PartiallyClips - A Webcomic for Grownups

I love this webcomic.
Girl: "You keep staring at it." (a fire)

Science Guy: "So do you. Fascination for Fire is a relic of human evolution."
"See, we were animals once, afraid of flames, after it was invented, only a handful of freaks who loved fire survived to produce humanity"

Girl: "Yeah maybe, but what about moths? Moths that have a 'fascination for fire' all die."

Science Guy: "Yes, but after they breed. No evolutionary pressure there."

Girl: "Ha! Answers for everything. Why do you waste so much time thinking about this stuff?"

Science Guy: "Because when the next big discovery is made, only a handful of freaks who loved science class will survive"

PartiallyClips - A Webcomic for Grownups

I love this webcomic.
Girl: "You keep staring at it."

Science Guy: "So do you. Fascination for Fire is a relic of human evolution."
"See, we were animals once, afraid of flames, after it was invented, only a handful of freaks who loved fire survived to produce humanity"

Girl: "Yeah maybe, but what about moths? Moths that have a 'fascination for fire' all die."

Science Guy: "Yes, but after they breed. No evolutionary pressure there."

Girl: "Ha! Answers for everything. Why do you waste so much time thinking about this stuff?"

Science Guy: "Because when the next big discovery is made, only a handful of freaks who loved science class will survive"

TheGreyman music.

Troy is a friend of mine that I don't see that often, but it's always fun when I do.

He's performing live at another friend's workplace, the nova express.

I have to admit I didn't know that Troy performed vocal music, although in my defense, his website says he hasn't performed solo in several years.

I love finding out about unknown activities and interests of friends, particularly when they are ambitious and competent at it.

I'll be going. It's a nifty thing.

Atheist Ethicist

I'm impressed with this person.

He has spent a good amount of time thinking about these things, and while he approaches many issues from a different perspective than I, his thoughts are reasoned, and comprehensive.

I've just spent some time in Salt Lake, visiting family and crystal. I didn't mention it to any friends, because I knew I wouldn't have time to see anyone.

I decided, as anyone who cared may have noticed, not to continue my twii blog, because upon researching the second post, I found that I didn't have a public perspective to present. I have many opinions and facts about artificial intelligence that I can't speak about in a public way, because they depend on details I can't share, or upon perspectives and theories I have yet to complete or explain.

The TWII blog then, could have become posts in my own private lexicon, and constantly gesturing offstage. I still think there is a place for commentary and concentration of the news and facts of the AI scene, but I don't know how to retool. I've considered contributing to other community sites, or slashdot style aggregators, but either is problematic.

I'll figure it out.

I got a request from Mitch Howe to mention how the Frogpad is going.

Well, I'll tell you. I'm entirely satisfied with the frogpad product. I'm actually pretty speedy on the lil thing now, and I don't need to look at it, except when I'm programming(which uses many special symbols I need to often check even on the qwerty).

The only reason I don't use it all the time is because the bluetooth software is a bit buggy, and it has a tendency to lose it's pairing with my computer when I turn it off and on too many times.

This means that I have to going through the pairing ritual, which means hitting the reset switch with a paperclip, and typing in the code that appears on the screen. This is fantastically annoying, and has me wondering why I asked for the bluetooth version in the first place. I had visions of carrying it from computer to computer, using for mobile devices, etc etc, but the truth of the matter is that I'm on the same computer, day in and day out, and having a battery-operated wireless keyboard is just less important than reliability and no hassles.

When I get going though, it's really fantastic, one of my pet peeves is the fact that many of the programs I use require me to both type and mouse, which I can do now without a pause in between.

I also am happy having chosen the left-hand version, as my left hand is getting a mite stronger and more dextrous with all the concentration and workout.

All in all, I'm surprised, although I regret not getting the wired USB version. If the pairing problems keep up, I may have to think about replacing it, or seeing if I can't modify the thing to operate continously plugged in, so I can just never turn it off.

((A word of note though, I'm kind of an odd duck, and this keyboard did require quite a bit of getting used to. It was literally three weeks before I wasn't pulling my hair out, trying to keep from using the qwerty keyboard every time I was on it, just because of the terrible speed. (I got used to typing as fast as I do) It's not as bad now, but I still use the qwerty keyboard for gaming, and when I need programming done fast, or in great volume. My mispellings have also gone up. It's strange, but it seems that nearly 15% of my spelling ability was based on what 'felt' right. So I need to think more to get wrong words corrected.))

Wired News: NASCAR in the Clouds

I am so in favor of this, you have no idea.

I'm glad this sport is already moving forward. I just hope there are RRL events near enough for me to attend.