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a trick is a clever idea that can be used once, while a technique is a trick that can be used at least twice. -- don knuth [ pre-fascicle 1a...

jonathan has responded to netapps idiocy, and what a sweet response that is: So later this week, we're going to use our defensive portf...

daniel dennett's appreciation of hofstadter's i'm a strange loop and minsky's the emotion machine dawkins's speech in ...

university of st michael's college in the university of toronto offers this amazingly magical course, delivered by an instructor with a...

jason rosenhouse deals with jerry fodor's latest missive on evolution, why pigs don't have wings . [dennett's fun and games in ...

the raven snored gently on top of his skull, counting dead sheep. -- terry pratchett [soul music] what answer will make socrates shut up? --...

bloch, effective java programming language guide [2nd ed] krugman, conscience of a liberal harry g. frankfurt, demons, dreamers, and madmen:...

author should be obvious. she often talks about her malodorous fantasies, and gives dumb blondes a bad name. If we took away women's ri...

some lawyer at sony claims copying the music i own is stealing . well, certainly laws in this country [canada - for now, until conservative ...

redrawing the european map, or freudian slip of the union : lovely new euro coin, but carefully redrawn. turkey's real place in many e...

[sorry no links. it was painful enough to put the whole table together with blogger editor image uploads...]

gallup finds that majority of republicans do not belive in the theory of evolution. [i wonder which one begat the other...] [graph produce...

paul kurtz editorial on the ever idiotic charge that the atheists and secularists are too outspoken: Why should religion be held immune fro...

how do you spell "mediocre"? -- a guest [ top chef ] i've come to realize that understanding pointers in C is not a skill, it ...

anthony grayling's commentary on the recent attempt to introduce faith-based schools in england comes just in time for those of us abou...

censored for emmy award comments : lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do...

joel says : I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as...

a neat little three-minute self-assessment test says: You Are Incredibly Logical Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic You th...

norvig examines the healing power of prayer and related self deception in this superb essay: evaluating extraordinary claims: mind over matt...

win first. then cut. -- ohmi sensei There will be a SlaughterFest of Horror, an Orgy of Bloodletting, Partial Nudity, Flammable Liquids, Uns...