Archive for May, 2003
Thursday, May 29th, 2003 | 09:56
b2search has been revised, with some minor changes: no alterations of the database or the any existing concordance data is required. The changes only affect the processing of search … Continue reading »
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Thursday, May 29th, 2003 | 09:33
Here’s an interesting book review by Stephen Holmes critiquing liberal interventions. His primary focus is Samantha Power’s A Problem From Hell, about the world’s reaction to genocide. Power … Continue reading »
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2003 | 11:13
I seem to be putting down notes for the books I’ve read in reverse of the order I read them. I finished Berman’s Terror and Liberalism most recently. … Continue reading »
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2003 | 15:24
Eizan-ryu jujitsu in New York is having a spate of springtime advancement tests. Monday night, we had a yellow belt test, a second brown belt test and a third … Continue reading »
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Saturday, May 24th, 2003 | 10:18
Here’s a piece of (recent) military history, discussing the battle of Jenin and the IDF’s tactics there. Fundamentally, the IDF showed stunning restraint in using their superior firepower to … Continue reading »
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2003 | 22:30
Here’s an article on SQL Server dynamic sql. Stored procs and such.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2003 | 14:13
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2003 | 18:46
Slate has a wacky series of articles about a trio of Americans riding around on Segways in Paris. How do you get such an assignment?
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Sunday, May 18th, 2003 | 08:51
My brother got his MBA from Georgetown on Friday. We got there a bit late for the general graduate school ceremony — rain and traffic — but most of … Continue reading »
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Saturday, May 17th, 2003 | 23:53
This is a wonderful book. Berman clarifies some of the issues we face today, and elaborates what should be the “liberal” argument for what we should do in the … Continue reading »
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