Ron's Home Page » Uncategorized http://ozrock.net/ron Just somewhere I post stuff Mon, 31 May 2010 13:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The end of Facebook http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/05/31/the-end-of-facebook/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/05/31/the-end-of-facebook/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 13:06:18 +0000 Ron http://ozrock.net/ron/?p=1919 For me, anyway. Facebook never really worked for me anyway; but on top of that, there are lots of serious privacy concerns — see, for example: Facebook gives your info to advertisers, gets caught in the act, promises to stop; EFF’s Bill of Privacy Rights for Social Network Users; MoveOn’s “Did you see what Facebook is trying to do?“; Openbook; Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant); and Quit Facebook Day.

Which brings us to today. I decided to quit, and figured I might as well do it on Quit Facebook Day. 

I support the move to create an open-source, de-centralized, not-for-whoring-to-corporations alternative to Facebook; maybe Diaspora will be that; we’ll see.

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/05/31/the-end-of-facebook/feed/ 0 Anti-materialism in 4th-grade science http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/04/12/anti-materialism-in-4th-grade-science/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/04/12/anti-materialism-in-4th-grade-science/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:19:12 +0000 Ron http://ozrock.net/ron/?p=1902 My son Oz (in 4th grade) brought home some homework covering the study of matter in his 4th grade science lesson. Here’s a couple of lines from the narrative page “explaining” atoms and matter:

And on the next page, they quizzed him, to make sure he’d accepted the anti-materialist dogma.

When I asked Oz what was wrong with that, he thought for a minute, and then said “They’re in your brain!”

I’ve raised him well.

And while I’m at it: He also noted that he questioned the teacher on the part of the sheet that said all matter was made of atoms, noting that the sun, a miasma of plasma, was really ions and free electrons, and maybe didn’t count as atoms as such.

Thank you, They Might Be Giants.

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/04/12/anti-materialism-in-4th-grade-science/feed/ 0 Republicans are scary crazy http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/02/04/republicans-are-scary-crazy/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2010/02/04/republicans-are-scary-crazy/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:41:59 +0000 Ron http://ozrock.net/ron/?p=1900 If you think ‘Publicans are pretty normal, you might want to check out a really scary poll of self-identified Republicans here, commissioned by Daily Kos. Here are some of the highlights:

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 1/20-31. Self-identified Republicans. MoE 2%

Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
Yes 39%, No 32%, Not Sure 29%

Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?
Yes 63%, No 21%, Not Sure 16 %

Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?
Yes 42%, No 36%, Not Sure 22 %

Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?
Yes 24%, No 43%, Not Sure 33 %

Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people?
Yes 31%, No 36%, Not Sure 33 %

Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?
Yes 23%, No 58%, Not Sure 19 %

Should same sex couples be allowed to marry?
Yes 7%, No 77%, Not Sure 16%

Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?
Yes 8%, No 73%, Not Sure 19%

Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?
Yes 77%, No 15%, Not Sure 8 %

Should contraceptive use be outlawed?
Yes 31%, No 56%, Not Sure 13%

Do you believe the birth control pill is abortion?
Yes 34%, No 48%, Not Sure 18%

Do you consider abortion to be murder?
Yes 76%, No 8%, Not Sure 16%

Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?
Christ 67%, Other 15%, Not Sure 18%

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Commoncraft’s “In Plain English” intro videos on tech/net topics]]>

Commoncraft’s “In Plain English” intro videos on tech/net topics

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/27/commoncraft%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cin-plain-english%e2%80%9d-intro-videos/feed/ 0 “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap… http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/20/%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/20/%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:44:15 +0000 Ron http://ron.tumblr.com/post/145408123
“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” - Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969]]> “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/20/%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-one-small-step-for-a-man-one-giant-leap/feed/ 0 Sen. Jeff Sessions says he’s going to do some crack… http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/17/sen-jeff-sessions-says-he%e2%80%99s-going-to-do-some-crack/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/17/sen-jeff-sessions-says-he%e2%80%99s-going-to-do-some-crack/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:28:55 +0000 Ron http://ron.tumblr.com/post/143538978
Sen. Jeff Sessions says he’s going to do some crack cocaine.]]> Sen. Jeff Sessions says he’s going to do some crack cocaine.

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/17/sen-jeff-sessions-says-he%e2%80%99s-going-to-do-some-crack/feed/ 0 Jerry Springer Show as hosted by Noam Chomsky (via Leiter) http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/15/jerry-springer-show-as-hosted-by-noam-chomsky-via-leiter/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/15/jerry-springer-show-as-hosted-by-noam-chomsky-via-leiter/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:56:36 +0000 Ron http://ron.tumblr.com/post/142046658
Jerry Springer Show as hosted by Noam Chomsky (via Leiter)]]> Jerry Springer Show as hosted by Noam Chomsky (via Leiter)

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Visual Economics: Where the paycheck goes]]>

Visual Economics: Where the paycheck goes

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/11/visual-economics-where-the-paycheck-goes/feed/ 0 YouTube’s “Screening Room” has excellent short… http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/09/youtube%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cscreening-room%e2%80%9d-has-excellent-short/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/09/youtube%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cscreening-room%e2%80%9d-has-excellent-short/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:28:39 +0000 Ron http://ron.tumblr.com/post/138469273
YouTube’s “Screening Room” has excellent short films, like “Spider”]]> YouTube’s “Screening Room” has excellent short films, like “Spider”

]]> http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/09/youtube%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cscreening-room%e2%80%9d-has-excellent-short/feed/ 0 The C-word is very old http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/09/the-c-word-is-very-old/ http://ozrock.net/ron/2009/07/09/the-c-word-is-very-old/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:17:42 +0000 Ron http://ron.tumblr.com/post/138433650

The C-word is very old]]>

Very,very old

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