Tag Archives: fossoil

Activate the Omega-13

Posted on June 13, 2013 by peNdantry

Hat tip to Quakerattled (I recommend reading ‘Bill McKibben and 565 gigatons‘, from where I snitched the above video link).

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Why we fail

Posted on May 1, 2013 by peNdantry

24327 votes for: ‘Keep Dropbox simple. Just make sure it’s fast, robust, multiplatform and bug free. ‘ 59 votes for: ‘Go Green! Run your data centres with renewables!‘ Homo fatuus brutus doesn’t deserve to survive. Meanwhile, in other news… Leave … Continue reading →

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Ding, dong, the witch is dead

Posted on April 14, 2013 by peNdantry

On the radio yesterday I heard the compère read out a tweet that described as ‘obscene’ the act of spending £10k£10m from the public purse on a funeral for the Iron Lady. (I agree with that stance myself; but then … Continue reading →

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A fork in the road – James Hansen

Posted on February 25, 2013 by peNdantry

On the grounds that it’s too important not to repeat (and because it’s all too easy to not follow hyperlinks), I offer you the recent words of Dr James E Hansen, written in response to yet more nonsense penned by a … Continue reading →

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Flipping the coin

Posted on January 17, 2013 by peNdantry

I recently read Guy McPherson’s book ‘Walking Away from Empire’. While I do recommend it, Guy is one of those who highlights the stupidity of homo fatuus brutus: here I am, going around trying to turn lights off when they’re … Continue reading →

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The endless stupidity of humans

Posted on January 5, 2013 by peNdantry

With thanks to Martin for saving me the trouble of composing a blog post :) [edit 26Feb2018: dammit! Looks like that post has gone walkies. Maybe I should change the title to ‘The endless stupidity of computer systems’…]

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Tim DeChristopher is a hero (and the law is an ass)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by peNdantry

Tim DeChristopher said: The rule of law is dependent upon a government that is willing to abide by the law. Disrespect for the rule of law begins when the government believes itself and its corporate sponsors to be above the … Continue reading →

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