Even paperback books have a far longer lifespan than computers. It’s a humble thing, a book, but the interface doesn’t change and they don’t need software upgrades and new operating systems. A five dollar paperback book will dance on the grave of a five thousand dollar computer. Bruce Sterling
“Greek mythology says that whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. I’d never been sure whether ‘mad’ meant crazy or angry. Either way, the gods were working on me pretty good right now.”
— Darien Fawkes, The Invisible Man
It appears that Fox gave up the fight concerning their stated ownage of the phrase “fair and balanced.” Good riddance.
Googling for the phrase lists Fox News as number one, but the rest of the hits on the first page appears to be blogs. Good work, grassroots!
Today, August the 6th, it was 58 years since Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima. In the words of Plastic: Those who forget the blast are doomed to repeat it.
Let’s hope that the anniversary of the bomb will survive long enough to see its 60th anniversary before another atomic device is detonated. Though my hopes are not high.
Dictionary.com’s Word of the day is neat. I’m always looking to improve my language skills, and a random semi-difficult word a day arriving in my mailbox is an excellent way to improve your volacu… vobacu… vocalu… word supply.
I read an interesting story on Kuro5hin titled The Man Who Invented God. It basically says that Zarathushtra was the guy who invented the “modern” perception of God, and his view of anthropomorphic forms of good and evil that eventually evolved into the biblical Heaven and Hell.
I’m not religious, but I find religion interesting to read about. I might even study a few points of religion history some time.