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Ah, so the premise of this doco is : Some Ayn Rand admiring computer guys decided computers were really cool, and some other guys agreed and then made computers to try save peole the effort of thinking, so therefore Ayn Rand has something to do with the current computer-driven economy and its successes and failures.

1.5 hours trying to point out that the concept [/conceptual tool] of "vacuum"/"empty space" is not a metaphysical contradiction (even if according to some physics theories, it it is not possible). It degenerated into absurd claims that both contradict the axioms of existence/identity and that of conscioussness. Very strange experience....

Quick math quiz (and you may be surprised by how many get this wrong) : 10+10*0 = ....

thinks some people just like to bitch. PSN subscribers are offered TWO free games from a range of 5 games (widely considered to be pretty good games by reputable sources) as a gift to make up for the PSN outages, and yet more. And STILL some like to complain. Get real, Sony is already giving away millions of dollars to try regain/keep loyal customers.

"There is name for those that rely on their own judgement instead of that of a collective : arrogance". No, not arrogance : Rational. It makes no difference if ten, a hundred, a thousand or a million people think something : A is A, what is IS, and the only way to know ANYTHING is to use your OWN mind to assess the facts of reality. Thinking does not work by poll.

Sphericial Astronomy lecture and then a date of sorts. Not a bad evening.

"Hey guys! I killed a Stormtrooper! Its their leader too!" "Oh yeah? They all look like interchangeable people to me. Got any evidence it was this leader guy?" Surely the US government realizes that we cannot simply take them at their word.

The Phantom Menace : 3d is due out next year, apparently. Seroiusly Lucas? Now you are too lazy to even TRY do anything new, even though you are not ready to stop inflicting Star Wars upon us (though the original trilogy is still great). Well, at least we wont receive NEW idiotic plots and characters.

Why did the stick figure go to the mathematician for cosmetic surgery? Cause it heard that mathematicians are good at linear transformations. What do you call an angry child? A cross product. What does a pirate call 3-D space "The Arrr 3 Plane!"

Apparently removing IP laws will cure AIDS. Not only is this extremely misguided (at best), I have to wonder how many lives it would cost.

What do you calll unoriginal calculus work? Derivative. Why did the dyslexic priest hate trigonometry? Cos the priest had read that trig was a whole load of sine.

Mother: Why are you placing a tablecloth with the word "truth" on it on the study table? Daughter: Mom, I'd like to make this a "truth table." What does the math student say when he steps on a spider? -R3->R2! What does he call the spider? -Orthogonal projection! If you get the last one, it is a good sine that you are a nerd.

There are those that give me odd looks when I walk around smiling just because I am happy. The same do not comment when I give them disapproving looks. I dont live in their world I guess, and I would never want to.

modern philosophy : That which is fine with people replacing definitions with an epistemological label-maker

my TI nSpire CAS calculator now performs 3D graphing ( albeit in only two variables it would seem). All is right in the world again...

Look, I learn how to track mosquitoes in my Calc 2 class : Question 2. [8 marks] Suppose that a mosquito flies with acceleration given by a(t) = ( 2 sin t) i + (2 cos t) k at time t. Its initial velocity is v(0) = 2i + 5j. (a) Find the velocity of the mosquito at time t. ( Determine the total distance traveled by the mosquito from t = 0 to t = pi. How useful...

To be able to watch not just a sun rise over the horizon of an alien world, but a cluster of 400 billion spherical nuclear infernos rising up from the horizon. To run a gloved finger over the oil fields covering the surface of Titan and to take some home to power an antiquated oil fueled vehicle, for just a day. If either is to be possible : Then we must save the future from today, before it is too late.

String theory : So called because physicists are like kittens randomly playing with the mysterious wooly thing that they have no actual comprehension of , but which they find endlessly amusing.

context dropping : When you claim that Britain was essentially as socialist as Nazi Germany and that Hitler was correct to think that Britain was essentially in accord with his Germany.

The contradictions of dictatorship strike again : Dictatorships ultimately require war, yet the arbitrary will of a dictator usually makes it difficult for his generals to take the actions required to fight effective campaigns. Case in point : Hitler and his interferences which resulted many military initiatives required for his generals to fight as well as they cold have , being impossible.

Time : It is not a dimension, it is not a pupil, it does not dilate or contract. It is a relationship between motions. Your time on this Earth is however finite, so you should make sure that your motions are related to each rationally.

Space : It is not the final frontier at all. It is an unbounded positional relationship between any number of objects which one wishes to consider. Also unbounded, is the set of magnificent objects we continue to discover out there in Outer Space.

Calculus is everywhere. From the movements of a dust mote fluttering in the breeze, to the revolutions of enormous galaxies. From the movement of the sun as it is pulled in its dance around the center of the Milky Way, or to finding the work done by streams of electrons coursing through a wire thinner than a human hair.

is watching a "historical documentary film" called "Hitler : Rise of Evil". Hitler has an English accent in this one. Could not find a good actor with a German accent ah?

thinks that this about sums up the facts behind the (not-so-recent) Harriman-McCaskey-Peikoff debate: http://thecoldvoiceofreason.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-defense-of-logical-leap.html