Archive for the 'digg' Category

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities…

September 15th, 2006 by timelady

…between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu rebuts Republican accusations of the Democrats being soft on terrorism and national safety. From her speech : “I’m not going to sit here as a Democrat and let the Republican leadership come to the floor and talk about Democrats not making us safe. They are the ones in charge and Osama bin Laden is still at loose.”

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Some books leave us free…

September 14th, 2006 by timelady

…and some books make us free.

Free Computer Books, Tutorials & Lecture Notes - Unix/Linux

Enough said, really.

Things should be made as simple as possible…

September 14th, 2006 by timelady

…but not any simpler.
From digg:
Science is an open process. Experimental information and results must be published so results are verifiable and reproducible. These results are then shared with the larger community to benefit all humanity. It makes sense that the software used for scientific computations should also be open. Here are a few scientific programs of general utility.

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