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Archive for July, 2005

July 28th, 2005

I’m happy about these results…

The “Which ____ are you?” tests that are all over the Internet are usually just amusing, with the questions not really reflecting the results. But this one seems to have actually had a bit of thought put into it; the questions are good, and the answers make sense, at least for me:
Gandalf
A wandering spirit caring […]

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July 28th, 2005

You paid HOW MUCH for that?!!?

I couldn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. Oracle — the 800-lb gorilla of database servers, the mighty Oracle — cannot distinguish between an empty string (””) and a NULL! From the current Oracle documentation, available on-line at their Web site (although you have to register and give them your E-mail […]

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July 7th, 2005

Favorite hymns: Here is love

One of my favorite hymns:

Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as the flood,
When the Prince of life, our ransom,
Interposed His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He will never be forgotten
Throughout heaven’s […]

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July 4th, 2005

The basic unit of politics: groups, or individuals?

I was listening to an interview segment on NPR today, and one of the interviewees said something that caught my attention. He was making an argument for why one shouldn’t tie the concept of sacrifice to citizenship because, he said, “Different groups, including some privileged or relatively-privileged groups, are going to feel that “we’ve made […]

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