T’Was Ever Thus – Interesting from Seb, a reference to Richard Rorty, via Dave Weinberger, via Mitch Ratcliffe that there are very few if any new problems that previous generations have not already recognised. I’ve blogged several times “It was ever thus” and “Nothing new under the sun” over the years, most recently in connection [...]
Entries from January 2003
It Was Ever Thus
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January 31, 2003 at 12:16pm
by Psybertron
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Stupid White Men
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January 31, 2003 at 10:56am
by Psybertron
I’ve probably displayed more than a little skepticism from time to time, even a general lack of respect, for our cousins across the Atlantic. Despite a string of important US pragmatist philosophers in the latter half of the last century, US society as a whole does seem to be the most extreme manifestation of the [...]
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McLuhan Links
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January 31, 2003 at 10:29am
by Psybertron
McLuhan Links may come in handy ? [via Jorn]
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The Irrational Economist
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January 24, 2003 at 10:12pm
by Psybertron
The Irrational Economist ? Article by Peter Monaghan in the Chronicle of Higher Education [via Jorn]. Making economics look like a mathematical science is a con trick. All part of the “rational conspiracy”. [Quote] The orthodoxy also distorts economic reality, say its critics. “Superficially, it seems like a coherent model of the world,” says Mr. [...]
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Barrett, Velasquez, Gaarder & Pirsig
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January 22, 2003 at 7:28pm
by Psybertron
Barrett got me thinking. Spotted a reference to him in Manuel Velasquez, then followed the latter into various university philosophy course web-sites and stumbled across this California Baptist Univ course. The first serious academic looking philosophy link to Pirsig and ZAMM that I’ve come across. I suppose it had to be in California.
Nothing New Under the Sun
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January 22, 2003 at 9:47am
by Psybertron
“The quantity of journalism the modern age has turned out in the process of its own self-analysis, already overflows our archives and, were it not that most of it were doomed to perish, would be a dull burden to hand down to our descendants. Communication makes possible the [] instantaneous conveying of news from one [...]
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Groove
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January 10, 2003 at 8:55am
by Psybertron
Groove Described [by Jorn] as “the uber-Net-savvy, weblog-aware successor to Lotus Notes”.[Ozzie's story][Jon Udell's review]
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Absolute Powerpoint
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January 10, 2003 at 8:49am
by Psybertron
Absolute Powerpoint. Essential reading for Powerpoint jockey’s everywhere – an interesting and amusing article on the origins and ubiquity of Powerpoint [via Jorn]. Spooky – Even manages to quote Steven Pinker on Powerpoint and the virtues of graphical communication in parallel with verbal (!)
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Cringley’s 2003 Predictions
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January 6, 2003 at 2:29pm
by Psybertron
Are here.
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The Underground Railway from Pakistan to Palestine ?
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January 6, 2003 at 2:21pm
by Psybertron
The Underground Railway from Pakistan to Palestine ? Where would you get off ? The American Conservative [via Jorn] interviews Norman Mailer as a “Left-Conservative”. [Quote] The notion that man is a rational creature who arrives at reasonable solutions to knotty problems is much in doubt as far as I?m concerned. [Unquote]
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Supreme Objectivity ?
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January 6, 2003 at 2:17pm
by Psybertron
Supreme Objectivity ? Society for Indutrial and Applied Mathematics review of 1000 Years, 1000 People. [via Jorn]
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Citation Searches & Indeces
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January 3, 2003 at 1:41pm
by Psybertron
Also via Seb.Citebase – from Southampton Uni [report]Citeseer / Research Index – NEC Supported (blogged earlier)Free Online Scholarship (FOS) – Seb is a contributor.[What does Citebase add to Citeseer ?]
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The Internet’s 20th Birthday
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January 3, 2003 at 1:32pm
by Psybertron
The Internet’s 20th Birthday. From FOS News via Seb.
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Knowledge Sharing Survey
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January 2, 2003 at 7:31pm
by Psybertron
Séb Paquet is doing a survey on the usefulness of weblogs and wikis for sharing knowledge. If you like John Cleese and Philosophy try this link (also from Seb’s site)
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Sam Goldwyn Quotes
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January 2, 2003 at 6:11pm
by Psybertron
Sam Goldwyn Quotes [via Curry][Quote] I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. [Unquote] and [Quote] I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.[Unquote]
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Motivation
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January 2, 2003 at 6:07pm
by Psybertron
Motivation. Not his main point, but an interesting (possibly apochryphal ?) story from Cringley. [Quote] If you are in the asynchronous logic field, you know who Rajit is. He had a knack for the stuff, that’s for sure. He understood it in a native way that nobody else did at the time, which made chip [...]
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Introductory A-Life Reading List
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January 2, 2003 at 6:00pm
by Psybertron
Introductory A-Life Reading List. Last one from Jorn for now. How does he find ‘em. (More comprehensive list here too.)
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A Million PhD’s
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January 2, 2003 at 5:55pm
by Psybertron
A Million PhD’s ? Another one via Jorn. Love him really. Could do with that $100,000 funding myself.
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US Scientists Claim
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January 2, 2003 at 5:49pm
by Psybertron
US Scientists Claim. Yeah Yeah, Yadda Yadda. From BBC [via Jorn]. Cynical, Moi ? Two (any number of) points make a trend – I think not – which doesn’t mean it’s not true of course – Catch 22.
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Lies, Damn Lies
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January 2, 2003 at 5:45pm
by Psybertron
Lies, Damn Lies. Nike PR deceptions, from Common Dreams, [via Jorn]. If everybody had to tell the truth, someone would have to decide what the truth actually is. Easier to stick to the rituals we all know. Caveat Emptor.
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More on Quines
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January 2, 2003 at 4:52pm
by Psybertron
More on Quines. Still intrigued about Quines (even though I still don’t know why it’s relevant here – ever experience just knowing it is ? – Nash / Beautiful Mind – see earlier). Miscoranda gave me the original link. This new link eventually leads to the classic ACM Turing Award lecture by Ken Thompson. I [...]
