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	<title>Thoughts and other brain dumps</title>
	<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net</link>
	<description>Mad Man Ramblings of Too Many Ideas</description>
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		<title>The Davis Enterprise: The Anti-Green Newspaper?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A while ago we cancelled our Davis Enterprise subscription.  Not because it&#8217;s not a good paper (it is) or becuase it&#8217;s biased (it is) but because we didn&#8217;t read it ehough to justify the energy costs of producing and recycling it.
But I would like to continue to read their content electronically where I could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/uncategorized/the-davis-enterprise-the-anti-green-newspaper/</link>
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		<title>In which Wes rewrites the tax code</title>
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I should preface this article by stating that just like I&#8217;m not a lawyer or a doctor, I&#8217;m also not an economist.  In fact I&#8217;ve never had even a single class on the subject.  But sometimes I think the best ideas frequently come from those without knowledge of a subject that willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/thoughts/in-which-wes-rewrites-the-tax-code/</link>
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		<title>The Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So tonight (mostly joking) I asked my kids: &#8220;So&#8230; are you going to make dinner tonight or should I?&#8221;
The answer I got was somewhat unexpected: &#8220;Seriously?  Can we?&#8221;
&#8220;Err&#8230;.  Um&#8230;.  Sure.  But it has to be a meal of healthy choices.&#8221;
Your Kids Will Be Tested In Life
So you might as well make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/parenting/the-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Reminder: President Obama Didn&#8217;t Give Himself the Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it funny that so many people have been upset by President Obama having been given the Nobel Peace Prize.  Somehow, everyone (myself included) seem to miss one vital point: he didn&#8217;t ask for it.  There he was, simply sleeping the night away (probably with nightmares because of all the trials he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/thoughts/reminder-president-obama-didnt-give-himself-the-prize/</link>
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		<title>Should Have President Obama Been Given The Peace Prize?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been up for an hour, pondering the first bit of news I read for the day: President Obama has been given the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.  I&#8217;m now sitting and waiting for his speech on the subject and pondering my opinion on the subject.
The oddity of the prize comes from the fact that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/thoughts/should-have-president-obama-been-given-the-peace-prize/</link>
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		<title>Coining a New Parental Phrase: Stubborn Block</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all get mind-blocks from time to time.  Sometimes it&#8217;s just from sleep deprivation where we can&#8217;t think any longer.  Sometimes it&#8217;s from a lack of creativity (e.g. &#8220;writers block&#8221;). Sometimes it&#8217;s from simple lack of will to do something tedious (&#8221;procrastinator&#8217;s block&#8221;).
But with children (and admittedly some adults) there is also the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/parenting/coining-a-new-parental-phrase-stubborn-block/</link>
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		<title>A Different Type Of STAR Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My children teach me things on a regular basis.  They don&#8217;t realize it most of the time, as most of life&#8217;s little lessons you can only learn by being caught in the moment.  Sometimes I learn things because I have to relearn things, like tonight when I had to recall the statistical definitions of median [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/parenting/a-different-type-of-star-test/</link>
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		<title>The Future of Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine it.  You have a cell phone but get no bill.
Imagine it.  You&#8217;re in the middle of nowhere Nevada and you get notified of incoming email from your sister three miles ahead, further into nowhere.  (She wants to stop for a picnic).
The day is coming
Your mobile phone (or whatever we&#8217;ll call it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/thoughts/the-future-of-communication/</link>
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		<title>Continued Conversations With AT&amp;T</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, previously I got depressed about SMS conversations with AT&#038;T.   I was then consoled and warned at the same time by my friend that I was not alone.  And after his advice, and some other random advice from google results I decided to try the magic &#8220;stop&#8221; word.  It is supposed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/thoughts/continued-conversations-with-att/</link>
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		<title>Limitations of SNMPv3/USM When Combined With EngineID Discovery</title>
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SNMPv3/USM, unfortunately, does suffer from some elements of man-in-the-middle attacks.  But these are poorly understood and certainly not well documented (if at all).  This document attempts to describe the weakness inherent in the SNMPv3/USM protocol.
 Background and Conventions
Although this document coves some of the necessary background, it&#8217;s still expected that the reader already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pontifications.hardakers.net/computers/limitations-of-snmpv3usm-when-combined-with-engineid-discovery/</link>
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