October 2009
17 posts
Roger McGuinn Tried to Sway Metallica on Downloads... →
Metallica might not have faced a well-publicized fan backlash had the band listened to former Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn. When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was set to testify before Congress against file sharing back in 2000, McGuinn tells Spinner that he tried to convince Ulrich that downloads were the future. “I talked to Lars, but he didn’t seem to get it,” says McGuinn,...
5 Irrational Fears (Even Rational People Have) |... →
The current pandemic of Swine Flu has claimed less than 3,000 lives. Well… that’s still pretty bad, right? After all, that’s like a flu-caused 9/11. Then again, the ordinary flu, that gives us the sniffles every year? That one kills several hundred thousand people around the world.
The reason for the early panic is that they believed this virus was a descendant of the 1918...
5 Ways You're Secretly Being Monitored →
It’s so easy to tune out the crazy bloggers and Alex Jones types, screaming that the NWO is watching your every move. After all, these guys are paranoid about everything, all the time, so there’s probably nothing to it. Right?
Well, whether or not there is actually a massive room full of government operatives monitoring everything you say or type, you are being tracked. Whether...
5 Superheroes Rendered Ridiculous by Gritty... →
“Now, there’s nothing wrong with dark and gritty superhero stories, we love The Dark Knight Returns andWatchmen. But when you take the humor and heart away from Spider-Man and stick him in a terrifyingly grim future that finds him heartbroken, you take away everything that attracted Spider-Man readers in the first place. And, sure, guilt has been a hallmark in the Spider-Man comics...
We have a strange and wonderful relationship....
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'I want to vapourise you with a death ray from... →
I accidentally scratched a spot on the side of my face. It was a small unassuming thing, had no real agenda and could’ve quietly be left alone to fade away unnoticed, had it not taken my actions as a deliberate hostile attack. In retaliation it has tripled in size, gone big and red and sore and has no intentions of disappearing quietly.
Donating to charity is selfish
I’ve finished watching a repeat of Richard Dawkins’s The Genius of Charles Darwin, The Fifth Ape. I never caught it the first time around. In this episode Dawkins was trying understand how kindness and morality fits in with Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Part of the reason, Dawkins says, comes from kin selection, where an animal will sacrifice itself or its safety in...
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