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Yep, packed up the grand majority of my stuff and headed back to home base. Tomorrow will involve a lot of sorting and decision-making, now that I have some idea of what will and won’t fit into my vehicle. Now, with a Packing Goddess on your side, there might be a lot more that does fit than doesn’t, but it’s going to be a very limited subset of things that will be going with me, it looks like. Which I’m fine with, so long as I get everything that I’m supposed to get out there for me to survive for a bit.
Anyway, onward. I’ll do my best to provide nice links right up to the point where I’m physically unable to access the Internet. At that point, well, let the backlog begin. I suspect it’ll be a really big backlog when all is said and done.
The new policy regarding underaged art has a little bit of difficulty on the execution, it appears.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cluegirl got a warning for a picture that had already been deleted a week ago, excepting that the bit itself still resided on an LJ server that required some hacking to get to and delete. vikingcarrot received her notice on a post that had been locked for a week and held age disclaimers regarding the participants, something that made her none too happy.
Happy twenty-fifth birthday, Compact Disc. You’re only a little older than I am. How scary is that?
The White House Press Secretary will resign his position soon. First one, now another. This has many people thinking that the rats are fleeing the ship in time so that when the hammer falls, they’ll be safe. (Yes, that’s likely a malapropism. There are no dandelions around.)
Regarding the current military tendency toward automation and robotics, the following article is about the improved AutoCopter gunship, which requires no humans on board to fly. Have to say that “Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!” does come to mind when reading about all these new robotic weapons. Dave Lindorff thinks the Padilla conviction means that we can't even count on a jury to save us from the government, but has been noted before, only the living stand trial, really. Of course, since the military can't keep enough Purple Hearts in stock , maybe we don’t have to worry that there will be a fleet of Cybermen and associated automatic weapons. Instead, perhaps, they'll try to put through Real ID, over several significant concerns. Of course, maybe, just maybe, they’ll all be concerned with arresting bar owners who wouldn't let an undercover officer in because he presented no identification to verify his age. Because the clergy will be busy convincing us that martial law isn't so bad. Assuming they’re not advocating for Mr. Bush to become a dictator-for-life and utilize nuclear weaponry against the Middle East as a way of settling the conflict. Of course, that assumes that people like the Minutemen aren't busy trying to convince the clergy that because they aren't stridently crusading against homosexuality, they're failing as Christians.
With all of this going on,bradhicks and Liberal Seagull came to similar conclusions. Liberal Seagull offered four truths about voting (in the American system), which fits neatly with bradhicks‘s Fallacy of "Candidates and Issues". In both cases, the idea is that the most effective way of getting a message out is not by running a candidate on it, but by getting the people and the book deals to talk about it, which in turn gets the gears moving on the big political parties to tap and consume the new sentiment and adjust themselves to be palatable to the voters espousing it. Which seems rather unfortunate for people that would rather see more third-party and independent candidates fielded, but is probably the way that things do work around here.
EA sports games will download weather conditions to the home stadium and adjust gameplay based on that weather, which is a novel idea for more reality in gaming. Of course, in a place where it’s perpetually poor conditions, that kind of feature might get turned off, just so that the games can be enjoyed. Wonder what this will do to league-style play.
Bad Science Ahead! Warning! Warning! Journal Medical Hypothesis publishes article comparing Down Syndrome to "Oriental" population, groups two together based on cultural and physical features. I thought that something like that would be laughed out of publication. I’d expect to hear that from the stereotypical backwoods yokel rather than a scientific-aiming publication. But then I read that a hotel mistook a Nobel laureate for a street peddler, based solely on her garments, and I have to wonder what people really think.
Cool things ahead - turn your portrait into an oil panting of a Maoist propaganda poster. Why is this cool? Because there will definitely be some double-takes involved. Of course, it might convince your neighbors that you really are plotting for the terrorists. Exercise caution, lest the Behavior Detection Officers decide that you’re a terrorist at the airport. Another cool thing is the emerging mesh network appearing in San Francisco. Perhaps at some point, it will be merged with an outdoor network, but for now, it’s helping get people on-line in many places around the city.
When adding up all the numbers, some scientists say that burning oil and then planting forests to compensate is the most environmentally sound business practice. This is in study of net emissions in the process of making biofuels, accounting for additional fuel burning and energy to convert the bio into biofuel. As such, they recommend maximal efficiency for current fossil fuel material and forests being replanted to make up the emissions difference. When we run out of fossil fuel, of course, an alternative will have to be found.
Perhaps, with all this strife and trouble in the world, we can follow the advice of the Happiness Project and ask for help. Because other people might be able to solve your problem. For more profound potential problems, asking others for help can be useful. As can listening to oneself and finding the "peak experiences" in your life. Like the one telling me to go to bed and sleep.
Anyway, onward. I’ll do my best to provide nice links right up to the point where I’m physically unable to access the Internet. At that point, well, let the backlog begin. I suspect it’ll be a really big backlog when all is said and done.
The new policy regarding underaged art has a little bit of difficulty on the execution, it appears.
cluegirl got a warning for a picture that had already been deleted a week ago, excepting that the bit itself still resided on an LJ server that required some hacking to get to and delete. vikingcarrot received her notice on a post that had been locked for a week and held age disclaimers regarding the participants, something that made her none too happy.Happy twenty-fifth birthday, Compact Disc. You’re only a little older than I am. How scary is that?
The White House Press Secretary will resign his position soon. First one, now another. This has many people thinking that the rats are fleeing the ship in time so that when the hammer falls, they’ll be safe. (Yes, that’s likely a malapropism. There are no dandelions around.)
Regarding the current military tendency toward automation and robotics, the following article is about the improved AutoCopter gunship, which requires no humans on board to fly. Have to say that “Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!” does come to mind when reading about all these new robotic weapons. Dave Lindorff thinks the Padilla conviction means that we can't even count on a jury to save us from the government, but has been noted before, only the living stand trial, really. Of course, since the military can't keep enough Purple Hearts in stock , maybe we don’t have to worry that there will be a fleet of Cybermen and associated automatic weapons. Instead, perhaps, they'll try to put through Real ID, over several significant concerns. Of course, maybe, just maybe, they’ll all be concerned with arresting bar owners who wouldn't let an undercover officer in because he presented no identification to verify his age. Because the clergy will be busy convincing us that martial law isn't so bad. Assuming they’re not advocating for Mr. Bush to become a dictator-for-life and utilize nuclear weaponry against the Middle East as a way of settling the conflict. Of course, that assumes that people like the Minutemen aren't busy trying to convince the clergy that because they aren't stridently crusading against homosexuality, they're failing as Christians.
With all of this going on,
bradhicks and Liberal Seagull came to similar conclusions. Liberal Seagull offered four truths about voting (in the American system), which fits neatly with bradhicks‘s Fallacy of "Candidates and Issues". In both cases, the idea is that the most effective way of getting a message out is not by running a candidate on it, but by getting the people and the book deals to talk about it, which in turn gets the gears moving on the big political parties to tap and consume the new sentiment and adjust themselves to be palatable to the voters espousing it. Which seems rather unfortunate for people that would rather see more third-party and independent candidates fielded, but is probably the way that things do work around here. EA sports games will download weather conditions to the home stadium and adjust gameplay based on that weather, which is a novel idea for more reality in gaming. Of course, in a place where it’s perpetually poor conditions, that kind of feature might get turned off, just so that the games can be enjoyed. Wonder what this will do to league-style play.
Bad Science Ahead! Warning! Warning! Journal Medical Hypothesis publishes article comparing Down Syndrome to "Oriental" population, groups two together based on cultural and physical features. I thought that something like that would be laughed out of publication. I’d expect to hear that from the stereotypical backwoods yokel rather than a scientific-aiming publication. But then I read that a hotel mistook a Nobel laureate for a street peddler, based solely on her garments, and I have to wonder what people really think.
Cool things ahead - turn your portrait into an oil panting of a Maoist propaganda poster. Why is this cool? Because there will definitely be some double-takes involved. Of course, it might convince your neighbors that you really are plotting for the terrorists. Exercise caution, lest the Behavior Detection Officers decide that you’re a terrorist at the airport. Another cool thing is the emerging mesh network appearing in San Francisco. Perhaps at some point, it will be merged with an outdoor network, but for now, it’s helping get people on-line in many places around the city.
When adding up all the numbers, some scientists say that burning oil and then planting forests to compensate is the most environmentally sound business practice. This is in study of net emissions in the process of making biofuels, accounting for additional fuel burning and energy to convert the bio into biofuel. As such, they recommend maximal efficiency for current fossil fuel material and forests being replanted to make up the emissions difference. When we run out of fossil fuel, of course, an alternative will have to be found.
Perhaps, with all this strife and trouble in the world, we can follow the advice of the Happiness Project and ask for help. Because other people might be able to solve your problem. For more profound potential problems, asking others for help can be useful. As can listening to oneself and finding the "peak experiences" in your life. Like the one telling me to go to bed and sleep.
