Category: Philosophy


  • The Theory of Everything (String Theory) is 20 years old. This New York Times article is uberlong. I have only slogged through the first couple pages, but it has been a great read so far.

  • Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams

  • Another outbreak of Ebola in Africa? Ebola is a scary disease from which to die.

  • I like this action shot… girl in front of Microsoft sign with teeshirt “Chick Dig Unix”. Something just so sinister, ya know? Apparently I have a higher than average Empathy (64) and Systematizing (71) Quotients (link). Eh. These are really similar to the Myers-Briggs iNtuitive and Feeler scales.

  • Emode

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    Well, it is official… I am evil!!! (only kinda, according to emode.com) Who woulda thunk it? On the upside, I am almost borderline passive-aggressive. Apparently, I am also naughty. WTF? My MBTI is now ENFP? I used to to be INFP or INTP. How in the hell did a computer nerd like me end up an extrovert? Guess it…

  • It feels like 80F outside. Thought it was supposed to be winter? Couldn’t sleep in cause I was sweating so much. These are some thoughts in response to a comment to my last post: “on another note i spent almost all day arguing with a friend about why there should be a black history month and not…

  • It always surprises me to look at the stats for my Fountain of Knowledge web site. Most of the traffic is to visit the page I created with quotes. The title must be the bomb… “Quotes To Make You Think” because 90% of the traffic I get is to view that page.

  • 2002 Quotes

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    “… My hypocracy knows no bounds” — Doc Holiday, Tombstone “Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest.” — Thomas Fuller “You live by choice, not by chance.” “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It’s that they can’t see the problem.” — G. K. Chesterton “Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your…

  • Better

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    Much better today. Dunno what yesterday was about. Of course, I got less sleep last night than the night before. WTF?