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Crap Tests

Low Level Crap Test You could see it, as plainly as daylight. Her posture, the facial expression, the choice of words and the tone of voice, the dismissive smart-aleck responses — all of it carefully tuned to fluster and distract … Continue reading

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IP and God's Laws

In God’s Laws, there are two essential periods observed in economics. The first is personal debt; the limit was seven years — sabbatical. The second was systemic debt, limited to fifty years — Jubilee. The second is well understood and … Continue reading

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Data Is the New Commodity

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is partly true. People make huge mistakes in thinking this is the whole story and in deciding what to do with it, but it does accord somewhat with observable human behavior. If circumstances require that you … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 7

I learned how to sharpen a green wood saw blade. A few months ago I stumbled across a huge 30-inch (76cm) bow saw; I didn’t know they made them that large. So I grabbed it for just a few dollars … Continue reading

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A Lady in Waiting 2

Coming to work at a government installation of this sort always required everyone to pass through a selection of offices so the proper support system could be engaged. His contract required precious little, but bureaucratic procedures seldom varied. There was … Continue reading

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User Abuse

If I can get the Senior Editor’s attention, this article will be posted at Open for Business in the next day or so. My readers here get to see it first. ********** I remember my first encounter with a computer … Continue reading

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Recovery of Rez 5

In the colonies, life was never typically anything. That is, each was a random mixture of advanced civilization with all sorts of primitive conditions. The Randell Colony did have one thing in common with all the rest: It was supposed … Continue reading

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Recovery of Rez 3

It was not a question of how much, but what kind. Human advancement was unlimited in some areas, but there were distinct and immovable boundaries in other areas. While this did not prevent recurrent attempts at times in human history … Continue reading

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I'm Not Free, Just Cheap

I see where Miscavage is fixing to stick it to his cult followers again. It’s not as if he hasn’t scammed them out of millions already, but he’s rewritten everything again and dusted off some “new” e-meters he had built … Continue reading

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Soul Seeds: Confidence Games

Scholars tell us the Hebrew language has some 800 root words, and all the rest are combinations of those few. They also tell us the Hebrew language was very visual, and was used to evoke emotions with that imagery. We … Continue reading

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