Archive for September 27th, 2003

Damn you, Cox!

Saturday, September 27th, 2003

My Internet connection has been mostly down the last four days, thanks to Cox Internet. I tried to do some off-line activities on my computer like finishing some unfinished essays and doing some coding, but even that seemed futile offline. After looking at a blank screen for a few hours, I resumed reading .NET Enterprise Design. Its a neat book, even if it is ironic that I decided to read a book on designing effective networks while the internet was out.

How to be a Greedy American

Saturday, September 27th, 2003

Thanks to Google and MSN for recognizing me as the 3rd most Greedy American. If I could go choose to be known by any one moniker, it would be as a greedy American. But this got me to thinking: who are the real greedy Americans? (And how can I capitalize on my search engine hits?) What is the essence of being selfish, anyway?

The short answer is simple: a selfish individual places his interests and his life before that of others. But merely choosing to be selfish does not provide any guidance for action. To act on any abstract idea, you must decide how to apply it in concrete situations. Should you (as the …


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