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		<title>They didn&#8217;t think they were thieves&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/they-didnt-think-they-were-thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s probably because I&#8217;ve recently read Ayn Rand&#8217;s Atlas Shrugged, but that&#8217;s what I thought when I saw some protesters today. There were lots of people protesting in front of the local campaign office.  The group of handicapped people had signs said that they deserved to have a home of their own. The mental conversation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=16&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software Monitoring</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/software-monitoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took these pictures a while ago at the metro station.  The station has a display of current news, weather, and bus schedules.  In JULY, the error message popped up, and the weather part stopped updating.  In JANUARY, I took these pictures.  You can see the snow on the ground in the reflection.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=15&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Horror Movies</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/horror-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like horror movies.  Like everyone else, the &#8216;horror movie&#8217; couldn&#8217;t happen to me because I&#8217;m not stupid enough to chase whatever giant insect looking thing down into the cave with just a flashlight.  If I were in a horror movie, it probably wouldn&#8217;t be very interesting. Kind of like this.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=14&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Should Hurt &#8211; or Hampering Natural (de)Selection</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/stupid-should-hurt-or-hampering-natural-deselection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any who know me will know that one of my favorite phrases is &#8216;Stupid Should Hurt, Really Stupid Should Really Hurt&#8217;.  The idea behind it is that pain is a powerful teacher, and that people learn from painful mistakes better than anything else.  So, if we protect people from hurting themselves, we actually are doing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=13&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Handicapped Parking</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/handicapped-parking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I commute to the nation&#8217;s capital, and park in one of the many overcrowded commuter parking lots.  I had to park on the gravel expansion of the lot, since all the paved slots (and more than half the expansion slots) were full &#8211; and this was at 6:10am.  While waiting in line, someone pulled up, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=12&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Circus</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/the-circus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We took the kids to the circus recently, and I have been bothered by a few things. PT Barnum, who was one of the founders of the circus, was known as a showman.  His shows  were purely entertainment and as such he had talented people from all walks of life portraying characters in their acts.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=11&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are You An Idiot?</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/are-you-an-idiot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can find out today by taking this simple test. I only had to restart it once.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=10&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I think I&#8217;m an Alien</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/i-think-im-an-alien/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not one of those undocumented immigrant types, a real alien like from &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; without the cool toys. If I&#8217;m not, then there has to be something seriously wrong with me. On Wednesday night, I went to bed around midnight, and got up Thursday morning at 5. Call it 4.5 hours sleep max. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=9&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parallel Parking</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/parallel-parking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work in DC &#8211; and walk around a lot.&#160; I don&#39;t drive to work on purpose. One of the reasons that I don&#39;t drive is the parking &#8211; it&#39;s expensive, the parking enforcement is one of the biggest revenue generating schemes of the DC government, and people tend to &#39;bump&#39; you when they try [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=8&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Even Guide Dogs Know the Rules</title>
		<link>http://uselessknowledge.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/even-guide-dogs-know-the-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 02:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the no longer written rules of Washington&#39;s METRO system is that people who are standing on the escalators should stand to the right, so that people walking can pass them. This is occasionally enforced by a hurried commuter trying to catch a train or bus, who will yell &#39;stand on the right&#39; as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=uselessknowledge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=196071&amp;post=7&amp;subd=uselessknowledge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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