Michael Flynn's Blog, page 111
May 3, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-02T20:50:00
Up Jim River
A first draft is done and is now in the hands of Higher Beings! Certain people have performed certain deeds. Some have perished. Ancient deeds have been discovered; modern catastrophes endured. Future events have been foreshadowed: there is a struggle in the Lion's Mouth. Many words have been spilled, to die writhing in pools of turgid prose.
From Jehovah, where all stories in the Periphery begin, we have wended our way to High Tara, whence to Thistlewaite, Harpaloon, to Dancin
A first draft is done and is now in the hands of Higher Beings! Certain people have performed certain deeds. Some have perished. Ancient deeds have been discovered; modern catastrophes endured. Future events have been foreshadowed: there is a struggle in the Lion's Mouth. Many words have been spilled, to die writhing in pools of turgid prose.
From Jehovah, where all stories in the Periphery begin, we have wended our way to High Tara, whence to Thistlewaite, Harpaloon, to Dancin
May 2, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-02T17:11:00
Noelle Rocks
This blog is pleased to announce that Noelle, formerly known as "The SAMBBITU"(tm), has won first prize in the teen category in a writing contest run by the local library. This prize carries with it a princely sum of money (princely at least with respect to the peasant expectations of a teenager). The which now propels her to the ranks as the third member of this family to be paid for writing fiction.
In this, she follows in the monetary footsteps of her grandfather, an obscure sc
This blog is pleased to announce that Noelle, formerly known as "The SAMBBITU"(tm), has won first prize in the teen category in a writing contest run by the local library. This prize carries with it a princely sum of money (princely at least with respect to the peasant expectations of a teenager). The which now propels her to the ranks as the third member of this family to be paid for writing fiction.
In this, she follows in the monetary footsteps of her grandfather, an obscure sc
April 29, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-04-28T20:20:00
North Pole is Ice Free!
Skate (SSN-578), surfaced at the North Pole, 17 March 1959. Image from NAVSOURCE
Of course, that was in 1959. Who knew global warming was so long ago.
A three-sub rendezvous in 1987 at the Pole.
Skate (SSN-578), surfaced at the North Pole, 17 March 1959. Image from NAVSOURCE
Of course, that was in 1959. Who knew global warming was so long ago.
A three-sub rendezvous in 1987 at the Pole.
April 24, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-04-24T18:45:00
Skiffy in the News
1. Communicating By Thought Alone
news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/mindreadingdevicesendstwittermessagesnews.yahoo.com/s/livescience/mindreadingdevicesendstwittermessages
2. Ray Gun Blasters
blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/armys-multimo-1.html
1. Communicating By Thought Alone
news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/mindreadingdevicesendstwittermessagesnews.yahoo.com/s/livescience/mindreadingdevicesendstwittermessages
2. Ray Gun Blasters
blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/armys-multimo-1.html
m_francis @ 2009-04-24T18:08:00
Quote of the Day
I once wrote that we have convicted people of murder on less evidence than we have of the existence of flying saucers. That remains true, but it may be a better commentary on our court and jury system than on the existence of ETI's on Earth. -- Jerry Pournelle The Headlines
Sure, But How Much Would This Save in Wages and Benefits?
"Cash-Strapped Bronx Zoo Lays Off Animals"--headline, WCBS-TV Web site (New York), April 24
Good News from Moscow
"Content of Arsenic,
I once wrote that we have convicted people of murder on less evidence than we have of the existence of flying saucers. That remains true, but it may be a better commentary on our court and jury system than on the existence of ETI's on Earth. -- Jerry Pournelle The Headlines
Sure, But How Much Would This Save in Wages and Benefits?
"Cash-Strapped Bronx Zoo Lays Off Animals"--headline, WCBS-TV Web site (New York), April 24
Good News from Moscow
"Content of Arsenic,
m_francis @ 2009-04-23T18:19:00
What is Truth?
Truth [is:] basic and irreducible. If you try to deny it ('There is no truth!') you presuppose it ('It is true that there is no truth.')-- The Maverick Philosopher
The above in connection with Dennett's attempt to "explain" consciousness by in effect saying that there is no such thing. And so we move from denying the uncomfortable to denying the obvious.
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Truth [is:] basic and irreducible. If you try to deny it ('There is no truth!') you presuppose it ('It is true that there is no truth.')-- The Maverick Philosopher
The above in connection with Dennett's attempt to "explain" consciousness by in effect saying that there is no such thing. And so we move from denying the uncomfortable to denying the obvious.
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April 23, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-04-23T12:23:00
The Delightful Ways of Power
If waterboarding is torture, we need a whole new word for this:
www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story
I like the part where
If waterboarding is torture, we need a whole new word for this:
www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story
I like the part where
[T:]he UAE Ministry of the Interior said it had reviewed the tape and acknowledged the involvement of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, brother of the country’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed.
“The incidents depicted in the video tapes were not part of a pattern of behavior,” the Interior Ministry’s statement declared.
(As long as it's not a =pattern.= The
m_francis @ 2009-04-22T23:23:00
Up Jim River
On the planet Enjrun, our heroes have proceeded up the Ariidnux River from the former imperial capital of Nuxrjes'r by means of a double galley called an endarooa, basically two galleys with a deck connecting them. The savvy reader will recognize a "Roman" version of a Polynesian ndrua.
except with oarsmen and with a square-sail. The savvy reader wil also realize that Ariidnux is derived from the Arabic for Wide ('areeD) River (naHr). Hence, when the starmen call it the wide Ari
On the planet Enjrun, our heroes have proceeded up the Ariidnux River from the former imperial capital of Nuxrjes'r by means of a double galley called an endarooa, basically two galleys with a deck connecting them. The savvy reader will recognize a "Roman" version of a Polynesian ndrua.
except with oarsmen and with a square-sail. The savvy reader wil also realize that Ariidnux is derived from the Arabic for Wide ('areeD) River (naHr). Hence, when the starmen call it the wide Ari
April 22, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-04-22T12:50:00
The Maverick Philosopher On the Eternity of the World
To say of X that it always existed is not to explain why it exists. (Compare: Why do you keep the hammer in the refrigerator? Because we have always kept it there.)
To say of X that it always existed is not to explain why it exists. (Compare: Why do you keep the hammer in the refrigerator? Because we have always kept it there.)
April 21, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-04-21T02:05:00
The Feast of Anselm of Canterbury
Good ol' Anselm has among the best deathbed lines in history, other than Vespasian's "Uh-oh, I think I'm about to become a God."
Anselm's associate and biographer Eadmer gives a remarkably telling deathbed scene. It was Palm Sunday, and one of those clustered around Anselm's bed remarked that it looked as if the archbishop would be celebrating Easter with God, Anselm replied, Well, if that's what God wants I'll gladly obey him, but if he prefers to let me stay h
Good ol' Anselm has among the best deathbed lines in history, other than Vespasian's "Uh-oh, I think I'm about to become a God."
Anselm's associate and biographer Eadmer gives a remarkably telling deathbed scene. It was Palm Sunday, and one of those clustered around Anselm's bed remarked that it looked as if the archbishop would be celebrating Easter with God, Anselm replied, Well, if that's what God wants I'll gladly obey him, but if he prefers to let me stay h
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