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Well, this is a bit of a gauntlet.
Nov. 28th, 2006 12:31 amWhen I said if I made it to the end of November, I’d be fine, I think I lied. Unintentionally, of course, but fibbed all the same. Examinations, presentations, and a host of other work conspires to ensure that I will be dancing on very sharp objects this week. I hope I get it all done in time. My work ethic is interfering with my sleep ethic. This cannot bode well.
News Flash: Peace symbol may be Satanic. Just so you know. First I’ve heard of this. I think. Maybe it was in a Chick tract somewhere. Anyway, there’s a significant chunk missing from this article, but from the writer’s and the plaintiff’s viewpoint, apparently being an atheist and asking your classmate to stop saying that leprechauns are scientifically proven gets you expelled. As I said, there are chunks missing, like whatever these supposed “previous events” were that led up to this. From what’s presented, it looks like the school overstepped. What’s missing, then?
Another Day at Minitrue, working hard to ensure that the Party is always correct, or at least close. We suspect that Students for an Orwellian Society are pleased with this. It appears that the Mainstream media is also compliant with the Ingsoc way, repeating what Big Brother decides as complete truth.
The Zune is a complete and total disaster, at least according to the Chicago Sun-Times. They said the same about X-Box, but it manages to continue to hold on to things. For me, though, I’ll keep with my DRM-free, needs no special software player, thankyouverymuch.
Rolling up a really big joint. Hey, if you can get it to work, and don’t get busted, go for it.
Going for geoengineering: desperate times and desperate measures? It’ll be vital practice for terraforming later. But that assumes we survive our own experiments. Do we need to go this far yet? Then again, with the outgoing chair of the environmental committee disbelieving in global warming, maybe we do need something that radical.
Public, hydraulic, only available at night urinals. To combat the problem of people pissing anywhere they can. Maybe some college towns could use these, especially on nights where there’s going to be lots of drinking (which means most nights, in case anyone wonders).
More and more, stocks are being picked and traded by AI. More sophisticated AI, in fact. Maybe soon it’ll be a completely machine-dominated field, with people just putting their money in and expecting some sort of return on the other end. Not quite a slot machine, but something akin to it. Maybe with better odds.
Fewer people in the stores after Thanksgiving, but more money spent. Big-ticket items and on-line shopping, I suspect. Less people wanting to camp out and get crushed (that was for the PS3 and the Wii, anyway, which happened beforehand), but more money spent. Either we’re getting smarter or we’re burning bigger holes in our pockets by melting the credit cards.
Finally, some nice scientific things - scientific instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, for those who want clocks, navigation devices, and other very interesting things. In a more modern incarnation, rewritable paper (although with some high costs), and storing nearly 256GB of data on a single sheet of A4 paper. Good compression on that data, definitely.
That’s what I’ve got for today. Bed should be following soon. Since I have to get up in the morning. Maybe afterward I’ll be able to do some work. Or prepare for doing some work. Or something.
Also, reminder to self - the Great Big Book of Ancient Semi-Coherent Wisdom is out. You should get it.
News Flash: Peace symbol may be Satanic. Just so you know. First I’ve heard of this. I think. Maybe it was in a Chick tract somewhere. Anyway, there’s a significant chunk missing from this article, but from the writer’s and the plaintiff’s viewpoint, apparently being an atheist and asking your classmate to stop saying that leprechauns are scientifically proven gets you expelled. As I said, there are chunks missing, like whatever these supposed “previous events” were that led up to this. From what’s presented, it looks like the school overstepped. What’s missing, then?
Another Day at Minitrue, working hard to ensure that the Party is always correct, or at least close. We suspect that Students for an Orwellian Society are pleased with this. It appears that the Mainstream media is also compliant with the Ingsoc way, repeating what Big Brother decides as complete truth.
The Zune is a complete and total disaster, at least according to the Chicago Sun-Times. They said the same about X-Box, but it manages to continue to hold on to things. For me, though, I’ll keep with my DRM-free, needs no special software player, thankyouverymuch.
Rolling up a really big joint. Hey, if you can get it to work, and don’t get busted, go for it.
Going for geoengineering: desperate times and desperate measures? It’ll be vital practice for terraforming later. But that assumes we survive our own experiments. Do we need to go this far yet? Then again, with the outgoing chair of the environmental committee disbelieving in global warming, maybe we do need something that radical.
Public, hydraulic, only available at night urinals. To combat the problem of people pissing anywhere they can. Maybe some college towns could use these, especially on nights where there’s going to be lots of drinking (which means most nights, in case anyone wonders).
More and more, stocks are being picked and traded by AI. More sophisticated AI, in fact. Maybe soon it’ll be a completely machine-dominated field, with people just putting their money in and expecting some sort of return on the other end. Not quite a slot machine, but something akin to it. Maybe with better odds.
Fewer people in the stores after Thanksgiving, but more money spent. Big-ticket items and on-line shopping, I suspect. Less people wanting to camp out and get crushed (that was for the PS3 and the Wii, anyway, which happened beforehand), but more money spent. Either we’re getting smarter or we’re burning bigger holes in our pockets by melting the credit cards.
Finally, some nice scientific things - scientific instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, for those who want clocks, navigation devices, and other very interesting things. In a more modern incarnation, rewritable paper (although with some high costs), and storing nearly 256GB of data on a single sheet of A4 paper. Good compression on that data, definitely.
That’s what I’ve got for today. Bed should be following soon. Since I have to get up in the morning. Maybe afterward I’ll be able to do some work. Or prepare for doing some work. Or something.
Also, reminder to self - the Great Big Book of Ancient Semi-Coherent Wisdom is out. You should get it.
