CHAOS MANOR HEADERS COMPUTING AT CHAOS MANOR Jerry Pournelle Tuesday, May 03, 2011
REPORTS Work in Progress	This is a long list of previous headers, which is to say the sometimes unimaginative tags I have given to the lead item in View for the day. Some of these topics have continuing interest, and may well be worth visiting. They have been moved here to unclutter the home page. A Hot Day Taxes Done; new Mail up Tax Day Excitement The Way to Balance the Budget: Raise Taxes Budget Victory. Update on Fukushima The deficits rise, but the government is not shut down. Victory? An Important Lecture by Charles Murray: watch it Saturday/Sunday Libya: the rebels are displeased. Goals and War Strategy and Tactics in the Middle East Legitimate Government? NATO: the entangling alliance. Musa Kusa defects. Reflections on Revolution A matter of sovereignty Japan; Libya; Plumbing TV Interview; Paperback Show Opportunity The Libyan War Gaddafi Can't Fly Libya and Japan No teddy bears -- yet. Some sanity in NPR; al Qaeda cheers no-fly resolution Dihydrogen Monoxide loosed in Japan; Gaddafi ordered not to kill civilians. So Far: Worse than TMI, nothing like Chernobyl Saving Libya; still not time to panic over Daiichi Still not time to panic They ain't melted yet. Tsunamis; meltdowns; and Gaddafi remains unacceptable Nuclear tsunami Revolution now! Education, tenure, and seniority Dithering on Libya He gives despoty a bad name Libyan Civil War A New Climate Change Debate? No Fly and the Battle of Britain iPad 2 Cairo and The Shores of Tripoli Rejoice: Hidden benefits from the Federal Government Weather; Libya; Arms Control The Revolt of the Masses Reality TV continues Reality TV The End of History? Interesting Times Libya Strategy of Progress and the End of the Industrial Revolution Diversity A Spectre is Haunting the World Quiet in Cairo; Inquiry in Science The day after Mubarak Resigns Jobs Quiet in Cairo Newt Gingrich and Energy Policy It's COLD out there; OATH available on Kindle The Mamelukes depose a caliph Mameluke rule in Egypt? Green Energy and Ham State of the Union: Education: Path to nowhere State of the Union Saturday. Allergy Season. Rational Climate Discussion New Developments in Climate Science Madness, ethics, and empire Drought, Flood, and Theory More on freedom and madness Madness and Preventive Detention Saturday hard at work Blood Libel Madness and the Law; Trouble not the sage... Antimatter in Thunderstorms? Musing on Madness and Freedom Monday. The Arizona Shooting Thursday at CES CES: The new concept of Press In Las Vegas OFF TO LAS VEGAS; SEE TWIT from yesterday Happy New Year With Pictures Hyperinflation and dimmitude More on climate models Orchid and Onion Nominations New Year's A'comin' Outies Christmas Eve Blessings FCC Grabs Internet; The Legions and Lake Wobegon Lame Ducks, START, and Net Neutrality Britain Freezes in this hottest year in history Earth's Magnetic Field Strength Fairness Getting the Government You Pay for. The Compromise Is the sea rising? It's Warm Outside -- in LA And Yet More on economics, politics, and goals Hurrah for Pelosi; Distributism; What should we be debating? Not a Tax cut; query on ERBE Science Project Suggestions wanted The Dragon Flies: A significant event Data; Taxes Musings Just How Hot Was 2010? Sam Cohen and the Neutron Bomb Decline of the West Open Covenants Openly Arrived At Back among the living. Column done TSA Once More Optimizations, Danegeld, and Energy X-projects Airport Security Debate Required Views on TSA The System Works, So They Say Much Ado About the TSA Questions for a New Congress Inventing the Future The nature of the climate change debate: trashing Dyson Entitlements Veteran's Day A New Legend; Cold Weather Reported in Inferno Mystery Missile off California Coast Net Neutrality Goes Down Presidents in the Far East; The Great Game Continues President visits Bombay Israel; Morning after continued The Morning After Wall Street and Tea Party Wireless Net Threat Democrats run scared; Iron Law at work Scientific American, Alas Maximum Effort Ditzy MSNBC The Juan Williams Affair On Earmarks The Goals Internet Neutrality Church and State Il Postino Education and voters Climate, school reform, and more Meeting Iron Man Columbus, Tyranny, and other matters. Dialog on Questioning Science Scientific Integrity The Goal of Public Education is to Pay Bad Teachers Mercenaries and the Republic After November Wall Street and Horse Betting War on Science Much Good Mail Recession or Depression California Nanny Exploited! Independents David Friedman on O'Donnell Stuxnet and other such problems; and lots of mail. Mickey Mouse? Eternal Vigilance Witches! Haley Barbour Gets It Noblesse Oblige Tea Party Time The cost of self government, and other matters Ground Game and Nuclear Options More mail on temperatures Burning Books, and mail about space policy, and a lecture on temperatures A Day to Remember Dithering More on Koran Burning; and Important Mail with comments Burning the book Catching up Labor Day H0pe in November? The end of August Taking the Earth's Temperature Post Obama? Ice and the Maunder Minimum Musing on Science Notes on Legions Some matters of concern: what is science? The Presidential Fundraiser Several Important Matters Taxes; Legion Votes; on racism The Age of Chivalry is Dead The Sky is Falling, and other matters On Ice, Rational Debate, and AGW Denial On publishing in the future ObamaCare and Business The Atomic Bomb decisions; Afghanistan facts Global Warming and Rational Debate Judicial Power and Horses in the Senate Gay Rights and Judicial Power Global Warming: the debate Democrat Apologia; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Consequences of the WikiLeak Tea Parties and Political Parties Wikileaks, Treason, and the Afghan War Education Reform Tariff Deflation Flash Opera Operatic Insurgents More lessons? Natural Gas Rush to Judgment Eagle has landed; confidence and unemployment The Ruling Class A Nation at Risk. Again The Sons of Martha and other lessons The iPhone 4 incident; Pournelle eats AT&T Crow Mann defends his hockey stick The July Column is up Bastille Day Tea Parties, road maps, and educrats Climategate Whitewash On the oil spill: discussion and a correction Freeman Dyson Blacklisted Reset taxes and regulations. Now! Recess appointment and the train wreck President Sues Arizona Independence Day Isaac Asimov On The National Anthem TWIT Sowing the wind Natural Rights More Hearings Farewell to the Cyclops Hellburgers Germain and -- who? Vae, Caesar McCrystal and Maiestas Father's Day Oil, Water, and Marshes Malice and Incompetence Sowing the wind. Not the end of the world... A new tempest A game changer: Gold Rush in Afghanistan? Sunday: lots of mail; notes on Mideast I told you so Plugging holes and going to space Now for November Still a crucial time A very crucial year for the Republic A BP Question Safe in Charlotte Israel, Ratings, and Afghanistan It's an oil spill, not the end of the world. Memorial Day Mail on many subjects  We're too broke to be this incompetent Creeps and Nuts in alliance? The Ratings Game; Creeps and Nuts Spinrad Success; Dream Act Demonstrations Critical Times Bye Bye Specter Tuesday. Iron Law in action Policy Options Jays, snakes, and oil Relax and smell the roses Firefox and security; fixing computerized panic sales Bailout Lifts Gloom? Will Atlas Shrug? Sunday Walk with Blue Bonnets Talking heads and regulations Black Thursday and the Greek Omens Times Square Sable's operation; Civil Defense All American Canal The Gizmodo Affair: Ethics? The Gizmodo Affair: a lawyer's comments England and decivilization Gizmodo 2 and a reading recommendation Ransacking a Journalist's Home Too Big to Fail Part Two Volcanic Ash, Plankton Bloom, and CO2 A night at the opera Hottest year since 1009 AD A Ratings Fairy Tale April 19: Concord Bridge Volcanoes, wePads, and Gene Patents One Price of Empire Deterrence FDA grants monopoly on a folk medicine Gasoline Powered Alarm Clock wins Green Star Certificate Energy and Freedom War on Interns; Return of the Misery Index Deterrence and Defense Was HCUA right? Bright Water and Global Warming Punishing American Employers; On education research Jaime Escalante, RIP VCR, DVD, Publishing... The Warmest Winter on Record Hope and Change Next November: Anger Management More on Equality and other matters Equality A bit of good news They did it. Time for Maximum Effort Vernal Equinox Frantic maneuvers, Mortgage failure, and the future of publishing Constitutional Crisis; Off to Dallas Kindle PC needs no Kindle Climate Change Data: where is it? Health Care Reform; Slaughter Rule Crisis Education, Reading, and School Reform Entitlement, Investment, and Universities The Constitutional Cost of Health Care Monopolies DSM and Health Care Costs Health care reform coverage DSM The Summit Ends; Italian Madness Climate data; I may have been wrong Creeps, Nuts, and Independents More on Tenure; Arcana of Hollywood financing Tenure and the Public Schools On Devil Mountain; and Assasinations On Neo Conservativism Nukes; Toyota and computer languages Building consensus; iPad vs. Tablet; Irish Death Spiral Crumbling Consensus Happy Valentine's Day Greece, PIIGS, and California The Google Settlement Adamant or agnostic? Gingrich and others on health care 'reform' Press Conferences and Tea Parties Industrial Policy America's Looming Energy Crisis Common Sense World class education Contrarian research, war on business, and other matters A wormy weekend The President goes calling Whether you like it or not. Tax and spend and corporations Parties and Principles Sunnis and Shiites and Kurds Nuts and Creeps and GooGoos Oh! My! All your cloud data are belong to us No New Taxes! Haiti and Colonialism; God help the Czar; Financial Engineering Haiti and Armed Clowns Haiti and order Witchcraft in Salem A simple solution to health care costs Earthquake and the Bogeyman Chaos Manor Reviews; A crucial election Politically Correct War on Terror and Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace Gnostics Babel, the End of History, and other musings   FOR HEADERS PRIOR TO January 2010 Click Here