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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Memory
I’m a big believer in the efficacy of making an effort to remember things about the people you meet. I think that this Dale Carnegie story about Jim Farley illustrates the point well: Whenever he met a new acquaintance, he … Continue reading
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Recursive Law
Thinking about the Geert Wilders matter, it occurred to me that, once you abandon the principle of untrammeled free speech, there’s no particular reason you couldn’t make laws “self-defending”. For instance, you could pass a statute like this: Every adult … Continue reading
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Taipan! Update
Just a quick announcement today: I’ve released (and AAPL has approved) a new version of Taipan! — this version incorporates the classic Apple ][ ship graphics, and an option for faster combat. It’s available in the iTunes App Store. The … Continue reading
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician perhaps best known for some controversial stances vis-a-vis Islam. He’s currently on trial for “incitement to hatred and discrimination”. Frankly, I don’t think that should be a crime. Hatred and discrimination may be unlovely, … Continue reading
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Spider Photography
A few days ago I went out to take some pictures of “spider alley” — a 5 foot gap between a narrow hedge and fence that attracts some impressive specimens — but some goofball had apparently blundered through and knocked … Continue reading
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Pol Pot
It recently came to my attention that there are intelligent 20-somethings, sporting educations from respected universities, who don’t know who Pol Pot was. This reflects little discredit on them — after all, it’s not your fault if you’ve never been … Continue reading
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Nihilism
From The Big Lebowski: Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos. So there’s this dude. (Not The Dude, of course!) He spends 5 years … Continue reading
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