A common theme in living life is the slow, dawning realization that there are 6.6 billion other people out there, and that we are almost exactly alike. It’s hard to look at humanity and see yourself as something better than an ant, never mind being the best at something. And yet, everybody thinks they’re special. [...]
So, as previously mentioned, i have long wondered if anybody doesn’t believe that the earth orbits the sun–let alone the 20% or so that i’ve heard rumors of–and i decided to do something about it.
So now the results are in. Take a moment, think about it. What do you think the percentages are? I mean, [...]
I’ve heard multiple times (from reputable and semi-reputable sources such as blogs and newspapers, respectively) that up to 20% of various populations (most commonly french or american) believe that the sun orbits the earth.
I’ve never really believed it, so i created a facebook poll for 200 people who listed “the bible” in their favorite books [...]
If a really interesting story is submitted with a title that is both boring and inaccurate there is no way to go in and fix it, and it can’t be re-submitted, AFAIK. Check that one out, look at the title, maybe read it (or at least read my comment on it) and tell me if [...]
Yeah.
In case you don’t know, and since my last post was about linux, the ‘official,’ or at least as official as it gets, Linux mascot/logo is Tux, the penguin. Here is a page that provides a brief history of the guy, including the letter to the mailing list where Linus (pronounced leenus, i think) first [...]
GNU (pronounced with a hard G) is the little operating system that could, eventually turning into Linux. I think. Anyway, richard stallman would have everyone refer to the latter as GNU/Linux, an obviously unfeasable proposition.
GNU is an acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix,” it’s what’s known as a recursive acronym because as you can tell, the [...]
In the case of a zombie apocalypse you don’t have to worry about having to face down a zombie einstein, and the correlated ethical dilemmas involved such as “Do I destroy the brain of possibly the smartest man who ever lived, or do I save my own living brain?”
You don’t have to worry about it [...]
1921: In perhaps the first organized group expedition to an abandoned building, Dadaists including Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Francis Picabia and Tristan Tzara organize a trip to the deserted and little-known church of St. Julien le Pauvre in Paris. In promoting the event, the Dadaists promise to remedy “the incompetence of suspect guides and cicerones”, [...]
Boy goes to school.
Boy meets girl.
Boy loses girl.
Boy buys a camera.
Boy likes sunsets and trees.
Boy burns photos.
Boy likes trees.
Boy likes silhouettes.
Boy meets girl.
Girl likes clouds behind the trees, and wonders why the pictures are so dark.
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