Aug 1999
- Aug 6
- The Day a Star Exploded on the Earth
The universe may not be random, but we'll never know. Our sense need noise. That's how they work—discerning between noise that is interesting and important and that which is not. The human mind can probably only handle a certain range of signal to noise, too low, and it can't discern anything, too high, and you get overwhelmed (or distortion, like pumping the input too high on an amp.)
· Read more… - Aug 7
- From the Notebook of the Renaissance Man Wannabe
Pseudo-philosophico-scientifico mumbo jumbo from an obviously bored, boring person.
· Read more… - Aug 10
- As unto the Father
The days have just been zipping by, and before I forget, I thought I'd share why I made that random comment about the nature of Fate (also equivalent to the human brain's necessity to find meta-patterns)—obviously said phenomenon is highly variable among the poulation, but that's beside the point.
· Read more… - Aug 17
- Mutation and Evolution of Bitstreams
The process by which random noise gets incorporated into a message
· Read more… - Aug 18
- User as Definer
…I don't see anything wrong with the "user as definer" paradigm. It even seems very egalitarian to me. Despite negative connotations of the broader usage of "user". "Using" is probably one of the basic defining concepts of intelligence—notice how tool usage is not simply limited to the human species, but it definitely gave us a competitive advantage, and it is probably a hallmark of most successful (in a biological sense) species (that is, complex species.)
· Read more… - Aug 21
- The Economy as a Living Organism
All living organisms are dependent on steady states:
· Read more… - Aug 22
- Dreams
Dream #1
· Read more… - Aug 23
- My Training As a Wizard — Episode IV
Why do I kid myself? I feel like my Fate is pretty much sealed, yet I'd rather not accept it.
· Read more… - Aug 28
- Complex Processes
All complex processes (life, economies, the Internet) occur upon a matrix of complexly organized homologous units that, observed in short time scales, appear to defy the laws of thermodynamics.
· Read more… - Aug 28
- Art Ideas
An electromicrograph-like etching of a 2D flower and the sky stained red.
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- I Know My Desire
I know my desire
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and yet I do not know
how I can make it Be - Aug 28
- Hope - First Draft
Hope
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is sweet honey
but is also like
bee stings in my mouth - Aug 28
- Hope - Final
Hope
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is sweet honey
but is also bee stings in my mouth - Aug 28
- Dawn
Dawn
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