I like a zany pratfall as much as the next guy, but I'd rather not see any more people dismembered on BoingBoing, kthx.

@Booray: Actually, one of the features of public key systems like PGP is that it allows people to securely exchange messages over unsecure channels, without any prior contact.

#6 CoffeeGeek:

Michael Ruhlman may be crazy when it comes to coffee (a percolator! come ON), but when it comes to other food writing, he's among the best. His book "The Soul of a Chef" is beautifully written and a great read. His new one, "The Elements of Cooking," looks quite good as well. Someone just needs to send him a French press is all.

I called Sen. Durbin's office, and his staffer said the Senator does not support the filibuster, though he does oppose telecom immunity. Whatever that means. I also called Sen. Obama's office, and his guy told me Sen. Obama was trying to return to Washington, as he _does_ support the filibuster.

I called Sen. Clinton too, but her line was busy. I hope it was all of y'all!

Ken Hansen (#8),

First, I heard this piece too, and I'd have to go back and confirm this, but I believe she said explicitly that she did NOT sent it from her work email.

Second, Darwin's theory of evolution has survived, and been enriched by, 150 years of the most contentious testing imaginable. For example, when Watson and Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s--100 years after Darwin!--genetics did not disprove, but rather explained, how evolution worked. To doubt it by saying it has not been "proved" displays your ignorance of even the basic elements of the theory, and of the meaning of the term "theory."

If you missed it, I recommend the recent Nova special Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial which documents the recent landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, in which parents sued a Pennsylvania school board for trying to sneak intelligent design into the curriculum. It's an excellent primer on the so-called "debate", and describes how the parents' attorneys proved that not only is evolution abundantly supported by the facts, but that ID is junk science promoted by Christian fundamentalists with a creationist agenda.

Incidentally, the judge eloquently and thoroughly rejected the school board's entire case, and all of the school board members who were for the intelligent design side were voted out of office in the next election. So there's that.

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