They just keep making more
· đ blah · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 9th Style - STAR FIELD (Bemanistyle Radio: Bemanistyle[dot]com Radio)
You are mRNA. Youâre brilliant, full of important,
interesting information and youâre a great
friend to the people you care about. You may
have sides to you that no one understands. But
while you understand more than most people,
youâre only half-there most of the time.
Which Biological Molecule Are You?
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Internalized norms
· đŒ busy · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 9th Style - PARANOIA survivor MAX (Bemanistyl
On my way to work this morning, I stopped by McDonaldâs to order the venerable Extra Value Meal #3. (Although I was tempted by the Sonic Heroes Happy Meals, I resisted that dark urge.) Anyway, it was fairly busy even at 10:30. I thought the person had said âpull around to the first windowâ through the speaker, but when I got there, the girl inside was occupied, messing with the cash register drawer continuously, in such a way that I couldnât tell whether she was supposed to be taking my money or not. Meanwhile, the car in front of me had already received its food and driven off. Not wanting to hold up the line, I pulled forward to the second window.
I'm way smarter than you!
· đȘïž restless · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 9th Style - Honey (Bemanistyle Radio: Bemanis
You scored as Brain. A+
What High School stereotype are you?
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
âSt. Thomas Aquinas
Typical LJ meme crap
· đȘïž restless · ♫ Silent Hill 4: The Room Original Soundtrack - PlayStation 2
If you hit a man over the head with a fish, heâll have a headache for a day. But if you teach a man to hit himself over the head with a fish, heâll have headaches for the rest of his life.
Brain Over -- insert caffeine to continue
· đ„± tired · ♫ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Xbox - Time Only Knows
My team got destroyed in the final Shards of Eberron session, eaten by a red dragon. In its own way itâs cool, because I donât think you have truly experienced all that D&D stands for until your entire party is wiped out and devoured by this quintessential beast. On the other hand, I have felt really stupid lately. We made some obvious strategic errors, many of them at my suggestion (âCome on guys, letâs cut across this rubble where we only move half speed! Letâs stay clustered together so that the dragonâs breath can hit all of usâoops, I mean, so that we canât be separated and ambushed individually!â). Maybe Iâm overreacting, and I just need to stop staying up too late playing Paper Mario 2. But I still feel weak.
Statistics
· đ cheerful · ♫ Dance Maniax 2nd Mix - Enter The Dragon (G`z Island Mix) (Be
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Meltdown
· đ disappointed · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 9th Style - BREEDING (premium party MIX ) (Be
After much thought (wouldnât it be fun to start a post with the phrase, âAfter a minimal amount of thoughtâ), I have concluded that there is no rational basis for the foundation of any belief structure. So I am resigning myself to certain fundamental principles without a rational basis, knowing full well that they are most likely tainted from norms internalized in early childhood. These will be my âweakâ commandments, so to speak, and I will hang onto them until someone can show me why I should discard them.
Variation on a classic logic puzzle
· đ amused · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 5th Style - Radical Faith (Bemanistyle Radio: Bemanistyle[dot]com Radio)
During your daily meanderings, you come across three knights: one red, one blue and one chartreuse. They guard three paths: left, middle and right. A nearby sign tells you that one path leads to certain doom, one leads to fortune and glory, and the third leads to a boring but fluffy place. Alas, the sign fails to specify which is which! It does say, however, that one of the knights always lies, one always tells the truth, and the third never answers questions but instead punches you in the face. So tell me: how do you determine which path to take?
Pointlessness
· đ cheerful · ♫ Eric's laptop has no music!
You scored as Pride.
| Â | Â |
|---|---|
| Pride | 62% |
| Lust | 62% |
| Wrath | 50% |
| Sloth | 38% |
| Envy | 31% |
| Greed | 25% |
| Gluttony | 25% |
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Drowning in perspective
· đ confused · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 9th Style - ADVANCE (Bemanistyle Radio: Beman
What is the objective basis for holding a political view? It seems foolhardy to hold any tenets (e.g., the Constitution) sacred unless there is a good reason to do so. The only one I find compelling currently is to perceive law and morality through the lens of societal chance of survival (and secondarily, happiness, although such a secondary criterion complicates matters significantly). Nothing else is firmly grounded in reality.
Advice
· đ annoyed · ♫ EnergyRadio.FM - Energy Dance
Conversations like this frustrate me:
Them: Give me some advice.
You: Well, do this, that, and the other thing.
Them: Thatâs stupid. Itâll never work.
You: Well have you tried X, Y and Z?
Them: Oh come on, why would I do that?
You: Because of reasons A, B, and C?
Them: No, those are bad reasons.
But I keep trying anyway. I suppose every once in a while you get a gem like this instead:
Them: Give me some advice.
You: Well, do this, that, and the other thing.
Them: Wow, those are great ideas! Iâll get right on that!
Materialism & self-awareness
· đ€ thoughtful · ♫ Mambo A Go Go - Gamelan De Couple (Bemanistyle Radio: Bemani
As usual, Iâve been reading all manner of unhinged babblings from every dark corner of the Internet (at least, every dark corner Google has indexed). Normally I try to link these articles together through some common thread, cunningly embedding them across various words and phrases for your amusement. Iâm suspect that todayâs ramblings are a bit more fragmented than usual, and for this I apologize in advance.
Spewing hate-filled bile
· đĄ angry · ♫ Bleeding Through - Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire ( ChroniX
Democracy, even our half-assed democracy, only works if people are not idiots. On November 3, it was proven to me just how stupid America is. The rest of the world is appalled, aghast and disgusted at what we have done, describing the American Bush supporters as âthe self-righteous, gun-totinâ, military lovinâ, sister marryinâ, abortion-hatinâ, gay-loathinâ, foreigner-despisinâ, non-passport owninâ red-necks, who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land âfree and strongââ (The Daily Mirror). The ramifications of this election on the future of America are terrifying.
The cat food of soft drinks
· đ amused · ♫ (EnergyRadio.FM - Energy Dance)
Staring at the lone Minute Maid Lemonade can next to my mounting pile of Mountain Dew, I see the topâs enlarged opening and remember back to when they were smaller. âWasnât it Mt. Dew that started this craze, to distinguish itself as more âextremeâ than those other sodas?â I think to myself. Now that the others have caught up, Mt. Dew will have to take it one step further. Like one of those easy-open cans â perhaps filled with cat food â youâll lift the tab, breaking the seal, then pull the entire lid off the top. Cheers!
P.S.: A stupid post about the function of government is next, partially in response to the comments from my last post about welfare. Itâs just a matter of time till I get around to it.
Freedom vs moral obligation
· đ€ thoughtful · ♫ Beatmania 5th Mix - Paranoia Max ~Dirty Mix~ (Bemanistyle Ra
I just had an interesting phone conversation with my mom about liberalism vs conservatism in the context of moral obligation and government involvement. It started when she said something to the effect of opposing conservatism. After a brief discussion, we realized she was largely referring to the implementation of conservatism in our nationâs past (e.g., the tie-ins to religion, etc.), but I did find out that she feels that everyone has a moral responsibility to assist those in need. I found myself defending the âpure conservativeâ viewpoint of small government against her suggestions that we should prop up the needy through government mandate.
Miscellaneous trivialities
· đ„± tired · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 7th Style - Glorious Days (Bemanistyle Radio:
I donât have much of general interest to post; however, here are some miscellaneous personal updates. After all, this wouldnât be a true LJ if I didnât ramble on about my personal life occasionally!
I love it when computers and philosophy overlap
· đź impressed · ♫ Beatmania IIDX 6th Style CS - Outer Limits (Bemanistyle Radio: Bemanistyle[dot]com Radio)
Paul Graham is my new hero. His essays on various computer and philosophical topics are awe-inspiring. I havenât read nearly all of them yet, but Great Hackers and Taste for Makers are both wonderfully insightful.
His reasoning has really got me to begin reexamining my choices as a programmer and computer user, at a time when I was already beginning to do so. (I think his articles have just accelerated the process.) Itâs definitely time for me to work harder expanding my horizons, learn additional tools, and spend more time experimenting. I predict that Paul Graham is influencing my thoughts on programming in much the same way that David Sirlin has for competitive gaming and game design.
It worries me that Graham likes Lisp so much, though. Can Lisp really create great, efficient software and handle issues of user interface effectively? I feel obligated to find out, now. Who knows? Maybe in five years Iâll be hardcore pro-Lisp. But somehow I doubt it.
Wherein I continue to look forward, ever hopeful
· đ amused · ♫ Van Halen - One Way To Rock (Live) (METAL EXPRESS RADIO - The best heavy metal collection on the ne
(15:51:36) Restless Warrior: Are you excited about the future?
(15:51:52) Lord Aristar: THE FUTURE?
(15:51:55) Restless Warrior: Yeah!
(15:52:17) Lord Aristar: I dunno. Is something going on then?
(15:52:29) Restless Warrior: Yeah, lots of things.
(15:52:31) Restless Warrior: Exciting things.
(15:53:28) Lord Aristar: Yeah, I guess
(15:53:33) Lord Aristar: I have to go run an errand.
(15:53:41) Lord Aristar: Be back in half an hour or so
(15:53:45) Restless Warrior: Ok, talk to you then!
(15:53:51) Lord Aristar: I think I shall be going to karate at 6
(15:53:54) Restless Warrior: Itâs the future!
(15:53:58) Restless Warrior: Errands and karate, and talking to me!
(15:53:59) Restless Warrior: The FUTURE!
(15:54:11) Lord Aristar: <.<
(15:54:14) Lord Aristar: >.>
(15:54:19) Lord Aristar: Yeah.
(15:54:28) Restless Warrior: You know Iâm right. Not get going, the futureâs waiting for you.
(15:54:42) Lord Aristar: Aw, crap. I donât want to keep THE FUTURE waiting!
(15:54:51) Restless Warrior: No, that could be disasterous!
(15:54:56) Lord Aristar: Oh, wait. Thatâs THEORETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
(15:55:17) Restless Warrior: Dammit, youâre making it really hard not to laugh out loud in front of my coworkers.
(15:55:25) Lord Aristar: hehe
Vision of the future
· đ excited · ♫ Triumph - Time Goes By (METAL EXPRESS RADIO - The best heav
The original idea behind the Minion series of computers that I have built has always been for them to function as living room multimedia computers, integrated as much as possible with my home theater system, providing core storage for all types of media, including music, videos and games. The first two Minions have been largely successful, thanks to both nVidiaâs decent TV-out support and my girlfriendâs addition of an ATI TV Wonder card for doing video capture.
Democracy is the new religion
· đȘïž restless · ♫ Iced Earth - Gettysburg 1863 (The Devil To Pay / Hold At All
I am terrified and disgusted by the growing neoconservative influence in the USA. People have always been angry, hateful creatures to some extent, especially in mobs or when attacked within their own territory. But I never imagined that our countryâs leaders would embrace those vile traits as strongly as they have.