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Time Isn't Money

Reward for work done ... for the contribution we make ... should be in tokens representing the time put in (in denominations of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years and decades) - That way, when you pay for something, you'll know exactly what deal you're getting when someone charges you a day for something that took an hour to produce/create/perform/etc. ... or offers you an hour for a day's work



Do not be fooled by arguments such as this:… Continue

Added by LoL on May 14, 2013 at 14:00 — 4 Comments

Physics, Heal Thyself

Given the laws of Physics and the nature of Brownian Motion ... I am forced to conclude that, however remote, there remains the possibility that, at some point or other in the Past, Present or Future, I may have ... or have had ... forming part of my own physical mass, an electron or two that were once part of Thatcher, Blair, Cameron, "Gee, Dubbyah" or, worse yet, that scrounger, parasite, pervert ... that worm ... that loathsome spotted reptile ... that piece of slimy refuse ... George…

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Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 23:23 — 2 Comments

Cynicism

It has been said that, if you love someone, you should set them free and that, if they return, you can be (re)assured that their heart belongs to you

On the other hand, it might just be that no-one else wanted them

Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 16:42 — 6 Comments

Plenty To Hide

"You don't mind if the government physically probes inside you each and every day to see if you are smuggling drugs, do you? If you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide."

Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:58 — 2 Comments

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Many moons ago, I was, as I am wont to do, idly musing about stuff because I had no choice but to do so

I still have no choice

It's what my brain/mind does when I'm not paying attention and it springs this stuff on me all the time ... and by all the time, I mean every waking second

It took me forever to get my head around all the fuss about multitasking

I mean ... you mean there are people who don't think about ten ideas at once? What do you mean you…

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Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:51 — No Comments

The Job Interview

"What would you say were your greatest weakness?"

"Honesty."

"I don't think honesty is a weakness."

"I don't give a fuck what you think."

Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:30 — 2 Comments

Music Versus Art and Literature

magine the day Terry Pratchett dies ... will the World be in mourning?

A sizable proportion of it will consider itself affected, no doubt, and will feel that a light has gone out in the World

Some of those people go to conventions and book signings etc., etc., behaving, for all the World, as fanatically as any teenager screaming and swooning over their music idols

People can get extremely emotional about writing and its authors

Indeed, people have been oppressed,…

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Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:30 — No Comments

Gimme That Old Time Religion / Part Time Hypocrisy

Do you need a break from Work?

Do you like holidays?

Would you like more of them?

Don't tell the government you're an atheist then

Or they'll take Christmas away from you because it's a religious observance that atheists don't need

You have been warned

Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:00 — No Comments

The Freeman On The Land Fallacy

I don't think there's any chance of my ever being accused of being a conformist, let alone a shill for any government or agency

I am, by nature and training, a devil's advocate - I just can't help but argue against something I fervently believe in myself on the basis that whether I agree or not is immaterial when the argument presented has more holes in it than does Swiss cheese

And that's the problem with the Freeman on the Land argument: it's wishful…

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Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:00 — No Comments

Cassandra Complex

I recently thought back over the occasions in my life when I've had a flash of inspiration ... a bolt from the blue ... and discovered something rather worrying: my predictions are becoming rather more specific .. and, I suspect, rather more accurate as a result

I haven't listened to myself properly over the years either, so ... now that I am doing ... some of the implications are rather worrying

For a long time now, I've been saying that water is going to be…

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Added by LoL on May 5, 2013 at 15:00 — No Comments

Cheat Codes For Real Life

3D printers

You can already print anything you like with them - Food, flesh, metal, ceramics ... even plastic and paper items, if you really want to

The problem will be that ... along with the cost of filling them with the right materials [1] ... they'll be designed to delete the blueprint after one use

So it won't any cheaper than purchasing a finished item is now - You'll pay per use of someone's intellectual copyright on their blueprint instead of buying prefabricated…

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Added by LoL on May 4, 2013 at 19:19 — 1 Comment

Anti-Sinex

I am sick to death of my left nostril being single-handedly responsible for the Tissue-and-Toilet-Paper-Manufacturers' quarterly bonuses : (

Does anyone make an ANTI-Sinex product? [1]

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[1] One you BLOCK your nose with, so you can get on with Life in more than two-second intervals

Added by LoL on May 1, 2013 at 1:03 — No Comments

LoL's Corollary (to Godwin's Law)

"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of some cretin invoking Godwin's Law in lieu of an argument approaches 1."

Added by LoL on May 1, 2013 at 0:44 — No Comments

Ghostbusters

A few years ago,  whilst helping man a stall at a craft fayre, I learned that the former convent up the hill was open to the public



It was reputed to be quite thoroughly haunted



I was quite interested by that and said I might take a look



My intent must have been written all over my face though, because the stall-holder looked at me and said "You're NOT to scare the ghosts!"



Crestfallen, I decided not to bother in that case - Who wants to look around… Continue

Added by LoL on August 3, 2012 at 4:54 — No Comments

Anonymous

A 'hacktivist' group with 'cred' amongst the disaffected - An allegedly 'real life' boogeyman [1]

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[1] How convenient for ... well now ... I wonder ...

Added by LoL on July 11, 2012 at 22:00 — No Comments

A taste of what you can expect from me over the course of two-to-four hours, when I play Prog Psy

QDP4PS

I've been debating whether to up this one for a while because there are flams, double-beats and glitchy impact sounds that sound like the mixing is out [1]

But, I really can't bring myself to do a different one now: I really hate doing demos - They're exhausting [2]

So, I'm upping this one as it is - Hope you enjoy it nevertheless : )

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[1] I did eight takes before I realised that…

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Added by LoL on July 7, 2012 at 0:21 — 2 Comments

Once More With Feeling

DV8N0W04

Added by LoL on July 7, 2012 at 0:20 — 3 Comments

And Again ...

Right ...

I've been threatening you with the second half of J77507U for two years now, but ... along with an extraordinary number of technical issues ... the last two years have been unexpectedly busy

It's been hanging over my head ... nagging away at me ... though - I haven't been losing sleep over it, but it has been a cause for a certain amount of background malaise in my life

I've done a number of demos in the meantime, which I haven't upped for various reasons [1],…

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Added by LoL on June 13, 2012 at 17:44 — 1 Comment

Welcome to Life ™

Enjoy your stay

Added by LoL on May 15, 2012 at 14:03 — No Comments

Homosexuals responsible for Global Warming

... apparently

Added by LoL on May 14, 2012 at 19:01 — No Comments

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