http://omor.com/SF/ .]]> en-us 2005-11-08T00:12:14+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/11/paris_linvasion.html La Haine (1995) is to Paris, 2005 what Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) is to Los Angeles, 1992. In France the Revolution is commonly seen as the triumph of a new concept of the nation. Armed with the... nooz omor 2005-11-08T00:12:14+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/10/data_farming_vs.html In mining, you extract a hunk of something that is either durable and non-reactive, or burns for a short time. Plus, you have lots of tailings to throw out. It's not self-sustaining or pretty. Personally, I don't want to mine.... econometrics omor 2005-10-31T02:55:15+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/10/do_not_aspire.html The [peace] movement’s assumptions were based on moral innocence —on an inability to imagine the horror in which Iraqis lived and a desire for all good things to go together, for total vindication. It amazes, simply amazes me, that this... language omor 2005-10-22T17:18:34+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/10/paul_krugman_co_1.html TimesSelect, the NYT new pay-per-view scheme to ration access to some of its columnists, has induced some SPAM-like workarounds. Krugman's columns are reposted on blogs, but with obscure bylines. BY P*A*U*L K*RU* GMAN BY P. DIDDY GMAN Jane Galt would... blogging omor 2005-10-14T06:17:31+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/10/joel_kotkins_sa.html San Francisco is headed to damnation and ruination ? Not in the slightest. In an increasingly suburbanized country with 300 million people, headed for 400 million by 2050, there's going to be ample demand for a unique adult Disneyland, from... urbanity omor 2005-10-10T19:32:39+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/10/barak_obama_rea_1.html Barak Obama accommodates without conceding any ground. Americans are suspicious of labels and suspicious of jargon. They don't think George Bush is mean-spirited or prejudiced, but have become aware that his administration is irresponsible and often incompetent. They don't think... language omor 2005-10-04T03:33:19+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/09/arnold_vs_w_1.html Does Arnold strikes a better pose than W as leader in charge of the situation ? W: 2005 August, New Orleans' Katrina flood. Source: * Arnold: 2005 January, Southern Californian landslide. Source: ** See previous, Pitch 2004: W vs Kerry.... nooz omor 2005-09-18T10:23:16+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/09/jude_wanniski_1.html Jude Wanniski, 1936-2005 As Jude Wanniski knew, and expounded, "Economies are driven not by the dollars in people's pockets but by the ideas in their heads." By that measure, the U.S. economy still rides high on Jude's ideas and Jude... econ omor 2005-09-02T05:03:06+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/08/to_place_google.html (On Google's trajectory towards IBM-ness or Microsoft-ness) In the 1990's, he said, I.B.M. was widely perceived in Silicon Valley as a "gentle giant" that was easy to partner with while Microsoft was perceived as an "extraordinarily fearsome, competitive company wanting... language omor 2005-08-24T08:45:22+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/08/bubble_after_bu_1.html Bubble after bubble has since percolated to the surface during this period of extraordinary monetary accommodation -- especially in a multitude of fixed income products (i.e., Treasuries, investment-grade corporates, high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, and a host of credit instruments).... econ omor 2005-08-23T02:54:12+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/08/_grudging_admir.html CNN had launched a revolution in cable news, but it was struggling to compete in the world of political commentary, and network executives jumped at the chance to put one of the country's most prominent—and pugnacious—conservative pundits at the heart... quote omor 2005-08-09T21:34:21+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/08/the_argument_th.html The argument that competition increases polarization assumes that liberals want to read liberal newspapers and conservatives conservative ones. Natural as that assumption is, it conflicts with one of the points on which left and right agree - that people consume... nooz omor 2005-08-06T20:21:05+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/08/jumpy_and_nervo_1.html Chrenkoff explains how many are jumpy and nervous.... nooz omor 2005-08-02T02:51:06+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/07/stealing_ideas_1.html Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. — Howard Aiken... quote omor 2005-07-20T22:57:36+00:00 http://omor.com/SF/archives/2005/07/genx_seeks_newn_1.html The GenXers are a substantial group of people representing about 27 percent of the total American population-while the entire population of Baby Boomers account for only 30 percent. For the Xers, social, political, racial, sexual, family and religious beliefs are... urbanity omor 2005-07-11T17:52:25+00:00