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Well heloooo there….

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:44:29 +0100

Well heloooo there….

"The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind."

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:49:32 +0200

“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.”

- Katie Melua

Toshiba to Launch 320GB Laptop Hard Drive

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:47:11 +0200

Toshiba to Launch 320GB Laptop Hard Drive:

Toshiba is launching a 320GB laptop hard drive with 5400 rpm and a 200GB model with 7200 rpm. Both support motion sensors so they will hopefully be compatible with MacBook Pros, and both allegedly have higher (320GB 5400) and much higher (200GB 7200) data transfer rates than current high-capacity notebook drives. That’s getting there, but still not quite. What I need for my MacBook Pro is a 500GB 7200 rpm drive.

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Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:16:00 +0200

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Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:00:30 +0200

Is the universe a computer simulation?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:09:11 +0200

Is the universe a computer simulation?:

In terms of quantum mechanics the question as to whether our reality is a simulation or not is actually quite moot. To begin with, it is now as certain as science can be that matter as we subjectively perceive it does not exist — the huge majority of what we experience as matter is actually empty space and the rest is tiny areas of energy events popping in and out of “existence” (at least from our point of view) like whack-a-rats jumping in and out of their holes. Most people still miss this because physicists continue to use the comforting and misleading word “particles” for something that is actually about as particulate as an advertising popup on a website.

The illusion of what we call reality is created by all this happening so fast and so often and on such a microscopic level that everything appears to be a smooth continuum. This effect is aided and abetted by us perceiving all this with a very limited set of bio-sensors we refer to as our senses and a probably even more limited processing unit known as our brain — which in turn is all part of the original illusion. It’s like the Nowhere Man in Yellow Submarine sucking the world and himself out of existence, but the other way round. If thinking about this ties your ape-brain in a knot then you’re beginning to get the idea.

The point is, the question of whether these energy events that are the dancing pixels on the virtual screen of our experience of reality are a “computer” simulation or not is not really meaningful. Whatever they are, they are just as “unreal” as the pixels in a virtual reality simulation — at least as understood in the context of our ape-brain subjective idea of matter. It is already certain that reality is just as “unreal” as any computer simulation. As we used to understand reality the universe IS an illusion, that much is already certain — it is not “real” in any way that we used to understand the word “real”, and that means that we ourselves are just as unreal, because we are part of the same illusory fabric.

The only question that remains is, is this unreality self-sustaining, i.e. a stand-alone event without anything behind the scenes, or a projection of something else? But in such a web of smoke and mirrors where even the mirrors are illusions, does this question really mean anything at all?

Black Day Posts 3

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:32:21 +0200

Despite its rave reviews, Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess for the Wii is a total pain in the ass. Ninety percent of the time is spent running round in circles trying to figure out whether there’s a puzzle to solve. The Wii controller doesn’t really work at all for the fight modes and many of the weapons and magic powers don’t work as they’re supposed to. Yesterday I wasted two hours dying around fifty times in the same fight because the ring of energy that is supposed to work on all the attackers inside the right simply doesn’t work. Screw it. Game is in the garbage.

Black Day Posts 2

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:19:39 +0200

Dr. Kawashima is probably the most annoying person on the planet. Every time one of his patronizing comments pops up on his DS Lite “Brain Age” program I want to give him a smack across the chops.

Black Day Posts 1

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:11:57 +0200

The stock exchange is a casino, ethics have been in the garbage pail for decades and pricing isn’t dictated by value, it’s dictated by how much you can grab. The bad guys won. John Lennon is dead, Mark Chapman is still alive and we really aren’t in Kansas any more.

From I can haz cheezeburger

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:28:53 +0200

From I can haz cheezeburger

Now please explain again why you are so nervous about the "terrorist threat"...

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:51:20 +0200

Now please explain again why you are so nervous about the "terrorist threat"...:

Terrorism has killed around 3,000 Americans. Homicide kills 96,000 every year, suicide 180,000, medical mistakes 264,000. Guess what? Doctors are the real terrorists!

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Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:50:08 +0200

A few years ago polymer engineers accidentally invented a kind of plastic cord that ties itself into...

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:49:18 +0200

A few years ago polymer engineers accidentally invented a kind of plastic cord that ties itself into knots when a short length of it is placed in a small, enclosed place like a jacket pocket. For some time nobody could think of any practical use for this material, then the consumer electronics industry bought it and used it to sheathe the cables of earbud headphones.

Brits travelling to US will reveal all

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:34:44 +0200

Brits travelling to US will reveal all:

A new agreement going live at the end of the month will give the US immigration authorities unlimited access to a huge amount of data on passengers arriving from Britain, including information on their religion, food preferences, medical history and even their sex lives.

"Audiophile: Someone who prefers expensive audio equipment to music."

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:02:39 +0200

“Audiophile: Someone who prefers expensive audio equipment to music.”

- Kilgore Pike’s Cyber Dictionary

New from Apple: the iTit!

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:46:18 +0200

Apple Computer announced today that it has developed a computer chip that can store and play music in women’s breast implants. The iTit will cost $499 or $599 depending on size. This is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.

"How can you enjoy playing computer games when you know the computer is just letting you win? If it..."

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:04:19 +0200

“How can you enjoy playing computer games when you know the computer is just letting you win? If it wanted to it could wipe the floor with you.”

- Kilgore Pike

Forget Ferrari. Please. This little runabout would be just the...

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:05:11 +0200

Forget Ferrari. Please. This little runabout would be just the thing if anybody’s thinking of giving me a present.

"There are only two things in this universe that are absolute, the speed of light and Murphy’s..."

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:12:03 +0200

“There are only two things in this universe that are absolute, the speed of light and Murphy’s law, and I’m still not so sure about the speed of light.”

- Kilgore Pike

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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:15:16 +0200