http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog Another mouthpiece of the Geek Army Fri, 30 May 2008 20:27:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While reading this post last night about the bond market, I couldn’t help but notice the graphic linked halfway down. It’s a graph mapping the correlation between recessions and some other economic stuff. What caught my eye though is that according to the chart, every single recession in the last ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/i-can-has-recessions/ http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/life/victim-of-the-brain/    Ambigrams are a kind of word play using the form of one word to construct another. Originally called "inversions", credit for the idea is generally given to Scott Kim. The creativity and depth of Kim's work is unsurpassed. Isaac Asimov once called him "The Escher of the ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/art/the-ambigrams-of-douglas-hofstadter/ &lt;a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=34078&m=6&c=1″ target=”_top”&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=34078&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1″&lt;br /&gt; width=300 height=250 border=1&gt;&lt;/a&gt; http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/ron-paul-on-dennis-kucinich/ The following is a transcript of a conversation between Noam Chomsky and a Zmag forum user. It discusses some of the similarities and differences between the two schools of libertarian thought which have been discussed on this blog before. (Chomsky is in bold). <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=34078&m=6&c=1″ target=”_top”><br /> <img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=34078&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1″<br /> width=300 ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/transcript-of-noam-chomsky-on-ron-paul/ Testing the new mozilla based browser with blog capability. http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/blogroll/just-a-quick-test-of-flock/ My money is on Chomsky, but it'd be fun to see nonetheless. http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/digg-this-if-you-want-to-see-ron-paul-debate-noam-chomsky/ I had a problem. In order to get the grades I needed to get in to grad school it was imperative that I get an A- average for the semester. Unfortunately, I also work on the Internet and like many webmasters I find the information on Digg to be invaluable ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/life/how-to-read-all-of-digg-and-survive-college/ 10. Marijuana Decriminalization. A 2007 poll conducted by Zogby International indicates that a slight majority of Americans favour the abolishment of criminal penalties for minor marijuana offenses: "Forty-nine percent of respondents, including 57 percent of men, said they would support "a law in Congress that would eliminate federal penalties for ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/top-10-things-americans-want-but-cant-have/ editors note: Since writing this article Dennis Kucinich has emerged as a force of his own. Please read this article in the context of Ron Paul being the lone honest politician at the time to make a break on the Internet. In addition, Chomsky has contributed his own opinions on ... http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/the-real-threat-dialogue-between-the-left-and-right/