Curt Doolittle

Form: Short Note

  • STRUCTURES AND DIFFERENCES (worth repeating)

    http://www.propertarianism.com/2014/08/26/how-do-family-structures-vary/FAMILY STRUCTURES AND DIFFERENCES

    (worth repeating)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-18 08:50:00 UTC

  • Just under 8 minutes – a vision of hell?

    Just under 8 minutes – a vision of hell?:

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-18 08:05:00 UTC

  • (ok. now I gotta do some biz work.)

    (ok. now I gotta do some biz work.)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-18 05:00:00 UTC

  • My site is attacked constantly – mostly out of Russia. They’re using the ‘admin’

    My site is attacked constantly – mostly out of Russia. They’re using the ‘admin’ account and then getting banned for failed login attempts. (a) there is no admin account and (b) i use strong passwords. But what I found is that if you return ‘wrong password’ they keep trying the admin account. lol

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-18 04:38:00 UTC

  • A friend of mine, who I feel a heartfelt man-love and respect, said recently tha

    A friend of mine, who I feel a heartfelt man-love and respect, said recently that I am more intolerant of normals than I am of people on the margins. And its true. But it’s because all the ‘interesting’ stuff happens on the margins. If you are a social scientist, a philosopher of man, a curious soul, and an aesthete, then normals are the people you want to work with and politic with, but outliers are the people you want to learn from. They explore the margins.

    And that’s where we find innovation.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-18 04:22:00 UTC

  • THE FUTURE IS ALMOST HERE AeroVironment Switchblade The Switchblade — sometimes

    THE FUTURE IS ALMOST HERE

    AeroVironment Switchblade

    The Switchblade — sometimes called the kamikaze drone — isn’t new. More missile than robot, it can conduct low-level intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with a tiny camera.

    It’s the sort of drone that could soon make a leap in capability. Back in April, the Office of Naval Research announced a program called the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology, or LOCUST.

    The goal is to launch 30 synchronized, foldable drones that conduct a series of maneuvers with almost no guidance. The Navy selected a foldable drone called the Coyote, manufactured by Raytheon subsidiary Sensintel and so immediately popular that the Army bought 75 in 2012 and quickly put out an “emergency needs statement” for more.

    And there’s no reason why its maneuver and autonomy software couldn’t be applied to the smaller Switchblade.

    The Navy’s research program could make so-called lethal miniature aerial munitions systems like the Switchblade a lot smarter in the coming years.

    A very high velocity explosive, and frangible aluminum payload and you have a

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-17 09:16:00 UTC

  • THOUGHT I’D SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS’ DEBATE

    THOUGHT I’D SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS’ DEBATE

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-17 08:51:00 UTC

  • (you know, I am trying to write something intelligent and I made the ‘mistake’ o

    (you know, I am trying to write something intelligent and I made the ‘mistake’ of posting on feminism this morning and it’s generating the usual level of interest. lol)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-17 07:11:00 UTC

  • ( Hmmm……….. I think I would like Eric Field to give me a ‘tough’ interview

    ( Hmmm……….. I think I would like Eric Field to give me a ‘tough’ interview he has jokingly ‘threatened’ me with. It would be good for me and everyone else I think. Because he knows the material well enough to ask great questions. I suspect that he would try to identify what appear to be contradictions, or weaknesses, or unstated ambitions. A speaker is only as good as the questions he is asked, and I just feel like I would learn a lot from it.)

    Source date (UTC): 2015-10-17 07:10:00 UTC

  • Another Thought on Republics: Indecision.

    [A] republic, or an oligarchy by any other name, even one ruled by law, is a notoriously indecisive form of organization. I do not see a better division of labor than the one we discovered by accident. A republic is an excellent means of producing commons. A monarchy an excellent means of conducting war. And a democracy an excellent means of fooling the people into suicide. The Optimum that I know of: 1) Monarch, Military, and Militia for the defense of people, territory, routes, and trade. 2) Independent Judiciary for the resolution of conflicts, Rule of law, Property en Toto. 3) An independent treasury for the provision of credit (issuance and repurchase of shares) 4) Houses for the Production of Commons with members drawn by lot. 5) Families for the production of generations under voluntary selection of mates. 6) Men and Women forming Militia and emergency services. 7) Private provision of public goods. We had it about right. If we had given women and the proletarians houses and maintained land and property requirements we would have created a market for commons, instead of the fallacy of majority rule (mob rule).