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 2 Oct 2005 @ 08:02, by uncleremus. Ideas, Creativity
Know thyself, these two words were inscribed on the oracle-shrine of Apollo at Delphi, Greece (6th century B.C.). In Grendel, by John Gardner (1971), the same phrase, however, appears with this somewhat unexpected twist in one of the Dragon's dialogues with Grendel:
"Find a pile of gold and sit on it." More >
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30 Sep 2005 @ 11:27, by swanny. Technology
Howdy just trying out the Opera web browser
It seems pretty good with a few different features
I find most browsers to be pretty similar.
I've tired Firefox, Navigator, Epiphany, Modzilla,
Internet explorer, Safari and a real old one made by and
for Java. I find not much significant difference between them
I suppose some are a little faster but I suppose in the end
its like just different colors for the same model T. I guess some have different "skins" that give a different show but the nuts and bolts seem to be pretty basic. Oh there was this one I tired that only did web cams that was pretty neat and this other one called Earth browser but it was difficult to use.
Anyway opera is free for the moment with no ads so i thought i'd give it a whirl. Actually I suppose there is some difference as I tend to use different browser depending on what the thing I wish to accomplish is. More >
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30 Sep 2005 @ 10:55, by poopac2222. Death & Dying
I went to a funeral today, my first funeral, but not the funeral of somebody of whom I was particularly close... More >
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 30 Sep 2005 @ 10:00, by silviamar. Science
Next Monday we will be watching how the Sun and the Moon turn off the light down here, look at each other direcly into the eyes and dance together for a few minutes. Isn't it lovely? :-) Everytime there is an astronomic event I realize how small we are in this huge Universe.
[Picture of Earth taken from the NASA website.] More >
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 28 Sep 2005 @ 22:32, by jmarc. Broadcasting, Media
I've been following the imminent death of the Main
Stream Media (MSM) for the last couple of years with
a certain amount of unabashed Schadenfreude. More >
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 26 Sep 2005 @ 12:24, by jazzolog. Globalization
The farther you enter into the truth, the deeper it is.
---Bankei
To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
---Oscar Wilde
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
---Rene Descartes
Some 30 years ago, I took my bag of teaching out of public and private schools and into a factory. The name of the company was TRW, which is about as nondescript as you can get, but I soon learned the initials represented the first letter of the last names of the 3 men who founded it. I also learned the 2 factories in our town, which were the last remaining major industry there, were only a toenail clipping in the vast global body of this corporation, headquartered in Cleveland. I decided TRW must stand for The Real World. At one point I even thought those guys could control the weather. Ho ho, clearly I was out of my mind.
Anyway, when I took the job I had a more naive view of manufacturing America. The place had a tutoring and education program especially for returned Viet Nam vets, who were trying to get back on their feet to support that wife and kid(s) that had come along during our "police action" over there. Most of these guys had put a payment down on a house, were settling in to a secure job with high pay and lots of benefits, and needed a program to improve some skills they had that might move them up into management. I thought this was a wonderful way for a corporation to share its wealth with the community of workers upon which it depends. More >
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24 Sep 2005 @ 22:29, by uncleremus. Environment, Ecology
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23 Sep 2005 @ 13:48, by swanny. Spirituality
This is my blood given for thee = wine = alchohol
Jesus Christ
The blood of the Earth/Gaia is for her = oil
Don't you see Christ foresaw this day when we
were burning the blood of Gaia when he indicated
we should be burning his blood instead.
Ethanol vs Oil....
Ethanol is manufactured from the grains of crops like corn.
and it pollutes less as well. It is in effect synethic oil or more
properly "alchohol". More >
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 22 Sep 2005 @ 06:03, by silviamar. Recreation, Fun
These days I've been enjoying the 10-days-fiesta that takes place every September in Oviedo, my city (located in Asturias, northern Spain). This holiday finishes the same day as summer does, so it's a sort of a welcome to the autumn, with its warm breeze and golden veil of leaves. I love autumn! They are our local holidays and although we are a little city, hundreds of people come from everywhere to enjoy these days with us. The city was really crowded, full of people talking and eating in the streets and parks, laughing and enjoying the time... More >
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 22 Sep 2005 @ 04:56, by koravya. Visual Arts, Graphics
And if the Light should flicker,
[link]
Well, who knows what then? More >
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