my hippie testers are nice kids (i say kids relatively, being as they're all older than me...) but FUCK how goddamned hard is it to take accurate notes. record the time, record the voltage, record if the battery was low. a fucking trained ape could keep track of that, but no. instead i get pages full lof chickenscratch and vague head scratching when i ask...
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A few brief (HA!) comments on hope and epistemological skepticism ...
I've had hope on the brain lately, or more precisely the paradox of hope and occurance. Perhaps this paradox is unique to my own world's metaphysics, or perhaps its more universal. Thats where the skepticism comes in. i don't even have any certainty that other people exist outside of my perceptions of them (this...
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I've had hope on the brain lately, or more precisely the paradox of hope and occurance. Perhaps this paradox is unique to my own world's metaphysics, or perhaps its more universal. Thats where the skepticism comes in. i don't even have any certainty that other people exist outside of my perceptions of them (this...
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himadhaman:
precisely what it sounds like
55 words?
it seems like such an arbitrary number, but i've decided to think of its something special. I'll freely admit i've lifted the concept lock, stock and two smoking numerals from this GENIUS website.
55 Words
this woman makes me insanely jealous. a great idea, lovely little sketches.
thats okay tho, i've never had much compunction about theft, especially when i'm certain she wouldn't...
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it seems like such an arbitrary number, but i've decided to think of its something special. I'll freely admit i've lifted the concept lock, stock and two smoking numerals from this GENIUS website.
55 Words
this woman makes me insanely jealous. a great idea, lovely little sketches.
thats okay tho, i've never had much compunction about theft, especially when i'm certain she wouldn't...
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ya know... i gotta say... i really do hate warm weather. i'm not overfond of wednesdays either. throw a waste of time meeting in on top of all that, and today really had the fixings for a shitty day.
however, the afternoon was saved by a phonecall, and i'm attempting to buoy that mood with pyramid hefe weizen.
seems like a good plan to me.
however, the afternoon was saved by a phonecall, and i'm attempting to buoy that mood with pyramid hefe weizen.
seems like a good plan to me.
I'm in the hometown for a friend's comissioning into the marines tomorrow night. theres to be a party that everyone is suspecting will be epic in nature. as such, everyone is lying low tonight to rest up for tomorrow nights antics, and there isn't shit to do in los altos, even on a friday night.
girlrobot:
Thanks for giving me some recommendations on books, it's hard finding cyber punk books, because it's not a very popular genre.
I read The Diamond Age and was like "what the fuck was that?". The rest of the book was great, but the ending was just like horrible. Snow Crash's ending was really dissapointing.That's definetly why it's only my second favorite book. From what I read, Stephenson isn't great at ending books.
I'll write down those books you gave me and go to Powell's (I don't know if you know it, but it's about the size of a city block full of books) and I'm pretty sure with I'll be able to find most, if not all of those books.
[Edited on May 01, 2006 3:25PM]
I read The Diamond Age and was like "what the fuck was that?". The rest of the book was great, but the ending was just like horrible. Snow Crash's ending was really dissapointing.That's definetly why it's only my second favorite book. From what I read, Stephenson isn't great at ending books.
I'll write down those books you gave me and go to Powell's (I don't know if you know it, but it's about the size of a city block full of books) and I'm pretty sure with I'll be able to find most, if not all of those books.
[Edited on May 01, 2006 3:25PM]
regarding that whole pen vs sword debate...
i think i picked a side, at least as far as my tax return is concerned.
I've wanted a sword for a lotta years. i like the sharp and pointies as much as the next ex fencer, and probably a lot more than your average joe. so when i got a VERY substantial tax return, i thought to...
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i think i picked a side, at least as far as my tax return is concerned.
I've wanted a sword for a lotta years. i like the sharp and pointies as much as the next ex fencer, and probably a lot more than your average joe. so when i got a VERY substantial tax return, i thought to...
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i know its a bit early, but for christmas the only thing i want is for my old name to just go the fuck away. honestly.
In the year since i let my membership here lapse, a lot has changed, oddly enough most of that change occured in the last four months.
i was diagnosed with testicular cancer in december. i had surgery and now its pretty much under control.
my job all of a sudden became a serious job.
i'm not failing a single class. shock and horror.
i got...
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i was diagnosed with testicular cancer in december. i had surgery and now its pretty much under control.
my job all of a sudden became a serious job.
i'm not failing a single class. shock and horror.
i got...
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flupheslippers:
sounds like everything is heading in a good direction for you. i think that's something to smile about 
"love is the renunciation of possession" - Simone de Beauvoir
I'm absolutely certain there is a god, and that he's a bastard. either that or i'm the victim of some kind of sick reality tv program.
If i've been awake in class the last month, it was a victory. Listening was a rare state indeed. That i should be concious exactly long enough to partake...
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I'm absolutely certain there is a god, and that he's a bastard. either that or i'm the victim of some kind of sick reality tv program.
If i've been awake in class the last month, it was a victory. Listening was a rare state indeed. That i should be concious exactly long enough to partake...
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she fell asleep with her head on my shoulder, curled up against me, and said that she never did that, never slept well next to anyone. this improbably intersection of people. she's in my life now.