I've been giving some thought to the idea of virtual real estate recently, largely because of my interest in the future of the internet and trashy science fiction. The following conversation contains some of that ( Read more... )

"He had found he did not require a religious faith. Uncertainty - 'I am to take a leap in the dark' - turned out to be all the certainty he needed. The assurance that he had done his duty was a wholly adequate consolation."

An animatronic Santa Claus was dancing on a table and singing.
Me: "That's TERRIFYING."
Bystander: ::snorts::

I was sitting stealing words from a Waterstone's the other day when I received a book recommendation. I'd never heard of Michael Marshall Smith before ("Well, you should have!"), but apparently he's a well known British author. I had my doubts, especially when informed that he writes crime fiction, since I seem to have a gut assumption that crime ( Read more... )

http://www.neogentronyx.com/

( Aphoristic...okay, some of these are just quotes )

Slashdot has recently been paying some attention to projections that the IT industry will lose jobs to increased automation. Basically, a lot of the jobs that fall under the category of "most people are too dumb to figure this out, or too busy to acquire the specialized knowledge" will be replaced by expert systems. Or so the story goes. News at ( Read more... )

Really great seminar discussion. In conclusion, I now think that the United States ought to be split up into a collection of self-governing towns. The general will compels you! The general will compels you!

Apparently my 5 o'clock philosophy seminar has been replaced by a visit to the pickled corpse of Jeremy Bentham.

Also technically not French; he was born in Geneva ( Read more... )