Pro-Capitalist Random Quote Generator Script

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Do you like the random quotes you see on my website? Would you like to add my random quote generator to your site? You can do so in a number of ways:

  • As a JavaScript include (easiest method):
    Paste the following text into your html:

    <script language=”Javascript” xsrc=”http://rationalmind.net/random.php?format=js”></script>

  • As XML: Use this URL:

    http://rationalmind.net/random.php?format=xml

  • As PHP code:


    < ?php
    include("http://rationalmind.net/random.php");
    ?>

  • As text (when screen scraping): http://rationalmind.net/random.php
  • Google Gadget: http://rationalmind.net/random.php?format=gadget

If you want to submit your own quotes, you can view the full list and add new quotes. (The quotes will not appear until I approve them.)

If you want to limit the quotes to a specific author, add author=Authors Name to the URL. (To filter by topic, use ?topic=KeyWord ) You can combine this with the format. For example:
http://rationalmind.net/random.php?author=Ayn Rand&format=js

If you want to view all quotes by a specific author, add ?show_author= to the url like so: http://rationalmind.net/random.php?author=Ayn Rand

Online chat with Drs. Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate on April 23rd!

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I’m very pleased to announce an online chat that I have organized with ObjectivismOnline.NET, the Ayn Rand Institute and the #AynRand IRC channel.

On Friday, April 23rd at 5:30 PM (Pacific) Drs. Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate will be guests of Objectivism Online for a one hour moderated public chat. The purpose of the chat is to meet students interested in Objectivism, The Ayn Rand Institute, or the Objectivist Academic Center, and to answer their questions. Non-students are welcome as well.

Technical Details:
The chat will be hosted at the #AynRand IRC channel on Undernet. It may be joined over the web at www.objectivismonline.net/chat or using any IRC client.

For more, read the official announcement.

(If you would like to help promote the chat, please spread the word around on your own blog. You can link to the official announcement at http://www.objectivismonline.net/blog/archives/000115.html)

New Artists

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I would like to take a break from my INFO paper to mention three contemporary artists I recently discovered and can’t get enough of: Jack Vettriano, Robert LaDuke, and M. Kungl. All three have strong art-deco influences and an exaggerated, colorful, and essentialized style that is bursting with joy for life. And of course, all three have been soundly rejected by the art world. If you are looking for new posters/calendars, I highly recommend all three, especially Vettriano. If you are looking for prints/originals, Quent Cordair might be more to your liking. (And my gallery!)
JackVettriano_BackWhereYouBelong.jpgJackVettriano_TheLetter.jpg

(The unfortunate thing about artists that mainly sell posters is that they are not friendly about allowing high quality images of their work to be shown on the web. If you know of any online galleries by the above, please let me know.)

(Update: More about Jack at the AtlasSphere. Also see his gallery.)

Writeup on snipers

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Very interesting: For Marine snipers, war is up close and personal

An Alternative History

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Washington, April 9, 2004. A hush fell over the city as George W. Bush today became the first president of the United States ever to be removed from office by impeachment. Meeting late into the night, the Senate unanimously voted to convict Bush following a trial on his bill of impeachment from the House.

Also see the relevant Filibuster cartoon.

100,000 servers

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Some technical details of Google’s infrastructure that made me drool all over the keyboard: The Secret Source of Google’s Power. Also see this PDF on the Google File System.

Bush: Moral Retard

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A controversial college professor who thinks parents should be able to kill disabled children says though President Bush makes himself out to be a good Christian leader, he has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.
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A truly Christian leader, he said, would have “turned the other cheek” when the United States was attacked by terrorists Sept. 11, 2001, because the response led to the loss of innocent life.

I presume no explanation is needed for my readers to see the irony of his argument…

Church of Fools

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Slashdot: Starting on May 11, and for a duration of three months, you’ll be able to go to a virtual church…This experiment is launched by a Christian website, Ship of Fools, and will be named Church of Fools. Even with such a foolish name, the virtual church project has been approved by the church hierarchy.

Appropriate, eh? I wonder: does showing pop-up ads during services defile it?

no smoking in norway

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The Agitator:

Norway is the latest European police state country to go fjord-to-fjord smoke free, though with an interesting twist. Apparently, bar and restaurant owners are subject to fines if their patrons are caught smoking, but same owners do not have the authority to eject patrons for lighting up. And patrons themselves can’t be punished for smoking in public.

Another arch-terrorist – dead.

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A great day for freedom: Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the new leader of Hamas was taken out yesterday by the IDF. Just a few weeks ago, he proclaimed his love for death and said that “If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache.” Looks like he got his wish! Rantisi is estimated to have personally planned terrorist attacks that killed upwards of 400 and is “one of the most hard-line members of the militant movement who rejects all compromise with Israel and calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.” The “international community” has been quick to condemn the killing, and the terrorists are urging bloody vengeance on Israel – and America. Meanwhile, as death-happy as they claim to be, Hamas has not announced a new leader or retaliated for the assassination of their last two – demonstrating once again that the only thing these sick bastards understand is ruthless, uncompromising, and unrelenting force.

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