Ex-Skype chief Tony Bates Silicon Valley’s choice for new Microsoft CEO Despite the announcement by the Ave that Alan Mulally is the anew CEO of Microsoft, Silicon Valley is holding out for ex- Skype president Tony Bates. Tech leaders as well as several top Microsoft execs have Ba[...]
Archive for December, 2013
December 7th, 2013 - 1:33 pm § in Misc.
Croatian Hypocrisy
Croatian group sues Bob Dylan over ‘blood’ remark β Award New York, December 1 : Bob Dylan has been sued by a Croatian group in France after he compared Croatians to Nazis and Civil War-era slave owners, it has been revealed. The ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ hitmaker had sa[...]
December 7th, 2013 - 1:26 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Has Been Asked to Change Its Logo , ctd
THE Ave Has Been Asked to Change Its Logo While I do not know if there is any relationship, a commentator on THE Ave suggested that because I am (truly) obese and known as more than a bit of a slob, I should adopt the Hamburglar as a new logo for the Ave. I decided […][...]
December 7th, 2013 - 12:45 pm § in America
Is the US Now Too Poor for War?
The wars fought in the the twentieth century showed the limits of national budgets in supporting conventional warfare. Britain, even without WWII, was bankrupted by vain efforts to keep mits colonial empire together, The same happened to the USSR. Now the US is saying this as well. Playi[...]
December 7th, 2013 - 11:32 am § in Misc.
PRESIDENT ROMNEY: cutting crime using the sky eye
Oliver North, Secretary of Homeland Security, has announced two technological breakthrough, the Extreme Access System for Entry (EASE) and Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance & Communication(PARC ), that will allow the Romney Administration to solve the immigration problem’ “These dev[...]
December 6th, 2013 - 3:56 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is this?
a. Paul Allen’s latest toy b. a scene from new Disney comedy “Freelandia” c. Iran’s latest sub d. North Korean missile head e. Tunnel digger for last section of new Seattle highway[...]
December 6th, 2013 - 1:23 pm § in Misc.
Behavior: Skinner vs Freud
This topic came up because I was trying to explain Skinner’s views of family conflicts to a Freudian. If you know some Freud, try clicking the card, otherwise here is a good place to start.[...]
December 6th, 2013 - 11:26 am § in Misc.
URGENT: Honoring Mandela
Saturday at Seattle Center will be the big public gathering to mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela in Seattle. There will be no opportunity for speaking provided. Still, it’s important to acknowledge the force that was Nelson Mandela. Let us just remember his revolutionary spirit and t[...]
China: Chang’e-3 probe enters lunar orbit
China’s Chang’e-3 probe entered the circular lunar orbit at 5:53 p.m. Friday Beijing Time, after about 112 hours of flying along Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the Beijing Aeropspace Control Center (BACC) said.[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: UF study of lice DNA shows first clothes 170,000 years ago
from esciencenews.com David Reed, associate curator of mammals at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus, studies lice in modern humans to better understand human evolution and migration patterns. His latest five-year study used DNA sequencing to calculate when clothing lice first be[...]