Andy Oram : We need the courage to look beyond abstractions
Hunter S. Thompson : "This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed
-- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why." via
doc searlsPaul Krugman : "After the attacks, I found myself wondering
whether some politicians would try to exploit the horror to push their usual partisan agendas. Then I chided myself for such an uncharitable thought. But it seems you can't be too cynical; sure enough, the push is already on to sell tax breaks for corporations and a cut in the capital gains tax as a response to terrorism."
Commander Taco : Handling the Loads
"[Following the events of September 11, 2001] many news sites collapsed under the load, we managed to keep stumbling along. Countless people have asked me questions about how Slashdot handled the gigantic load spike."
You would think that the first thing on a bank's list of things
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is privation
| source : web1913 |
Privation \Pri*va"tion\, n. [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See
{Private}.]
1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving
of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
--Bacon.
2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something,
especially of something required or desired; destitution;
need; as, to undergo severe privations.
3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a
privation, or absence, of good. --South.
Privation mere of light and absent day. --Milton.
| source : wn |
privation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: {want}, {deprivation}]
2: act of depriving [syn: {deprivation}]