Comments for RAD Thoughts http://radthoughts.com Off-by-one Nerd Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Bring Out the Clowns by dpidegp http://radthoughts.com/2007/03/23/bring-out-the-clowns/#comment-2434 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:27:02 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/2007/03/23/bring-out-the-clowns/#comment-2434 559Zvv ytzvlsbpqxvx

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]]> Comment on Bring Out the Clowns by Geri http://radthoughts.com/2007/03/23/bring-out-the-clowns/#comment-2428 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:21:54 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/2007/03/23/bring-out-the-clowns/#comment-2428 There\’s nothing like the relief of finding what you\’re looinkg for.

]]> Comment on The Brother’s Keeper Bill by RAD http://radthoughts.com/2011/10/30/the-brothers-keeper-bill/#comment-2400 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:59:49 +0000 https://radthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/the-brothers-keeper-bill/#comment-2400 Tom, I think Caplan’s argument is slightly flawed. I think the listed objections to the BKB are bang-on but extending the logic to “strangers” is not quite right. I have not grown sympathetic to collectivist redistribution of wealth I just prefer solid arguments backing the ideals I believe in.

Or maybe I just don’t play the group identity game very well :-)

]]> Comment on The Brother’s Keeper Bill by tomslee http://radthoughts.com/2011/10/30/the-brothers-keeper-bill/#comment-2399 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:06:03 +0000 https://radthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/the-brothers-keeper-bill/#comment-2399 The comments on his blog are almost universally supportive, but I agree with you. Although I’m surprised you disagree with Caplan.

]]> Comment on Kitchen Stagnation by RAD http://radthoughts.com/2011/01/31/kitchen-stagnation/#comment-2344 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:21:19 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/?p=896#comment-2344 Nicholas Carr has certainly done a fine job of comparing computing technology to the electrical grid. The parallels are only informative if you start with a model in which innovation for any one technology follows a pattern or cycle. Nick compared the two technologies at what he believes are equivalent points in their innovation cycle. He did not claim that innovation is in decline because the technology behind the electrical grid is no longer improving at the same rate it had in the time of Edison. Unless I misunderstand their articles, that is the exact argument Cowen and Krugman are making.

Their sample may be anecdotal but the anecdote is based on several assumptions that are seriously flawed in my opinion.

]]> Comment on Kitchen Stagnation by tomslee http://radthoughts.com/2011/01/31/kitchen-stagnation/#comment-2343 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:38:28 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/?p=896#comment-2343 The Krugman article (or a similar one I read some years ago) did make me think we naturally overestimate the current rate of change because previous innovations just seem normal. That said, you have a good point about “good enough” – plus, there’s coffee makers and bread makers and so on. In the end, how do you compare the electrical grid and cars to computers and biotechnology? I don’t know that you can.

]]> Comment on Voting Signals and GTD by Alecia Drennan http://radthoughts.com/2009/06/14/voting-signals-and-gtd/#comment-2304 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:39:45 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/?p=760#comment-2304 Little off topic but I browse this blog often and the thought just sprung in my head (being the impulsive gal that I am) so I’m just going to ask everyone.

While I’m sat typing this I’m shuddering in a very thick jumper and thick socks with the heating on as a result of -8C!! I now live in a reasonably spacious open plan apartment and it just doesnt heat. I presume some of you are in a similar position which is why I asked.

Anyway I’ve been investigating oil filled radiators for under my desk so wondering if any of you have one and are they worth buying, what’s best manufacturer and stuff? Thanks :-) xx

]]> Comment on Double Gold Chardonnay: Two-Buck Chuck by Elijah Gacherehu Mwichigi http://radthoughts.com/2007/06/30/double-gold-chardonnay-two-buck-chuck/#comment-2301 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:20:33 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/2007/06/30/double-gold-chardonnay-two-buck-chuck/#comment-2301 I am a Kenyan aged 18(eighteen) years and i keep different types of rabbits, but they are not as big as this.Where in Kenya ,can i get it ,and for how much.Please assist me to get at least one.Thank you.

]]> Comment on Canon Speedlite 270EX Review by Simon http://radthoughts.com/2009/05/16/canon-speedlite-270ex-review/#comment-2300 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:28:21 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/?p=672#comment-2300 Try to get the “PIXEL’S KNIGHT TR-332 WIRELESS E-TTL II FLASH TRIGGER FOR CANON” and set it free :)

]]> Comment on iPad Outdoors by RAD http://radthoughts.com/2010/06/05/ipad-outdoors/#comment-2295 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:21:10 +0000 https://radthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/ipad-outdoors/#comment-2295 It feels much heavier than the Kindle. You have to lock your wrist to hold or lift it with one hand. You generally rest the iPad on your torso or leg when using it so the weight is not really an issue. You notice the weight most as you pick it up.

It is a fantastic browsing device. Text input is a bit awkward but functional. PDFs display nicely in the browser. I find it much easier to navigate through online help files or Javadoc on the iPad compared to a desktop browser.

Yes you can turn your head to see in portrait mode or just take off the polarized sunglasses.

]]> Comment on iPad Outdoors by tomslee http://radthoughts.com/2010/06/05/ipad-outdoors/#comment-2294 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:09:17 +0000 https://radthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/ipad-outdoors/#comment-2294 Could you use it portrait mode if you tip your head sideways?

I’ve heard comments about the weight being a nuisance for extended use. How do you find the weight?

]]> Comment on Eco Nihilism by RAD http://radthoughts.com/2007/08/14/eco-nihilism/#comment-2276 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:57:05 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/2007/08/14/eco-nihilism/#comment-2276 If only conscious beings were around to make the ethical choice of stopping the great oxygenation event. Those poor little photosynthesizers didn’t know what they were doing.

So how did that whole oxygenated atmosphere turn out anyway? I wonder what big brained ethicist could have modeled the outcome.

]]> Comment on Eco Nihilism by Geoff Dann http://radthoughts.com/2007/08/14/eco-nihilism/#comment-2275 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:49:55 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/2007/08/14/eco-nihilism/#comment-2275 So why do we continue to think of humanity as separate from nature despite all the contrary evidence?

No other species, bees included, are causing a mass extinction of other species. In fact no other animal has ever caused a mass extinction in the whole history of life on Earth. Some theories implicate algae as guilty of such a crime, but the algae weren’t intelligent, conscious beings which are capable of making ethical choices, and humans are.

]]> Comment on Tack-Sharp by RAD http://radthoughts.com/2010/02/03/tack-sharp/#comment-2273 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:49:31 +0000 http://radthoughts.com/?p=836#comment-2273 Exactly!!! The other shots are way to literal compared to my shot of ummmmmmmm….. a print-out of the literal words :-)

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