I’ve blogged several times, and get 100′s of hits on the subject of removing road traffic signs increasing actual road safety – since I mentioned the Netherlands experiment of some years ago and a UK study of that experience. [Background] Last year the German city of Bohmte scrapped its road traffic signs in a similar [...]
Entries from June 2008
Fewer Signs of Greater Safety
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June 24, 2008 at 12:57am
by Psybertron
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More on Theism vs Atheism
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June 18, 2008 at 1:22pm
by Psybertron
A “chain-letter” post from Sam at Elizaphanian (he calls ‘em memes – yuk!) Q1. How would you define “atheism”? Rev Sam – The denial of theism. Psybertron – Theism cannot be denied, it’s a fact of life. Atheism is a label use by theists for those who don’t share the same theistic basis of belief. [...]
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Healing The Unhappy Caveman
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June 17, 2008 at 9:32pm
by Psybertron
I made a reference to this book by Chris Wilson earlier and started a more thorough review … below. Chris responded before I had published … so appended below is our initial exchange to my incomplete review. We can use the comments below to continue the public dialogue. Psybertron asked “What am I missing ?” [...]
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Snail Mail
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June 17, 2008 at 9:15pm
by Psybertron
Tickled by this. One of my agenda items is that so much low quality memetic confusion reigns because communication (with copying & referencing) at the speed of light propagates what is said / symbolized infinitely faster that what is truly meant valuable. But this form of mediation is maybe a bit extreme ?
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Kurt Vonnegut
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June 15, 2008 at 2:18pm
by Psybertron
I’m only a recent convert to Kurt Vonnegut having not read him until after his death last year, when I picked-up and enjoyed “Cat’s Cradle“. I’ve Just finished reading “Slaugherhouse Five”, his biographical account of lives, inlcuding his own, that intersected in the Dresden bombings. Wonderful writing – pointing out that more civilians were deliberately [...]
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The Victrolas & The Daisycutters
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June 15, 2008 at 1:36pm
by Psybertron
Mentioned before what a great venue Huntsville’s Crossroads was even when it’s only 20/30% full, thanks to the multi-space layout, but on Friday we saw what it looks like when even fewer turn up. The bands struggled to generate any atmosphere with the sparse audience on a rainy night in Huntsville. Nashville band The Victrolas headlined on the [...]
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Sounds Familiar
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June 10, 2008 at 4:15pm
by Psybertron
Dave Pollard having an interesting dialogue with himself. When you find the answer Dave, let me know, count me in.
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Ob-Platte or the next best thing ?
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June 7, 2008 at 12:06pm
by Psybertron
The whole world in a grain of salt. Where to start ? You don’t need me to point out that these are anagrams of each other. Tabletop, BattleOp, Ob-Platte, Potelbat, Belpatto, Platobet. But what are they ? It might help if you knew that they are the title of Chapter 8 of Douglas Hofstadter’s book “Fluid Concepts [...]
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Todd Snider
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June 4, 2008 at 10:17pm
by Psybertron
Almost a week overdue this post, since last Friday I travelled early Saturday to a conference and been just too busy and stressed to blog (or even read any private e-mail). Anyway, mentioned Tommy Womack and Will Kimbrough before and several people knowing I was a fan of Tommy suggested I should see another ex-cohort [...]
