The problem with the idea of "The Universe May Be A Simulation", is that it seems to miss several critical key issues of simulation. There's some definite things going for it as well though ( Read more... )

Didn't really want to put this on the facespaces, so this works out marginally better. My first LJ post in… what, a year ( Read more... )

Should I give up militant atheism for lent?

Let me tell you what I believe. I believe that everybody ought to be viewed equally in the eyes of the law, and in the eyes of each other. I believe that, all things being equal, laws should err on the side of compassion. I believe that the failure of evidence of a deity is sufficient evidence for me to disbelieve in the existence of said deity. I ( Read more... )

Oh noes! The critics hurt his feeeeelings! http://movies.msn.com/paralleluniverse/george-lucas-talks-star-wars-critics/story/feature/

It's not very often that the kids get along without either arguing, or going nuts, roughhousing, or just generally being hyper and annoying the shit out of me. It's like there's no middle ground with them ( Read more... )

Kids are a huge undertaking. They take all of your energy and time, and you get very little in return, and none of it tangible. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids an I enjoy our time together, and I enjoy seeing them grow and change. I'm proud of their accomplishments, and the people they're becoming ( Read more... )

I'm telling you, I love this city. Today's events conspired to make it pretty damn good so far. Lunch time, I notice I have cash in my pocket. Enough cash to go to Humdinger for lunch, in fact. Not only do I have enough, but they're running a lunchtime discount, so I get a huge-ass chocolate malt to go with it. SO GOOD ( Read more... )

Look, I'm a gadget whore. Totally addicted. Even more so for video games. I own so many consoles, I've run out of room for them all ( Read more... )

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