Archive for August, 2008

Sanskrit is not magic

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

You would think the New York Times would be, if not smart enough, at least Eurocentrist enough not to perpetuate this kind of BS…

See nonsensical Yoga-induced language-gasm here.

Of course “Yogi” doesn’t apply equally to males and females. Sanskrit has three genders, you don’t think they’d let “yogi” get by without creating a proper feminine version? [...]

Miniature cattle - family pets that provide milk - Boing Boing

Monday, August 18th, 2008

The Dexter, a mountain breed from Ireland, is perfect for cattle-keeping on a small scale, but other breeds are being artificially created to compete with it, including the Mini-Hereford and the Lowline Angus

Miniature cattle – family pets that provide milk – Boing Boing

Rian Johnson: Brick Director To Get Darker In New Scifi Film Looper

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Woohoo!

Rian Johnson: Brick Director To Get Darker In New Scifi Film Looper

Defense Tech: Georgia v. Russia

Friday, August 8th, 2008

If Georgia can plug that hole, get creative with their air defense assets, kill a whole mess of Russians, and force this thing into a winter overtime—I wouldn’t be surprised if the international community forces a peace favorable to the Georgians.

In the immortal words of the film Six-String Samurai, only one man could kill that [...]

disemvoweling and the law: copyright, fair use, and defamation « it’s all one thing

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Will Shetterly has an interesting post about boing boing’s handling of comments and something called (god help us all) “disemvoweling.”

“Xeni owes BB’s readers a new post so the readers who fell for this hoax will know the truth.”

“If you have any respect for AI, please make a new post to let all BB readers know [...]