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On ‘A More Perfect Union’
I typically don’t like posting articles that are political in nature here, but since I have nothing better to write about (and don’t have a personal blog), here goes…
In light of Senator Barack Obama’s speech ”A More Perfect Union” and the whole brouhaha over Rev. Wright, I have three questions:
Would the response be the same if any of the other Presidential candidates were embroiled in a similar controversy? Would there be such a large uproar (or maybe a bigger uproar)? And how would the other candidates handle such a situation?
How much should the expressed beliefs and views of a close friend or family member impact a candidate running for office?
Should someone leave a congregation because they strongly disagree with the pastor?
Leave a comment. I may or may not post my opinion, depending on how much I want to get into the debate.
And with that, we return to our regularly scheduled programming!
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Blu-ray wins, consumers lose
So now that Blu-ray Disc is poised to become the dominant next-generation movie format, it’s time to look to the future. A future that quite frankly, looks somewhat bleak for a number of reasons.
It’s been two weeks since Toshiba, creators and primary backers of the nascent next-generation movie disc format called HD DVD, ceased production and marketing of the technology, ceding defeat in a bitter format war raged between it and Blu-ray Disc, championed by a Sony-led consortium.
This move was widely expected following January’s announcement by Warner Home Video that it will be supporting Blu-ray Disc exclusively going forward. As the number one movie studio in the world, Warner Bros. commanded immense weight in deciding the outcome of this war, and once their announcement was made, it took less than two months for companies at every level of the home video distribution ecosystem to fall in line behind it, abandoning HD DVD in the process and leaving Toshiba holding the bag.
So now that Blu-ray Disc is poised to become the dominant next-generation movie format, it’s time to look to the future. A future that, quite frankly, looks somewhat bleak for a number of reasons.
In a Blu-ray dominated future, expect high prices, because everything about Blu-ray is far more expensive than its HD DVD counterparts. The players will be expensive thanks to costly laser pickups, complicated hardware and an even more…
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Welcome to the new Deep Thought!

That’s right, we’re back!
After spending considerable time and effort thinking, rethinking, designing, coding, and tinkering, we are proud to present to you the brand new Deep Thought! Here’s a brief rundown of what’s new.
A brand new look
The most obvious change to Deep Thought is the site’s overall look and feel. We wanted to design something that was clean, bright, and clutter-free, and we think we’ve accomplished just that. We’ve also eliminated clutter and extraneous cruft to a great extent. We like it a lot, and we hope you do too.
Easier to navigate, easier to read
We tried to make our navigation as streamlined and as obvious as possible. We’ve also made improving readability one of our main goals when designing the site. Text is now larger and higher-contrast, so it’ll be much easier on the eyes.
Something completely new: Journals
Have you ever visited Deep Thought looking for just Mac news or just WIndows news, but end up having to dig through article after article you don’t want to read? We hear ya. That’s why we’ve broken our content up into journals, each covering a different area of interest:
- mac: Anything Mac- or Apple-related: dtgeeks.com/mac
- win:…
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The fun with Facebook gifts
Sometimes, buying intangible items makes sense: software, music off iTunes, even your electric bill (you can’t “touch” electricity in the truest sense, after all).
Sometimes it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Take Facebook gifts. These little icons (which I guess are 64x64 pixels each) can be yours to give to any facebook friend for a dollar! Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the idea behind giving the gifts; it’s a small gesture to let someone know you’re thinking of them, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just that...I’m buying an icon. I’m buying something I can view on my computer screen 1.
Whatever happened to sending cards? Or flowers? I mean, both cost more than a $1 Facebook gift, but you can smell and touch flowers. You can hold a card in your hands. Can’t do that with a Facebook gift. And a real gift is waay more personal. I don’t know.
Anyway, that’s my random thought for the night.
1You could print the page, cut out the gift icon, and stick it on your fridge if you want, of course.
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Something new is coming to Deep Thought

In case you haven’t already heard, Deep Thought will be closing up shop for about two weeks, and will relaunch on March 2, 2008. This is a project we’ve been working on for a year now. It’s had its starts and stops. The plans have changed once or twice. We’ve even gotten to some heated debates and arguments! Our relaunch has been a long time coming. I wanted to take a few moments to explain to you why we’re relaunching, and what you can expect over the next couple weeks.
Why relaunch?
With the exception of tweaks and changes made to our home page, the site you see as of this posting is the same design we’ve been using since July 2005. In Internet years, that’s an eternity. So just on those grounds, Deep Thought is about ready for an update. But there are other reasons to relaunch too.
Although a good deal of our content is Mac-related, we are not really a Mac site in the same sense that MacRumors or The Mac Observer are. We talk about Windows. We discuss hardware and gadgets. We do some gaming. If it’s tech, it’s on Deep Thought. This, of course, presents…
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more stuff
- On ‘A More Perfect Union’
- Blu-ray wins, consumers lose
- Welcome to the new Deep Thought!
- The fun with Facebook gifts
- Something new is coming to Deep Thought
- Becoming Obsolete
- Microhoo: this could get very messy
- My on again/off again relationship with Deep Thought
- Yet Another Prediction of the Future of the Internet and Technology
- Slow Times At Technology High
- The Smoldering Effect
- HDR Imaging Explained
- You’ve Come A Long Way, WordPress
- Wrong URL…
- It’s our birthday but you can get the gifts
- Reflections on DT’s 3rd birthday
- Report: Internet to experience traffic jams by 2010
- 10 easy ways to become a greener geek
- Site news: Cast of Geeks returns for second season
- Yahoo! Mail Beta is Beta No More
- How would you improve Microsoft’s services?
- A quick look: AmazonMP3
- News of the Weird: Man sues Google for $5 billion
- Site News: Cast of Geeks returns September 24
- Laptop theft strikes UC Berkeley
- Love tech? Join the Deep Thought team
- Swings and misses
- Ask a silly question…
- Thoughts on Open Source
- Evolution of a Résumé
- The desktop is here to stay
- Known knowns, known unknowns, and security
- Hosting Dilema
- The ethics of criticism [UPDATED x2]
- Tech trends that must die
- My big problem with Microsoft
- There’s No Winning With Whiners
- The 2006 Worst Websites of The Year Awards
- Creative Commons: Freeing Copyrights Everywhere
- Basic Database Design
- More musings on MacHeist
- Musings on MacHeist
- EOS - Email Overwrite Syndrome
- Love to write? Love tech? We want you!
- Fun Stuff: Pro Audio or Hair Care?
- MISSING: James Kim of CNET [UPDATED]
- Top Ten Problems with Top Ten Lists
- Geek Sportsmanship
- DT at Two: Another year of thinking deeply
- Site News: Celebrate with Deep Thought and win cool Mac software
- The client from What The Hell
- Technology Aint Built Like it Used-to-Was
- Predicting Web 3.0
- News of the Weird: The Case of the Purloined Plate!
- All Problems Go Away On Their Own Except Idiots
- Fix Up That Linux Font Rendering
- Woman Wins $11 Million For Slander On the Internet
- A blog on…blogging
- Site news: Much love
- Convergence Anxiety
- Desktop 2.0 - The Operating System Lives On
- Reflections of a geek in light of 9-11
- A couple updates
- Diving In
- Sweating it [UPDATED]
- Site News: DT is temporary home for XvsXP Forums
- Put Your Naming Skillz in the Place of your Complaining Skillz
- Site news: Writers wanted.
- The end of “live” TV
- DNA and Binary
- Site News: DT looking for Greek Writers
- A Conglomerate Blog Post
- News of the Weird: Alexa.com hacked? [UPDATED: Nope!]
- Shut the FUD UP!!!
- Spam poetry
- 28 Days of Linux: I give Up
- Cya around
- 28 Days of Linux - Week of Feb. 12
- Law and Order
- Will Apple Adopt Windows? Not even when hell freezes over!
- Really Bad Geek Pickup Lines
- So Sue Somebody!
- The Apple Method
- 28 days of Linux
- Overdosed? Hit Undo.
- Freestyle post: Facebook Me
- Apple should open its Fairplay format
- The value of your education?
- Site News: January best month yet
- I was just thinking.
- Sociology?
- Report: Disney+Pixar a done deal [VERY UPDATED!!!]
- “Undeclared” Complete Set DVD Review
- Google Video
- News of the Weird: Flaming mouse burns down house
- Semi-Rant: What’s with these pissing contests?
- Patents: Appendix
- Buying advice for the average computer user
- Patent protection holds us back
- Season’s Greetings from Deep Thought!







