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Has Boortz slipped a gear?
I caught these on his website today.
The Republican Party does need to wise up, if they expect to hold their majorities this fall.  They can start by doing something about the illegal alien invasion, out of control government spending and high gas prices.
Do something about high gas prices? I thought in [...]

Using the device, Mr Nagle was able to move a computer cursor to open an e-mail, play simple computer games, open and close a prosthetic hand, and use a robot limb to grasp and move objects.
Mr Nagle said the sensor had restored some of his independence by allowing him to carry out a number [...]

I had no idea - found out at Pharyngula.  Syd died last week.  It was only about two weeks ago that I was reading his Wpedia bio, listening to clips, and feeling terribly sorry for him.  Bless him.

I think I’ve mentioned in the past that I write a column in Interfaces, the quarterly magazine of the British HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) Group. Here’s my latest effort, in draft form:
Textbooks and popular treatments of HCI usually touch on learnability. The learnability of a system includes two important parts: how easily new users can [...]

Say the Galchenkos…

I’m not sure what the judge meant, exactly, but what he said has not just gotten the guys at Red State tied up in knots; it also raises a kind of interesting question. Here it is…
In a Constitutional Democracy, the Constitution is found to have two mutually exclusive statements. For instance:

Amendment I:
Congress shall make [...]

Have at it.