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Posted in Creative ramblings, Jes's Thoughts on Jul 17th, 2009
I guess I go through these periods in my life where I start to doubt my own maturity. “What am I doing with my life?” I ask myself. And feel so incredibly unsatisfied with: my wardrobe, my recreation, my knowledge of alcoholic drinks, my ambitions. Sometimes it seems like I am struggling to be a [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings on Feb 10th, 2009
Our government is preparing to pass something called a stimulus package. According to the experts, this stimulus package won’t directly stimulate much of anything in the short term, when we need it. But with any luck it will bamboozle a hundred million morons into thinking their government did something useful, and that in turn will [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings, Techie talk on Jan 26th, 2009
I was twittering today about the definition of life. I was surprised to learn that there is no universally agreed definition of life:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life
The definition of life is growing in importance. We want to know when human life begins for lots of ethical, legal, and religious reasons. We want to know that if we find something crawling around on [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings on Jan 22nd, 2009
It looks as if scientists will one day be able to manipulate genes to create super humans. I hope it happens soon.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/01/are-we-close-to.html
The thing that most interested me is the ability to borrow features from one species and embed them in another. I can’t wait to get my tail and wings. Flying monkeys got a bad [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings, Techie talk on Jan 9th, 2009
Have you ever wondered how someone crosses the line from being an acquaintance to a friend? Or more importantly, if you want to convert an acquaintance into a friend, what could you do that wouldn’t come off as stalking?
I think you can define a friend with two criteria, both of which must be met. A [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings on Jan 8th, 2009
My wife doesn’t really play WoW. However she probably knows more about it than most people. She’s been there when I hoot and holler over vent when I’ve defeated hard bosses like Kale’thas. And she’s listened to me whine and complain about how I think everyone on the internet hates me (I’m kidding of course, [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings, Techie talk on Dec 23rd, 2008
In my previous blog I imagined a future where capitalism morphs into something with freedom of employment but more restrictions on how individuals can spend, invest, and buy health care. The point of the restrictions would be to keep gullible idiots from destroying the entire economy, again, through their own reckless behavior.
My further thoughts tend [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings on Dec 19th, 2008
Things change. It’s the nature of the universe. Yesterday’s greatest ideas give way to ideas that are better, or better suited to the present, or at least different. Change is the only thing on which you can depend.
So what about capitalism?
I think capitalism had a good run, but it will soon be done. Socialism will [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings, Techie talk on Dec 13th, 2008
People keep asking me what I think about bailing out the U.S. car makers. I am unqualified to have an opinion on the economics of that question, and the experts seem divided. In situations such as this, where the experts disagree on the best path, I say use the limited supply of money someplace where [...]
Posted in Creative ramblings on Dec 11th, 2008
I generally dismiss conspiracy theories. If something sounds ridiculous, it’s probably not true. Now I find out that the Governor of Illinois was selling a U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/illinois.governor/?iref=mpstoryview
This makes me reevaluate my rule of thumb on conspiracy theories. I have to move the bar in terms of what is too ridiculous [...]
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