> Then she argued that exposure to computer games ...
> could leave a generation with poor attention spans.

Interesting, considering how all recent studies show that computer games actually increase attention span, as well as eye / hand coordination and logical thought processing.

Well, I guess the cord went "snap", not "boeing". :D

@matt: mine did. And it was more amusing than annoying, really. ;)

Back in 95 I lived at the other end of Abbey Road, right at the corner off West End Lane. I used to walk past the famous corner on an almost daily basis: it was amazing how many "pilgrims" you would see _every_ time.

> he once caught KGB hacker back
> in the infancy of the Internet

Actually, Clifford discerned a discrepancy of a couple of cents in billing at Berkley, which eventually led him to track down members of a German hacking group. Although the information gained was purportedly sold to the KGB, the hackers themselves had no affiliation with either the KGB or the Soviet Union.

Some very nice art. And some very cunning social criticism. Very impressed.

I don't think the queue kills the site, but it does make it function... differently...

I kinda enjoyed Neatorama as it was, for what it was. My personal opinion is the site would be better off without it.

Hmmmm. The way I had understood the story the first time I noticed it (can't remember where, but it was last week or somesuch) I had the impression the patient had asked her to pray for her. In such an instance, the trust would be stretching their authority if they gave her the boot.

But, if she actually offered to pray, without knowing the patient's standing to religion, I do personally find it offensive. In a way, it's like suggesting that her prayers might have a positive effect on the patient's recovery, something I will not deny is possible but which falls short from being a factual elemnt of medicine. Which, after all, is what she was hired for: medicine, not theology. If a priest / paster / imam / rabbi / monk had offered, that would be altogether a different story.

The way it stands I'm not sure if the trust isn't right in kicking her out: after all, she had been warned. I'd be really annoyed if a nurse asked me if she should pray for me if I didn't ask for it. And that's coming from a theologian.

@Con: I hear you about Ireland. Met some pretty strange clergy there (lived there on and off over the last couple of years). It's pretty much the same everywhere, though, reason why I split with the Catholic church at a very young age. Although I did consider becoming a Franciscan friar (but they're different).

As helpless as my newborn daughter! Adorable!

Madness! I want one!

Any idea if they're available in Ireland or continental Europe? I would love one of them things!

Hmmm... Guess I could get my brother to get me one, if they're available in the UK...

@ted: I doubt it has anything to do with abortion. But I do wonder: what exactly is silly about the film?

I think the phrase at the end is best read in Spanish: Our suffering is forcing us to be born. I really enjoyed the video, particularly seeing as I wholeheartedly agree with the end line. Humankind has always opted for the right choice, once no further options (but obliteration) were available. I believe that is the hope we can all share in. Namely, that we will be born one day - as one species, not as individual nations.

Voldo's first weapons set.

While the "small stuff" at IKEA might be cheap, the actual furniture prices have skyrocketed in the last couple of years. 10 years ago going shopping at IKEA meant you were interested in saving money. Nowadays, you are often better off going to a normal furniture store, seeing as how a lot of the stuff available at IKEA costs more than "normal" furniture. Best example would be our recently purchased bedroom, which cost about 400 Euro more than any other bedroom we had seen in any other non-luxury furniture store (including such brands as Scan Design).

That's the one thing that has started to keep me from purchasing stuff at IKEA. I mean: if I pay more, why do I still have to put it together myself?