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11596 [lbo-talk] PETA does brain science -- rank: 1000

New York Times - January 25, 2007 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/science/25sheep.html> Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and Bad Publicity By JOHN SCHWARTZ Charles Roselli set out to discover what makes some sheep gay. Then the news media and the blogosphere got hold of the story. Dr. Roselli, a researcher at the Oregon Health and Science University, has searched for the past five years for physiological factors that might explain why about 8 percent of rams seek sex exclusively with ot ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 25 09:45:17 PST 2007

11597 [lbo-talk] union density falls hard in 2006 -- rank: 1000

[The yearly decline in union density is the sharpest in 20 years. The private sector rate is right on the trendline I computed last March, which goes to 0% in late 2031/early 2032 - a fact which contributed to Nathan Newman's signing off this list. The original BLS report is at <ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/union2.txt>.] CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH Union Membership Byte January 25, 2007 Union Rates Fall in 2006, Severe Drop in Manufacturing By John Schmitt and Ben Zip ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 25 08:57:56 PST 2007

11598 [lbo-talk] just wondering...about a missing post -- rank: 1000

On Jan 25, 2007, at 5:11 AM, Bryan Atinsky wrote: > Since I see the Halutz article arrived to the list... I wonder...a > few days ago I sent a reply to Colin Brace and Doug on the Benny > Morris issue, but it didn't arrive as far as I could tell, so I > sent it again and I never saw it... > > Did anyone receive it? > > I don't want to multiple post, so I was hesitant to send it again. Hmm, I wrote you directly to say it had come through - did you not get that answer? It ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 25 08:46:56 PST 2007

11599 [lbo-talk] 100 Greatest Guitar Solos -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 11:47 PM, joanna wrote: > mike larkin wrote: > >> http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm >> > I don't see Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, or Robert Johnson > anywhere in the top 25. > > So forget it. Stairway to fucking Heaven is #1? I heard her call my name, and then my mind split open... Doug

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 21:03:57 PST 2007

11600 [lbo-talk] Saudi Arabia Plans to Boost Output Capacity 40% by 2009 - Al Naimi -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > <http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/19/10097785.html> > Published: 19/01/2007 12:00 AM (UAE) > Saudi Arabia plans to boost output capacity 40% by 2009 - Al Naimi Hmm, haven't oil prices risen like 5 bucks since this was published? Doug

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 19:34:55 PST 2007

11601 Books on FOSS (was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Purer Than Thou) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Daniel Davies wrote: > Computer programming is not difficult. Unix is super duper not > difficult. If > you had a computer in the days of MSDOS then you will be able to > understand > Unix. Yup. I used to do that stuff. I really don't want to anymore. Now I want it all to be pretty and easy so I can think about more interesting things. Glad I know it, though. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 14:07:30 PST 2007

11602 [lbo-talk] Erasure and/or devaluation of Labor in FOSS rhetoric (Re:Purer Than Thou) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 9:12 AM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > At 08:38 PM 1/23/2007, Angelus Novus wrote: > >> One Marxian thinker who writes critically, but >> nonetheless sympathetically, on issues of technology >> and intellectual property is Sabine Nuss >> <http://www.wbk.in-berlin.de/wp_nuss/> whose book >> <http://www.dampfboot-verlag.de/buecher/647-5.html> on >> this and other topics has recently been released. > > Has anyone tr ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 12:40:05 PST 2007

11603 [lbo-talk] Saudis Waging an Oil War on Iran? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > On 1/24/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> Maybe, who knows? But I've been following this stuff for over 20 >> years, and I'm impressed by how someone always has a political >> explanation for movements in oil prices (and how you can always find >> a trader or two to tell the story you want to hear). > > If there were no political explanation for oil prices, wouldn't oil > prices beha ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 11:59:42 PST 2007

11604 Books on FOSS (was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Purer Than Thou) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > It all seems to be a vast and mysterious black box. Like I keep saying, I bet 95% of users want a mysterious black box - one that's easy to operate and doesn't break much. I don't accept that wanting to know what goes on inside your computer or the pipes of the interweb is at all analogous to wanting to understand how your society works. My networked computer helps me understand how society works, but that doesn't mean I want to know w ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 10:04:54 PST 2007

11605 [lbo-talk] Linux news -- rank: 1000

[how many computer users would have the slightest idea what any of this means?] <http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3655511> Linux Desktop Gets a New (X) Face By Sean Michael Kerner The term Linux desktop is a bit of misnomer since there are actually many Linux desktop environments, including KDE and GNOME. Xfce is another Linux desktop option. Xfce 4.4 is now available, boasting new features that will change the way that its Linux desktop looks and works. Both KDE and GNO ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 09:59:35 PST 2007

11606 [lbo-talk] George Scialabba gets hammered in (on? by?) Gawker -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/great-moments-in-journalism/great-moments-in- journalism-all-broccoli-edition-231017.php> Great Moments in Journalism: All Broccoli Edition Great Moments in Journalism are submitted by readers, and can be sent to this address. Today's Moment comes from a recent Nation review <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070129/scialabba> of a bunch of books about the state of the electorate and what Democrats can do to win it over. It goes beyond your usual Nation nap-i ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 08:51:50 PST 2007

11607 [lbo-talk] Rupe & Hill (cont.) -- rank: 1000

[further evidence of Rupert Murdoch's warming towards Hillary Clinton - from today' Page Six] Blonde Evasion BILL Clinton needs Secret Service protection - from overzealous fans. At the Terry McAuliffe book party Monday night, the former president was seen dashing away from a flirtatious blonde. Clinton was heard telling one of his security detail, "You've got to get me away from her. I don't know what she's up to, but she's got an agenda." Meanwhile, his wife, Hillary Rodham Cli ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 08:40:13 PST 2007

11608 [lbo-talk] politics today -- rank: 1000

[The Note's <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> 6-point summary of where we are in US politics today] 1. The Democratic leaders hate the President and don't trust him. 2. Despite their lipservice to working together on other things, as long as Iraq dominates our politics (and fuels more hatred and distrust) NAFTA-like bipartisan deals (on tough stuff like entitlements, health care, and immigration) will be impossible. 3. The Democrats (openly) and the Republicans ( ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 08:15:41 PST 2007

11609 Books on FOSS (was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Purer Than Thou) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:34 AM, sharif islam wrote: > I would highly recommend reading, Steven Weber's "The Success of Open > Source". Here's a detail review of the book by Stefan Merten of > Project Oekonux. > http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg03547.html At which we read: "Operating systems like Linux in particular, and almost software in general, actually are subject to positive network externalities. Call it a network good, or an anti-rival good (an awkward, ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 07:53:14 PST 2007

11610 [lbo-talk] Erasure and/or devaluation of Labor in FOSS rhetoric (Re:Purer Than Thou) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 24, 2007, at 9:12 AM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > "little to no capital investment" -- except if you have half a > brain, it probably used just as much capital investment. Someone > donated space to Wiki, others created entries, someone created the > code, users supplied free market research and feedback, the kind > that other companies pay for. None of this is "free" and you can > assign a value to all of it and find out precisely how much it c ...

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