May 2011 Blog Posts (9)

Enlightenment Emerges on the Desktop

Everyone here uses a computer - At least sometimes ... At least to access this site

A few of us might use our mobile smartphone to do so

Even fewer of us might use some obscure and / or outdated operating system (OS), such as BeOS or KalbriOS

Most, if not all of us, however, probably use some version of Windows, Mac OS or *nix (Unix / linux / BSD / Solaris / etc.)

To be honest,…

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Added by LoL on May 17, 2011 at 18:01 — 1 Comment

I've been doing some very abstract painting lately

No paint ... No canvas

I just think about it

Added by LoL on May 17, 2011 at 14:34 — 2 Comments

In the land of the bland

The one idea-ed man is king

Added by LoL on May 17, 2011 at 0:19 — No Comments

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king?

No, he isn't ... he's burned, at the the stake, for consorting with demons and having unnatural powers - He knows things he couldn't possibly hear except by unholy means

Added by LoL on May 16, 2011 at 20:26 — 1 Comment

A useful aide memoire

http://schoolnet.gov.mt/thinkingskills/thinkingtools.htm

Added by LoL on May 15, 2011 at 15:56 — 1 Comment

Just say 'No!' to teleportation

I teleported home one night

With Ron and Sid and Meg.

Ron stole Meggie's heart away

And I got Sidney's leg.

-- Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Quite apart from the above and, of course, Brundle's misadventures, there is a very definite argument against the introduction of teleportation that trumps all others, in my opinion [1]: Teleportation is the ultimate tool of the… Continue

Added by LoL on May 12, 2011 at 3:49 — 10 Comments

"Lies are only necessary to cover up small and lesser evil. Incredulity covers up the big ones"

"Lies are only necessary to cover up small and lesser evil. Incredulity covers up the big ones" Continue

Added by LoL on May 11, 2011 at 22:30 — 1 Comment

Philosophy II - The Case for Civil Disobedience and Direct Action? [1]

"Since graffitting is an act performed neither for financial gain nor for personal acclaim, it is the only true form of art remaining." -- Discuss

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[1] Come on, come ON! ... Deface this entry!

Added by LoL on May 11, 2011 at 22:29 — No Comments

Technology

It isn't the fascinating subject everyone seems to think it is

Today's technology is luke-warm / tepid at best ... not hot

It's boring

It hasn't solved the riddles of existance, nor its mind-numbing, spirit-crushing realities

It isn't the herald of better times to come ... a more caring, sharing, liberal and liberated world ... any more than the television turned us all into Nobel laureates, the telephone made us all great orators or… Continue

Added by LoL on May 11, 2011 at 22:25 — No Comments