SecretAgentMan

For the record, this book is pretty controversial. It theorizes about a society that may have existed over 6000 years ago. It references the Amazons - who were mythological - and there is quite a bit of disagreement in the academic community about the validity of the conclusions.

Boys rules, Girls lose? Do these theories still hold true? This year, for the first time in the US, the number of women in the workforce surpassed the number of men. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-... I don't believe this majority exists in blue collar jobs, but I could be mistaken.

I've seen a lot of responses recommending Bing. What is Microsoft's stance on net neutrality? Aren't they the company that tried to prevent other web browsers from being installed on their OS back in 98?

Don't get me wrong, my business is enmeshed with google now and I'm looking for alternatives, but if the problem is with Google's political stance on net neutrality wouldn't all these recommendations be incomplete without including a statement on the company's political stance with regards to net neutrality?

Zoho looks interesting - checking it out now - thanks!

hmmm - I think in a way it is good that the authorities have to prioritize which offenses to concentrate on. I forsee this as having a bunch of 'church ladies' glued to the cameras reporting every little j-walk and hit off a pinchie.

I worked in Corning's S&T plant (Sullivan Park) for a number of years. Corning is all about process and the recipe may have been around for a while, but the process surrounding getting large enough (in the case of TVs) imperfection free pieces of glass was extremely difficult and time consuming. I don't think they really 'sat on it' and 'dug it out' so much as they were able to perfect the manufacture of some of their other recipes more quickly.

The glass has to be completely clear, completely flat and extremely thin - not an easy result to get at no matter what your recipe.

wow - it really sucks that we have to root for other countries to protect us from the Entertainment Industry.

Go USA! Go Freedom!

Give me a break - they don't hate us for our freedom, they hate us because we put the interests of business and capital ahead of the interests of people.

Monster might have a hard time selling Cat5 cables for $60 a pop.

could it just be that MySpace gave its users too much freedom in page design and it turned into an ugly, blinking, unreadable, music auto-playing pile of s#it?

And then people left?

I remember the internet before it became a corporate whorehouse and it was fine. Back when the newspapers didn't take it seriously and every little mom and pop shop didn't have a website. Before people felt the need to tweet every time they take a dump. Back when it was just people talking to people.

I say hey - if you can't make a buck and that's the only reason you're trying to communicate then just go away. I'm not logging on to spend money... go get a real job.

wow - no words about personal responsibility, no self-reflection about what 'your word' means or what it means to agree to a commitment.

Just a plan to weasel out.

I'm flabbergasted.

so on the second list - marijuana is more harmful than paint thinner and LSD?

It's cleared up for me too. Interesting find - thanks!

Chrome threw a google malware warning for this site

I had to read this in 7th grade when we were doing a unit on Utopias, but had long since forgotten the title. I've tried many times to find it again after trying to describe it to people. Thanks so much for posting it!

I thoroughly enjoyed the article and actually went to see if I could pick up a copy of Flow. However when I got to Amazon and saw that the Kindle edition (that I wanted) was $2 more than the print edition my experiences clashed with my ego and I went to a torrent site.