August, 5, 2002 archives

slate's look at the poor (recent) record of the s&p 500 index is interesting. it will be fascinating to look back in ten years or so to see how the index continues to fare. (it's disappointing that the article didn't take much of a look at how similar situations played out in the history of the index. it's not like this was the first bubble to ever hit the market.)

just got this in the mail today: howard berman, the representative from disney (oh, and my district) will be holding a town hall meeting tuesday august 6th at 6pm at the el portal theater at 5269 lankershim blvd. (that's in north hollywood.)

ah, this very helpful thread in the rackshack support forums explains how to install debian remotely. i smell a dedicated server in my future.

it looks like the supreme beings of leisure (or maybe just some members?) are releasing a new album (or something) on september 10th. woohoo!

bud selig allegedly cooked the books to show that major league baseball was a money-losing venture. this is a surprise?

the bits about the 60-40 rule are almost comical. long-term player contracts are debts, but long-term broadcasting deals aren't assets? remember this next time you're voting for some bond measure that would fund a new stadium for these crooks.

i'm sure that allowing police departments to use intellectual property law to control how they are portrayed on television is exactly the sort of thing the authors of the constitution had in mind. this must promote the progress of science and useful arts in some way that i'm just missing.