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Quick Thought

Henry Imler May 8th, 2007

Why do post-modern writers write in the style of translated French
philosophy? I mean the French philosophy is not written in that style,
but it seems like they have copied the awkward translation as a writing
style.

Quite Possibly the Funniest thing from this week.

Henry Imler May 8th, 2007

As a person who respects Alanis Morissette’s music and as a person
who has been submitted to too much Fergie, this was priceless. (thats F
- E - R- G - I - E - how do I know? It is spelled out for me.) Oh, and
there is nothing funnier than Alanis “punching” a 225 pound man in the
stomach. Compare it with the original.

via Say no to Crack.

NBA Playoff Predictions: Round 2

Henry Imler May 7th, 2007

East:

1) Pistons vs 2) Bulls
Sorry Bulls fans - you whipped the Heat, but the Pistons have gotten
better and better all year long and now actually have some offense in
the middle.
Pistons in 5

2) Cavs vs 6) Nets
This is a tough one to call, but because of Kidd’s aging legs and
Carter’s inconsistent play, I am giving it to the hungry James.
Cavs in 7

West
8) Warriors vs 4) Jazz
As much as I want to get on the Warrior bandwagon, I have to go with the Jazz, whose rock-solid approach beat T-Mac.
Jazz in 6

2)Spurs vs 3)Suns
Hmm, I am thinking it is the Sun’s year. They have their big man back.
However, no Nash = no chance. Eh… Nash does not play defense, so no
chance at foul trouble. The Spurs could have been beat in each and
every one of the games in their last series. However, that also speaks
to their poise. They have been there and they have done that. However,
the Suns are more balanced and steady than the Nuggets. I know, I know,
I am sounding like Data here.

Suns in 7 (Mostly to spite Alane)

Uh… Greatest upset of all time?

Henry Imler May 4th, 2007

Whoa, Nellie! Warriors shock top seed Dallas to win series

Uh… Dirk? Gonna need more than 8 points in an elimination game
from the “MVP.” Yeah, I know my heat got swept - but I can make all
kinds of excuses. You all were penned in for the championship darn near
all year. Only sad part about the whole thing is that Stephen Jackson
is still playing.

Sweet and Sour Spiderman

Henry Imler May 4th, 2007

That time of the year

Henry Imler May 2nd, 2007

It’s that time of the year - when the papers are piling up - you
have a ton of grading to do - everything at one - you wanna just shut
down. Then you try to go to bed and the thoughts start flowing - you
get up to jot them down - you vegg out and read about tech stories that
end up doing nothing but removing from future sleep values. You
ultimately will spend the next week killing yourself to get everything
done, knowing that if you just had some extra time to work on your
projects they would be about 20% better.

The Day Digg went nuts.

Henry Imler May 1st, 2007

Sometimes user-driven content = mob rule. Trying to remember why direct democracies are a bad idea.

Update: From the Digg Blog.

…In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to
stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation
(digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to
remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to
pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was
a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories
containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We
had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg
would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the
stories with the code.

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of
comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting
than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective
immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and
will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

Searching and Getting

Henry Imler May 1st, 2007

I always find it kinda funny when people search for one thing and
get another - or just weird searches in general. Here are some examples.

Searching for “PROBLEM OF EVIL ATHEISTS” got you: “The Problem of Evil… for Atheists.”
Yeah, one might think that all atheists are evil and therefore a
problem, but I was talking about how atheists must also answer the
problem of evil that they like to hurl towards theists.
Searching for “What do bears have to do with philosophy/Ethics” gets you “Categories: Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy.” I don’t really know what Bears have to do with Ethics or Philosophy. I do know “Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.”
Searching for “racist situation a positive” gets you “Transforming a Racist Word - Can it be done?” I highly doubt any racist situations have positive outcomes - but at least the person got to read about some race issues.
I
love this one - because Google is a genie in a server. Searching for “i
want to see smallville season 6″ should have got you - 1) Meet me at
last october and we will watch it together, 2) Wait until this fall and
we will buy the DVD and watch it together, or 3) Download the torrents
and we will watch it together. Instead, it got you “Smallville Season 6” where I talk about the frustration of wanting to watch it legally but being unable to do so.
In
the “I don’t know when to hit the spa ce ba r” category we have some
searching for “freehard ware program folder with password.” They found “Categories: Computers, Hardware, Software.”