Check out this animation, make sure to zoom in and out, it will make your day

I was reading an interesting post in philosophy on entropy and intelligence, and in my response I put into words some thoughts I have had for a while on entropy, so I am cross-posting it here ( Read more... )

After 4 months of working with real estate agents, and looking at many properties, the Friday before thanksgiving we sold our condo and purchased a 4plex. We weren't sure everything was going to work out with the financing, but in the end we walked out of there as new owners and landlords. Two of the rooms were rented already, we moved into ( Read more... )

A scientist claims to have found a gene that makes people susceptible to religious beliefs.
That is great news! Since fundamentalism is a mental disease we can finally develop genetic therapies to treat those unfortunate enough to have caught it.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, especially when the picture is funny. I am currently using this picture as my computer wallpaper:


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I can't say I am surprised, although I am glad these memes starting showing things OTHER than left and right.

You Are a "Don't Tread On Me" Libertarian


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Maybe I should give slackware linux a try!


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Another Glitch in the Call
(to the tune of a recent Pink Floyd song)

We don't need no indirection
We don't need no flow control
No data typing or declarations
Did you leave the lists alone?
Hey! Hacker! Leave those lists alone!

Chorus:
All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call.
All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call.

I was watching Babylon 5 the other day, and the capitan said something that caught my attention, "Millions for defense but not a penny for tribute". That sounded like a quote, so I went and looked it up, and to my pleasant surprise, I found it was Thomas Jefferson that said it ( Read more... )