"I think, this problem of Islamic extremism ... is we have to hunt down those who would resort to violence to move their agenda, their ideology forward. We should be going after al Qaeda and those networks fiercely and effectively.
But what we also want to do is to shrink the pool of potential recruits. And that involves engaging the Islamic world rather than vilifying it, and making sure that we understand that not only are those in Islam who would resort to violence a tiny fraction of the Islamic world, but that also, the Islamic world itself is diverse." - Karl Rosaen via Bookmarklet
somehow "the oklahoma city supersonics" doesn't quit have the same ring to it... - Karl Rosaen via Bookmarklet
maybe they could name themselves the Oklahoma City Bombers? - ⓞnor
heh, actually upon closer look it sez, "The team’s name and colors will be staying in Seattle." not sure what that means exactly - Karl Rosaen
Later in the article: "Mayor Greg Nickels signed a binding agreement Wednesday, which would be formalized later, that keeps the SuperSonics’ name, logo and colors available if Seattle gets a replacement franchise" - ⓞnor
"Why? While it may be disappointing to see this feature go away, this change will help us to continue to improve the Netflix website for all our customers." - Karl Rosaen
update: they're keeping profiles, yay! I got an email saying, "You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are.
We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, you. " - Karl Rosaen
was listening to this song this morning wondering about some of the lyrics. thoughtful analysis, but ultimately I think the lyrics are deliberately vague to facilitate varying interpretations - Karl Rosaen via Bookmarklet
"last year the supreme court ruled.. that the EPA must regulate greenhouse gases because they are polutants, and NOT, as the administration had tried to argue, 'the musky cologne that makes the atmosphere sexy'" - Karl Rosaen via Bookmarklet
posted a message
“draft day.. i wonder if the pistons will do anything interesting”
"The Paxos algorithm for implementing a fault-tolerant distributed system
has been regarded as difficult to understand, perhaps because the original
presentation was Greek to many readers. In fact, it is among the sim-
plest and most obvious of distributed algorithms. At its heart is a consensus
algorithm..." - Karl Rosaen
