Mike Dilger's REALLY PLAIN BLOG

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Which Mike Dilger am I?: You might know me from Optimal Computing, U.C. Davis, Computer Security, Sun Microsystems, StrongAuth, Pfizer, San Francisco, New Zealand (Wellington / Palmerston North), my posts regarding investing (especially in the natural resources, especially on google finance), MythTV in New Zealand, or Gentoo linux.
For the British ecologist / BBC Presenter: mikedilger.co.uk

WARNINGS and DISCLAIMERS:

I don't mince words, and I may swear.

I am not a theist. I believe in the natural world.

I am a moral person, outraged at immorality, and it frightens me to think that some people are only moral because they fear punishment from a God. It's perfectly reasonable to be moral because of fear of reprisals, to be liked and accepted, because it feels good, and because it's your natural instinct and difficult to go against without feeling terrible. I sincerely hope religious people are moral for these reasons as well, lest they discover there is no God and subsequently go psychopathic on us.

I edit my posts post-facto, pretty often actually. If you reference them, the content may change over time (but the topic probably wont).

I don't do a lot of research to ensure all my facts are correct, so please don't rely on any factual information without checking it first.

You may find yourself "fired up" in opposition to my views. Just please keep in mind that you oppose the views, not me. If you are sure it is me you hate, please let me know so I can avoid you.

I believe global warming is largely man-made, and could be dangerous in the long term if we don't clean up, yet I'm still interested in sunspot research (global climate is affected by many things).

Politically I lean towards small government, free markets, and personal liberty; yet I refuse to be dogmatic about economics. Austrians may be under-appreciated, and Keynes over-appreciated, yet Austrians tend to be overly dogmatic, and Keynesians tend to be overly prescriptive, and everyone tends to be overly normative. Can't we all get along? There shouldn't be any permanent schizm among the non-normative theories.

07 Dec 2009: Supply and Demand: Copper's disconnect

13 Sep 2009: Why I'm so flippin angry: about "healthcare is a right"

12 Sep 2009: Healthcare from Government: redux

07 Jul 2009: Finding a Bottom: Market is Fairly Valued, But I'd Wait

19 Jun 2009: Sell Natural Gas: Contango is crippling UNG

31 May 2009: Antioxidants: Unproven, possibly even disproven

30 May 2009: Collective Action: The Public/Private Thing

23 May 2009: Acid / Alkaline Foods: Quackery

22 May 2009: More Natural Gas: A favorite play of mine at the moment

22 May 2009: Sauerkraut: Keep it Thin

13 May 2009: Bad Science: Let's keep it honest guys, ok?

12 May 2009: Debt to China?: Fiat Money!

11 May 2009: Optimal Computing Limited: I have formed a company today

03 May 2009: Poles Apart: Global Warming debate analysed by an Economist

28 Apr 2009: Don't waste time: Lime!

28 Apr 2009: Half Price Energy: from Natural Gas

26 Apr 2009: CO₂ versus SunSpots: Soon we will know

22 Apr 2009: Delinquencies rising fast: We're All Subprime Now

20 Apr 2009: Booms: The Next Bubble is in...

20 Apr 2009: Utilities: I just screened them...

13 Apr 2009: Cynical Humor: Quotes...

11 Apr 2009: No Green Shoots: We are still tumbling...

10 Apr 2009: Bank Ruse: is a good example of Soros' Reflexivity

07 Apr 2009: Hope: is it Chronic? [.mp3]

05 Apr 2009: Congress threatens independence of FASB: I'm late to the story, but this is important

04 Apr 2009: Jefferson on Fictitious Capital: Same problem, 190 years later

03 Apr 2009: Mark-to-Fantasy Accounting: There are a lot of blatent lies out there

31 Mar 2009: Center of Gravity for Prices: It's not the dollar

31 Mar 2009: Geithner's Plan: Continuing to Ignore Reality

30 Mar 2009: Credible Threat: The Federal Reserve is tricking us right now

30 Mar 2009: Mob Rule: The US is now under mob rule

30 Mar 2009: Economy and Government: Today's governments are too large

29 Mar 2009: An economic fallacy: Money on the Sidelines?

28 Mar 2009: I ain't no bold explorer: Why I am in New Zealand

27 Mar 2009: Banking I'm working on my banking commentary.

26 Mar 2009: Healthcare I'm working on my healthcare commentary.

26 Mar 2009: Why meddle in other people's business? The Opportunity Economy

26 Mar 2009: facebook I just joined facebook a few days ago. I'm shocked at how many people I know from way back that are on there.

?? Feb 2009: Something is wrong with this picture...

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