons about the Renton Police Department cut a bit too close to the bone and embarrassed the city. Apparently the prosecutor … Continue reading →

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July 20, 1969….

Posted on July 21, 2011 by ErgoOne

“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It’s been over 39 years since we last landed on the moon now. :( Why did we stop?

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The Milky Way as You’ve Never Seen It Before

Posted on July 14, 2011 by ErgoOne

Who’d have thought the Daily Mail, of all news sites, would post something like this front and center? Alex Cherney is one amazing photographer.

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The History of Flight (I wish)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by ErgoOne

The Abstruse Goose, an excellent web comic, illustrates exactly how I am feeling today, as the last space shuttle mission takes off for the ISS. <sigh>

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Final Liftoff

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ErgoOne

Today the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on its final mission to the International Space Station. This marks the final liftoff of the space shuttle program itself. Watch the live feed from NASA’s web site. Although the future of space … Continue reading →

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Alan Dershowitz on Casey Anthony and the Burden of Proof

Posted on July 7, 2011 by ErgoOne

In today’s Wall Street Journal, attorney and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz explains the difference between a criminal investigation and a criminal trial, and why the proper outcome of a trial is not justice for the wronged, but an answer … Continue reading →

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Do NOT Piss off a Crow

Posted on June 30, 2011 by ErgoOne

You do not want to mistreat a crow. This is true even if you are a sadistic bastich that likes nothing better than making small, cute, warm, furry (or feathery) things miserable. Why? Because apparently crows have extremely good memories … Continue reading →

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Back!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by ErgoOne

The rewrite from Gehenna is DONEDONEDONE! Or close enough. :-) I can now come up for air, and start blogging again. :-)

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Tiny Gene May Hold Key to Human Intelligence

Posted on May 17, 2011 by ErgoOne

This evening I took a few minutes off from the ${DAYJOB} project that’s eating my brain (more on that later) and checked Science Daily, a wonderful news aggregator site for current news about science, technology, and medicine. Among today’s articles … Continue reading →

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