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Monday, December 01, 2003

Joss Whedon interview about Firefly.   An interview about Firefly with Joss Whedon at Science Fiction Weekly. [Via WHEDONesque, Keith's Weblog] 10:23:58 PM  Permalink  comment []

Highbrow Reading. From Bruce Sterling, this link to a list of good reading from Christopher Priest. The Slipstream Top Ten [Beyond the Beyond] 4:57:15 PM  Permalink  comment []

The top 25 albums that should never have been recorded [FARK] This is so much more fun than Rolling Stone's bloated list of the 500 best albums. And the two lists have the same album in #1, or sorta. 4:35:12 PM  Permalink  comment []

Bad MySQL Advice from BSDHound.com. I happened across this article on BSDHound.com about setting up MySQL. While the author does a reasonable job handling the security aspects of MySQL, he makes two mistakes that I think need to be corrected. He: Suggests that people use MySQL 3.23. While that's a stable and mature version, I suspect that most folks are best served by using 4.0.xx instead. There are many improvements in the 4.0.xx series and many bugs fixed as well. He doesn't tell readers about... [Jeremy Zawodny's blog] I agree about using 4.0.xx instead of 3.23; otherwise it's a good piece. 10:26:27 AM  Permalink  comment []

Case law is dictatorship, says Cardinal. United States: The Roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago has declared that extending human rights is the end of democracy and the beginning of dictatorship. He is upset that the Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court recently concluded that denying civil marriage to same-sex couples was unconstitutional. Earlier he had noted that An active homosexual lifestyle is contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ, but a search of the several Bibles in Prattle Alley Library reveals the following recorded words of Jesus on the matter: . Gay Ruling Signals End Of Democracy & Beginning of Dictatorship, US Cardinal Claims, 365gay.com, 27th November 2003. [The Pagan Prattle Online] 9:03:03 AM  Permalink  comment []

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