On Voting the Lesser of Two Evils

So the presidential race may come down to a contest between McCain and Obama. Since each candidate is scary in his own way, many people would then vote based on the principle of choosing the lesser evils. Let’s examine that principle here, and also tie some concepts of decision theory.
First, regardless of which candidate [...]

Instant Google indexing of blogs

I noticed yesterday that within minutes of making my latest post it appeared in Google search results (i.e., the main Google search engine, not just the one for blogs).
I tested it again just now and, yes, it took only 5 minutes or less to index a post.
Maybe WordPress sends the new page directly to Google [...]