Moar Birthday!

Happy Birthday, aurora_novarum!

Sadly, schoolwork has eaten my soul this week, so I have no fic for you. However, Daniel wishes to send a message to the greatest beta in the history of ever:

Consume and Obey (maybe)

If you are ever looking for computer parts or accessories, or MP3 players or printers or cameras or pretty much most electronic goods, and live in the US or Canada, do yourself a favor and check out NewEgg. Not only are they very reasonable with their prices (often being the lowest you could find) and have a very large selection, but their customer service and RMA policies are also very, very nice as well. The best thing about them, though, is that their shipping times are INSANE.

Case in Point: I put an order in to them yesterday at 1:30AM. It was confirmed by noon yesterday.

The boxes are currently sitting in my room right now.

(Now, if only I didn't have this fluids assignment due tomorrow so I could build the new computer.)

As a break from fluids homework

From beanpot and rydra_wong and synecdochic:

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

Here's one I do NOT agree with at all. I'd always been a bit fascinated by World War II, but this decision troubled me on a really deep level: Korematsu v. United States

In a time when the very people we were fighting were rounding up people based on their race, the United States did the same damn thing back home, interning those of Japanese-descent on the west coast into camps. (Executive order 9066)

The Supreme Court ruled that the executive order was constitutional and that the threat of espionage outweighed the individual rights of Fred Korematsu and other Japanese-Americans. The majority opinion also stated that such action by the government was not racist. Korematsu himself was convicted for evading the internment, and the decision has never been explicitly overturned.