Some basic link cleaning:
Microsoft Antitrust FAQ – The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
– An interesting pro-business discussion of the topic, some pretty intelligent
stuff here. Leave your bleeding heart at home 🙂
"In sum, Judge Jackson’s condemnation of Microsoft is not based on the facts
of the case. Instead, they are based on his hostility toward self-interest and
toward business success. This is just another reminder that the ultimate issues
in this case are not factual, but moral." –
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Altruism in Action An Analysis of Judge Jackson’s Finding of Fact and the
Antitrust Assault on Microsoft – The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
– another discussion of the case, this time focusing on bias on the part of the
Judge.
"Even worse than his slanted terminology are his substantive arguments, in
which he sets up impossible standards according to which no successful
business could escape prosecution. For example, Judge Jackson writes early in
his ruling that:" –
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A Bulletproof Mind – A really interesting article discussing the balance the
military needs to find behind setting up a kill reflex in it’s soldiers and
leaving them discretion.
"For the first time in his life, Miller
would be engaging in C.Q.B. — a military abbreviation for ”close-quarters
battle.” After years of training, he would finally become, as he told me
recently, a ”manager of violence.” An eight-year veteran of the Special
Forces, he had never killed before, had never given an order to kill, had not
even seen a dead soldier. All that would change at dawn, because men would
surely die in an attack he would initiate with a one-word command: execute. "
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1981-1985 – a "boombox" history, with pictures!
Advocate – Pencil sharpener Sculptor gets the lead out with miniature carvings
– totally bizarre – this guy carves the lead inside a pencil. Very
cool, very small.
"Ghetti has completed and meticulously framed six pencils — a church, a
chess set bishop, a bust of Elvis Presley, two interlinked hearts, a boot, and,
most spectacularly, a pencil linked by a chain made from the lead in the pencil
center." –
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