Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Ths Island at the Center of the World
http://www.erasmuspc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=52
Thursday, June 22, 2006
I downloaded version 4
of Google toolbar. BlogThis is STILL not working. The help files tell me I'm in a helicopter. AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!
A helicopter was flying above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport.
The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters.
People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at her map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely.
After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position.
The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."
A helicopter was flying above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport.
The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters.
People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at her map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely.
After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position.
The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."
Friday, June 09, 2006
blogger status
They're trying to fix the problems, but BlogThis still isn't working.
Blogger Status
Thursday, June 08, 2006
For many users, Blogger will have been extremely slow or down for most of the morning. We continue to work on fixes for this problem and hope to have it resolved as quickly as possible.Update (4:45p): We are planning another infrastructure overhaul to address the significant problems we've been having in the past several days.Update (6:59p): We've made another change that has improved performance, but we are also planning to make additional changes this evening.
Posted by Jason at 11:14 PDT
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
This morning, a hardware problem we had been struggling with over the past several days suddenly worsened. As a result, and to stave off future downtime, we have had to take Blogger down for an extended period of time as we address the problem. We will continue to update this blog and the homepage with more information.Update: We've brought up new hardware which has allowed us to restore the site. We try hard to avoid downtimes of this length and apologize for the inconvenience.
Blogger Status
Thursday, June 08, 2006
For many users, Blogger will have been extremely slow or down for most of the morning. We continue to work on fixes for this problem and hope to have it resolved as quickly as possible.Update (4:45p): We are planning another infrastructure overhaul to address the significant problems we've been having in the past several days.Update (6:59p): We've made another change that has improved performance, but we are also planning to make additional changes this evening.
Posted by Jason at 11:14 PDT
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
This morning, a hardware problem we had been struggling with over the past several days suddenly worsened. As a result, and to stave off future downtime, we have had to take Blogger down for an extended period of time as we address the problem. We will continue to update this blog and the homepage with more information.Update: We've brought up new hardware which has allowed us to restore the site. We try hard to avoid downtimes of this length and apologize for the inconvenience.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
Children of Kemet
Children of Kemet
For reasons known only to Blogger, Blog This is not working. And the spell checker isn't working, yes I allowed pop ups on this site.
For reasons known only to Blogger, Blog This is not working. And the spell checker isn't working, yes I allowed pop ups on this site.
Friday, April 28, 2006
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Saturday, January 07, 2006
Ayn Rand's Atheological Argument
Ayn Rand's Atheological Argument
1. If God exists, then it is possible for God to be aware of only His own consciousness.
2. For any individual x, it is not possible for x to be aware of nothing but its own consciousness.
3. It is impossible for God to be aware of nothing but His own consciousness. (Universal instantiation, from 2)4. It is not the case that God exists. (Modus tollens, from 1, 3)
If God can do anything, can he make a rock too heavy for him to lift?
1. If God exists, then it is possible for God to be aware of only His own consciousness.
2. For any individual x, it is not possible for x to be aware of nothing but its own consciousness.
3. It is impossible for God to be aware of nothing but His own consciousness. (Universal instantiation, from 2)4. It is not the case that God exists. (Modus tollens, from 1, 3)
If God can do anything, can he make a rock too heavy for him to lift?
more atheism
Objectivism argues against God on the premise that infinity is an irrational concept. But mathematics shows infinity is rational. In geometry, the number of points between A and B on a line segment is infinite. In set theory, A = the set of positive integers, B = the set of negative integers, these are two sets with an infinite number of elements. Infinity times two, a perhaps difficult but rational concept. This shoots down the argument that there is no God based on the allegedly irrational nature of infinity.
Aquinas links http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gc.htm
http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gc1_3.htm
Aquinas links http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gc.htm
http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gc1_3.htm