[ale] Mapathon?

[Tim Watts]

Or because is too busy CNN fact-checking SNL skits:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/251761/mon-october-12-2009-janet-
napolitano

(or because I'm getting /my/ news from Comedy Central :-) )


On Wednesday 14 October 2009 11:08:14 am Jeff Lightner wrote:
> Because US news is more about who is ahead on American Idol than
> anything meaningful.
>
> We have a strong anti-evolution movement, talking heads on the radio
> that give opinions rather than news and TV news that talks mainly about
> entertainment gossip.   It appears that somewhere along the line someone
> decided that if "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" then it
> follows that a lot of knowledge is extremely dangerous and should be
> avoided at all costs.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Grady Harris
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:51 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] Mapathon?
>
> I should probably read the newspaper more. Wait a minute, I do read
> the newspaper. Why did I learn about this from BBC?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305924.stm
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