tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38379992011-09-30T08:59:43.498-04:00With friends like these, who needs enemies?Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.comBlogger9561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-39892597712184942262007-02-14T08:39:00.001-05:002007-02-14T08:39:31.643-05:00

According to the Speculist, beauty is a program:The program is deliberately designed to be perceived as the will of the host organism (the guy who's looking) playing out - rather than a preprogrammed directive. This deliberately stealthy program takes over most of the identity and action of the host during puberty and - at least until reproduction succeeds - and in all truth, continues without

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1167139565811406592006-12-26T08:18:00.000-05:002006-12-26T08:26:05.840-05:00

From the Washington post:4 years after the war in Iraq began, the death toll on American troops has exceeded 2,973 - the number of people killed in the 9/11 attack. Something about that feels ironic or important somehow, but I can't quite put my finger on it. This number was reached on Christmas day.Here's to our soldiers.

ColinSFXnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1165514980254595982006-12-07T12:44:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:09:40.296-05:00

The Global Surveyor has made an astonishing discovery: evidence of water flowing on Mars, at least twice in the past seven years.I'm not sure why this isn't being more widely reported on...seems like a huge deal.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1162960412030525502006-11-07T23:29:00.000-05:002006-11-07T23:33:32.056-05:00

So, I voted today. Rain coming down all day, so turnout seemed pretty dull here. I ended up voting a straight Libertarian/Democratic ticket this time (I would have voted for Burns, who is a Republican, but apparently since I moved to the east side, I'm no longer in his district. Hm.) -- I think, at this point, the best thing we can do for this country is to give it a divided government.Keep

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1161375105163401072006-10-20T15:56:00.000-04:002006-10-21T11:19:25.813-04:00

Ok, so I've narrowed down my list of grad schools to 8 schools that I think I'd like to go to:Stanford - BiophysicsHarvard - Systems BiologyUC San Francisco - BiophyicsMIT - Computational and Systems BiologyUC Santa Barbara - Biomolecular Science and EngineeringUC San Diego - BioinformaticsRockefeller University - Physics and Mathematical BiologyArizona State University - Molecular and Cellular

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From Slashdot: a very involved post about how World of Warcraft ruins lives.Hmm...suddenly I'm glad I only played for 1 month.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1161101057878008962006-10-17T11:49:00.000-04:002006-10-17T12:04:17.910-04:00

Wow, so I haven't written anything on here in a LOOONG time... I guess one upside to that is that readership is probably now down to me, James, and Colin, with maybe an occasional hit from Le Gheed, so there's basically no constraints on what I can say here, because no one else is gonna read it!Yay?Anyway. So I'm trying to get my graduate school situation figured out, and I'm slowly piecing

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1160752267712991592006-10-13T11:09:00.000-04:002006-10-13T11:11:07.746-04:00

Ouch. But then I remember that it's all about who you know, right?

ColinSFXnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1160609786304671902006-10-11T19:26:00.000-04:002006-10-11T19:36:26.336-04:00

I am the Slag.Have you seen this stuff lately? It's a wristwatch that grabs the caller ID from your phone. So now when your cellphone rings, you can just check your watch and then press the button on your wireless earpiece. Slick, even Captain Kirk didn't have equipment this fancy. I'm a little sad that it only comes in Sony-Erriksson compatability though, because I have notoriously bad luck

ColinSFXnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1159470219726925372006-09-28T15:00:00.001-04:002006-09-28T15:03:39.773-04:00

Terrifying. Extended comments on this later.

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Terrifying. Extended comments on this later.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1158083148108091382006-09-12T13:42:00.000-04:002006-09-12T13:45:48.120-04:00

R.I.P Steve Irwin '62-'06I'll miss this guy...what a freak accident. If he would have been hit in the leg it would have hurt for a couple days and he would have been alright..just hit him in the f-in heart mate...damn

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I've been trying to write a post about Guantanamo for some time now, but it seems that Andrew Sullivan has described the absurd sense of horror the place gives me rather well:Every time I have tried to write something about the cancer and shame of Guantanamo, and the thought that the United States has strapped dozens of randomly captured individuals in metal restraints in order to force-feed them

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1150144042933897942006-06-12T16:20:00.000-04:002006-06-12T16:27:22.956-04:00

Went to see Al Gore's new film about global warming. First impression: much livelier than I expected. I mean, this is Al Gore we're talking about here, and a movie consisting of Al Gore's global warming slideshow didn't exactly promise to be thrilling. Maybe my expectations were just low, but I actually enjoyed the movie.Second impression: way too much Gore, not enough science. Gore is in

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First, I would just like to say that one of the reasons I like PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) is that they make all their articles available for free on the internet. I really wish other prominent journals would do the same!I found this interesting paper via the ImmInst.org focums, which I just recently joined. The forums appear to be a good resource for anyone

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149607923141810302006-06-06T11:26:00.000-04:002006-06-06T11:39:04.156-04:00

Strident libertarian waxing enthusiastic about life extension. What's not to like?I like this site. It's bursting at the seams with optimism. Scientists tend to be quite pessimistic people (often unwarrantedly so, in my opinion), and this site is a nice break from that. From what I can tell, it seems to be scientifically sound, as well, and a number of the posts delve into the ethical and

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This is an interesting development on a topic that many people thought to be long dead: scientists have found an apparent correlation between telomere length and aging in mice. (Abstract only, unfortunately. Head down to your local university if you want to read the full-text article...)A short explanation of telomeric structure is in order before I explain what was done here. (Read this older

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Today is the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, and YouTube has a video up with footage from the day.I suppose I should have something more profound to say about this, but the only thing going through my head right now, in the most stridently libertarian voice, is: This is what concentrated government power looks like. This is why we should fight the encroachment of government

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I don't feel bad about vigorously promoting GM because, not only do I really believe what I'm talking about, but if they go bankrupt (although it won't be anytime really soon), this country is in some deep shit. Even though a lot of other manufacturers have plants now in the U.S., the profits don't stay here. They are funneled out to their respective countries.

Gheednoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149385349713305482006-06-03T21:41:00.000-04:002006-06-03T21:42:29.716-04:00

I took down Kodiak Express's picture from the picturebar. (Naturally, it'll be restored if you ever write anything, Chris.)

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149382193889000932006-06-03T20:40:00.000-04:002006-06-03T20:49:53.896-04:00

Since GM needs all the help they can get...i'll share a few more things about their cars:The Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura both use headlights that put out 20%-31% more light than Accord or Camry. Honda and Toyota are still using "9005" and "9006" bulbs which are both old designs. The headlights are automatic too - there's a sensor on the top of the dash.All GM cars with the possible exception of

Gheednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149381628604834512006-06-03T20:26:00.000-04:002006-06-03T20:40:28.616-04:00

So it seems that President Bush is vigorously pushing for a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.Putting aside both the appalling abuse of power in such a codification and the equally apalling abandonment of federalist principles by 'conservatives' in this country, from a purely ethical standpoint, I have to ask...who cares?Why does it matter to President Bush, or any other

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149307096998502032006-06-03T00:05:00.000-04:002006-06-03T00:08:17.013-04:00

One of the central ideas of quantum mechanics is the 'matter wave,' the idea that particles can be represented by diffuse waves. This seems extremely odd on first glance, and as far as I can tell, this basic puzzlement never really goes away, even among people who study the Schrodinger wave equation for years. It's said that all physicists know how to do quantum mechanics, but having an

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I just finished reading The River at the Center of the World, by Simon Winchester. Maybe I should be a little embarrassed about this, but my first reaction is...why weren't there any pictures?I know that travel writers often don't include pictures in with their accounts, and a lot of the time, that's okay. For example, Bill Bryson writes about journeying up the Appalachian Trail, and that

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149186801492748892006-06-01T14:31:00.000-04:002006-06-01T14:33:45.026-04:00

This is awesome: a Ukrainian biker chick takes her suped-up Big Ninja speedbike through Chernobyl's dead zone. Talk about guts! She took some amazing pictures, too.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1149182953623506572006-06-01T13:26:00.000-04:002006-06-01T13:29:13.623-04:00

I've removed some of the posts from the 'classic rants' sidebar, and added a new one: Gheed's graph-intensive 'Lessons from GM' rant. (The removed posts are still in the archives, of course, they're just not linked from the sidebar any more.)

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148918062015969382006-05-29T11:39:00.000-04:002006-05-29T11:54:22.026-04:00

I am a 'small-l libertarian.'This is a bit of an awkward label, and I really prefer the word 'liberal,' but that word has been co-opted by socialists and die-hard nanny-staters, so I'd have to pigeon-hole myself as a 'classical liberal,' and no one knows what that is. So I'm a libertarian: socially liberal, fiscally conservative, as the simplified schtick goes.People make all kinds of strange

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148864202127673082006-05-28T20:38:00.000-04:002006-06-14T20:56:24.316-04:00

One of the most interesting names being floated for 2008 presidential candidate is, oddly enough, Al Gore. Oddly because, well, I didn't particularly like him when he ran in 2000, I thought his bloviating about climate change was well...just bloviating, and because he seemed more inclined towards big government than George Bush. I ended up voting for Harry Browne, as it happens (who I still

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148741004843660542006-05-27T10:35:00.000-04:002006-05-27T10:43:24.860-04:00

For all the aspiring evil-doers out there: the top 10 ways to destroy the Earth! Of all these, I'd say the most terrifying is number 2, where Von Neumann (aka the 'Gray Goo') machines gobble up the Earth.A von Neumann machine is any device that is capable of creating an exact copy of itself given nothing but the necessary raw materials. Create one of these that subsists almost entirely on iron,

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148703258034877842006-05-27T00:05:00.000-04:002006-05-27T00:14:18.046-04:00

Why, on Lexus's commericals, is the narrator in the background have a sophisticated European accent? How does that make sense? Shouldn't it be some Japanese dude?

Gheednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148685360498025242006-05-26T18:44:00.000-04:002006-05-26T23:38:12.573-04:00

This is a concoction from having too much spare time, but hopefully i'll make some sense at least.Just finished my second week at General Motors, and after driving a few of the vehicles, I wanted to bring to light something often overlooked in cars: torque. I think most people try to guage a car's performance based on horsepower alone, but horsepower isn't an accurate indication of a vehicle's

Gheednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148670991100755242006-05-26T15:07:00.000-04:002006-05-26T15:17:10.213-04:00

One of the nicer benefits of someone actually winning the X-Prize is that it has inspired a number of other useful prizes. One of the new offshoots of this newfound enthusiasm for technology-related prizes is the M-Prize, offered by the Methuselah Foundation, to be awarded for substantial progress in the fight against aging. One particularly interesting aspect of this prize is that it includes

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148670457649118472006-05-26T15:06:00.000-04:002006-05-26T15:07:37.660-04:00

I would just like to reiterate my firm belief that the U.S. Congress is packed full of imbeciles. I give you...Nancy Pelosi!

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148603880803143002006-05-25T20:34:00.000-04:002006-05-25T20:40:41.583-04:00

Here's an interesting paper by Gregg Easterbrook, explaining why the global warming debate is generally considered to be over, and proposing a market-based solution to the problem. I am in definite agreement with him that the Kyoto Protocal was a fairly stupid plan, and that something more like the acid rain market-based credit system would be much more likely to solve the problem, without

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148584915103895112006-05-25T15:15:00.000-04:002006-05-25T15:42:35.920-04:00

George Carlin once quipped, "The word 'bipartisan' usually means that some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."So now, as if there was ever any doubt, the concerted scramble to assert their own privileges at the expense of the voters now has the official, bipartisan support of the House leadership:House leaders of both parties stood in rare election-year unanimity Wednesday

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This is interesting:The bill extends Davis-Bacon "prevailing wage" provisions — typically the area's union wage that applies only to construction on federal projects under current law — to all occupations (e.g. roofers, carpenters, electricians, etc.) covered by Davis-Bacon. So guest workers (but not citizen workers) must be paid Davis-Bacon wage rates for jobs in the private sector if their

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Roger L. Simon has a proposal I could get behind:In fact, it makes me want to support legislation making any convictions for law-breaking by Members of Congress subject to penalties vastly more extreme than those suffered by the general public. Serving the country is a special privilege. If somone doing that commits a crime, he should serve more time and pay more fines than if you or I committed

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148443151201040322006-05-24T00:00:00.000-04:002006-05-24T00:08:10.196-04:00

Okay, so I'm beginning to get really pissed at the indignant, abruptly bipartisan coalition of spoiled-rotten members of Congress who insist that their offices are exempt from search-and-seizure. Their offices, for Chrissakes. I really liked Glenn Reynolds's response to this:At any rate, members of Congress who are offended by an unannounced late-night raid on an office might profitably be

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148358101018175522006-05-23T00:17:00.000-04:002006-05-23T00:21:41.030-04:00

I just got finished installing Ubuntu Linux on an old desktop my parents have, and I have to say, I'm impressed at how easy and automated the installation process has become. Linux installations used to be a complete nightmare.I'm somewhat less than impressed with the performance of this old machine. Good GOD is this thing slow! Clearly I need to do some performance tweaking here...

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148180898329378752006-05-20T22:55:00.000-04:002006-05-20T23:10:19.916-04:00

So, aspiring pilot and toolbag that I am, I am yielding to the Air Force's peculiar demand that I drop below a certain body mass index, and have embarked on a strange new diet called the Shangri-La Diet. It's kind of cool, because to do it, all you need to do is drink sugar water and eat olive oil. It's the easiest diet in the world, and oddly enough, it actually seems to be working. I am down

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1148074316199922172006-05-19T17:28:00.000-04:002006-05-19T17:31:56.213-04:00

After a week working at General Motors, this is what i've discovered:-Union members don't take kindly to foreign cars in the parking lot-The plant assembly floor is an incredible place to be-Between the obese chain of command and too many employees to paying me over $20 an hour, I think I know why GM is having financial troublesBut yet, it's been a good experience so far. I think. And the washer

Gheednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1147917058871847832006-05-17T21:47:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:50:58.883-04:00

So, i'm in Kansas...Right now i'm looking for a second job to compliment my co-op. There's not much else to do here, might as well make a lot of money, and I'd rather be working at Target or Kohl's or something than sitting around bored.Oh, and I filled the dishwasher with "dishwashing liquid". Don't do it. I had my very own foam party in the kitchen. (Once I have a camera cable, I'll post it

Gheednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1145290645100746402006-04-17T12:15:00.000-04:002006-04-17T12:17:25.116-04:00

A convincing argument for free trade:But one of the defining features of the modern world is capital's expansiveness, its non-fixity. Capitalists the world over know that in every place governed by a rule of law and marked by a reasonably free market, a strong work ethic, and a spirit of commerce, profits can be made by employing workers there. And this employing of workers is done by creating

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1144430276636108982006-04-07T13:16:00.000-04:002006-04-07T13:18:43.046-04:00

DNA to RNA is a well-understood process -- what information is added (if any) in the production of mRNA? What is added during the transfer of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm?RNA is processed by a protein-tRNA structure to pair appropriate codons with their corresponding amino acids. Therefore the primary structure of the resulting protein is well-characterized. The secondary structure

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1144426702302216652006-04-07T12:11:00.000-04:002006-04-07T12:18:22.320-04:00

I was getting all revved up to write a lengthy post on my stand on immigration when I stumbled upon this article by Charles Krauthammer, who completely steals my thunder: My proposition is the following: a vast number of Americans who oppose legalization and fear new waves of immigration would change their minds if we could radically reduce new -- i.e., future -- illegal immigration.Forget

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1144286190531776862006-04-05T21:06:00.000-04:002006-04-05T21:16:30.546-04:00

This might be an odd opinion for me, someone who is also a minority, to have but I feel like the race card gets overplayed a lot today and especially in the media. If the objective in doing this is to highlight inequities in the hope that they can be resolved and people can be brought closer together, I think this is hopelessly failing. I see the results as pushing people much further apart and

Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11002865108992763170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1143484833432938672006-03-27T13:33:00.000-05:002006-03-27T13:49:14.166-05:00

Spring break's over, back to the grind.Did quite a bit of hiking over the break -- went to Cloudland Canyon, Fort Mountain, and Black Rock Mountain, and decided that I'd like to do something a bit more involved than day hikes (however long) through state parks. I read Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the Woods' over the break and thought it would be fun to hike at least part of the Appalachian Trail

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1142384889780460442006-03-14T20:07:00.000-05:002006-03-14T20:08:09.796-05:00

Nanotechnology: the cure for blindness?In hamsters, anyway.

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I saw the movie Contact last night. (Big news, right...like the guy who comes up to you all excited because he just now saw the Matrix.) I had actually seen it before, but not since it first came out back in 1997, so I didn't remember too much of the movie.I liked it a lot. It was refreshing to watch a science fiction movie where the special effects did not attempt to replace the plot. It was

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1141499326278656242006-03-04T14:04:00.000-05:002006-03-04T14:09:49.726-05:00

More shit in the bucket for the Bush Administration, this time over the NSA warrantless eavesdropping scandal. The increasingly thuggish majority leader of the Senate, Bill Frist, has threatened to completely restructure the purposely nonpartisan Intelligence Committee unless it caves into his demand not to hold the NSA hearings. If you don't see why this is a big deal, read Glenn Greenwald's

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1141451573789508722006-03-04T00:49:00.000-05:002006-03-04T01:07:42.450-05:00

This whole movie can be basically summed up in the following three lines:MILLA JOVOVICH appears, and immediately gets naked.MILLA: "You are all going to die."MILLA murders ONE THOUSAND GUYS. Unintentionally hilarious acting ensues.Actually, I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, for all the wrong reasons. The whole audience was literally busting out laughing, I mean like losing it

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1140363154347298732006-02-19T10:31:00.000-05:002006-02-19T10:32:34.360-05:00

Courtesy of IMDb:Hilton To Play Mother Teresa?Socialite Paris Hilton has reportedly been asked to play celebrated humanitarian Mother Teresa in a movie biopic. Indian director T. Rajeevnath has contacted the hotel heiress about taking the lead role in his new film, which will chronicle the late nun's life. He tells MTV.co.uk, "My agents in California have contacted Paris Hilton. Although there

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920411388377150340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139854836816657342006-02-13T13:18:00.000-05:002006-02-13T13:21:30.663-05:00

According to this piece by Fareed Zakaria, Europe is sinking fast:But the conclusion is clear—Europe is in deep trouble. These days we all talk about the rise of Asia and the challenge to America, but it might well turn out that the most consequential trend of the next decade will be the economic decline of Europe.Read the whole thing.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139693532488329232006-02-11T16:26:00.000-05:002006-02-11T16:32:38.676-05:00

You know, as time wears on, my dislike for George Bush seems to grow just a little bit every day. Latest jackass move by the President: freeze the NIH budget. (There's some speculation that this is in retaliation to life scientists for daring to try to push the stem cell issue.) This is an excellent example of a scientific illiterate's inability to see past the end of his nose -- it might save

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139470136779500512006-02-09T02:09:00.000-05:002006-02-09T02:30:42.556-05:00

So, I found out yesterday, much to my amusement, that James is seriously considering transfering to UGA (to possibly do life sciences/pre-med, no less), which I think is really ironic, since I'm now here at Tech.Interesting lesson, though, in a way. You really need to do whatever it is that you want to do, rather than what people expect you to do -- in life, in general, but especially in college

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139365502959804762006-02-07T21:08:00.000-05:002006-02-07T21:25:02.976-05:00

Jackson To Release Pope Prayers?Pop superstar Michael Jackson has been asked by the Roman Catholic Church to set the prayers of the late Pope John Paul II to music. The 47-year-old singer was chosen to write music for the 24 prayers and chants, after Vatican officials decided his global celebrity would best promote their holy message. Father Giuseppe Moscati says, "We have the rights for the 24

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920411388377150340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139247186843836362006-02-06T12:22:00.000-05:002006-02-06T12:36:47.796-05:00

Wow, so I slept for 1.5 hours last night, definitely running on empty right now, although I think I'm a little too wired to go to sleep...Turns out my mechanics professor did have the answer...work done in a frictionless environment is only independent of path for conservative forces. So throwing a ball is not a conservative force, so the law does not apply.Although that's kind of weird if you

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139219786559926822006-02-06T04:31:00.000-05:002006-02-06T05:07:35.103-05:00

I can't sleep.This happens to me periodically, but I'm not usually so unlucky as to get my periodic bouts of insomnia the night before a big test. I actually 'went to bed' at 1:30...and lay there until a little after 4, when I realized that sleep just wasn't in the cards.So, frustrated, I did some pushups and situps, ate a bowl of unpleasant mush that passed for cereal, and noticed that there

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1139029338764440672006-02-03T23:59:00.000-05:002006-02-04T00:02:18.786-05:00

http://hailtothechuckjfk.ytmnsfw.com/Finally, my life's quest is at an end. There's the answer I've been searching for all along.

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920411388377150340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1138856151262050312006-02-01T23:49:00.000-05:002006-02-03T12:44:01.316-05:00

Wow, it's been a while since I've written anything...I was talking to my roommate Alan earlier today. We pretty much share an opinion of this school's wretchedness (although, so does everyone else who attends this school, so no real surprise there, I guess), and I asked him about whether or not there were any good all-night diners in the area.The reason I was asking is because I spend pretty

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1136398321077458542006-01-04T13:11:00.000-05:002006-01-04T13:12:01.096-05:00

Apparantly it's really easy to get laid in Mainland China..

spagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461621525710086517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1134595962965543062005-12-14T16:31:00.000-05:002005-12-14T16:32:42.976-05:00

The top thirty facts about Chuck Norris!

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1134184743322136172005-12-09T22:17:00.000-05:002005-12-09T22:26:38.196-05:00

I posted this to rec.martial-arts earlier today...thought I'd repost it here for the morbidly curious, or for anyone with similar (weird) interests...I've trained in a couple of different styles of kung fu over the years. While training in the first of the two styles, I remember my instructor telling me that he could feel his ki, and while he wasn't able to do anything remarkable with it (yet),

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1133324753764246602005-11-29T23:25:00.000-05:002005-11-29T23:25:53.780-05:00

You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.?Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.??It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.?--Jean-Paul Sartre?It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.?--Blaise PascalMore info

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1133272142519521342005-11-29T08:48:00.000-05:002005-11-29T08:49:02.533-05:00

In defense of introversion...

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1132884681185614612005-11-24T20:55:00.000-05:002005-11-24T23:19:01.153-05:00

I'm sorry if my grammer/spelling is bad on this entry..I'm stuffed from Thanksgiving dinner and have had (more than) a few Heineken beers..So it's 9 p.m. on Tuesday night and I'm locking up the Smokers Den (my place of employment). As soon as I walk out of the store I am confronted by a girl with a flyer for a hardcore show. Now as most of you know...that is not my scene at all. I am into

spagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461621525710086517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1132531830277787852005-11-20T19:07:00.000-05:002005-11-20T19:11:48.593-05:00

I put up a new website on the Tech server, mostly just designed to be an archive for my old writing, primarily anime fanfiction of highly varying quality. Read if you dare...

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1131862359771740192005-11-13T01:07:00.000-05:002005-11-13T01:12:49.520-05:00

I have come to the realization that the ingratitude of a few people can put a real spoiler on things! I, being the super-social sort of person that I am, often organize tons of stuff to do with a group of my friends. I let them know about things around campus that I'm going to and sometimes organize group trips out to bars or clubs. It peeves me to no extent that one or two of them had the guts

Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11002865108992763170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1131771382630147112005-11-11T23:46:00.000-05:002005-11-11T23:58:31.096-05:00

You know what the big difference between expository and creative writing is? The biggest difference is that I can do expository, topical, analytical writing at the drop of a hat. It requires very, very little personal investment, whereas creative writing requires little else.I was thinking about this the other day. I kept reading about all the thefts that have been taking place on campus, and

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1130902110080387992005-11-01T22:16:00.000-05:002005-11-01T22:28:30.093-05:00

Well, I officially applied to change my major to Physics today. I've been agonizing pretty much all semester whether I ought to do Physics or AE, but it is becoming clear to me that I just do not enjoy my AE classes.I was reflecting earlier today that the only two subjects I ever really enjoyed in college were physics and history (I did take one philosophy class that I enjoyed, but I think I

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1129924899880957692005-10-21T15:58:00.000-04:002005-10-21T16:01:39.886-04:00

I believe I may have unwittingly stumbled upon the ultimate smoothie recipe through my mindless experimentation at the blender:About a cup each of frozen raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries. A few tablespoons of Welch's apple-grape-cherry frozen concentrate. About a cup of white cranberry juice, and maybe half a cup of orange juice, then fill with water/ice.Holy freaking crap this thing

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1129793383604663912005-10-20T03:27:00.000-04:002005-10-20T03:29:43.613-04:00

I got George R.R. Martin's new book, A Feast for Crows, in the mail Monday and finished it early Tuesday...yummy. I've been waiting for this book for 5 very long years, and, in fact, was so impatient to read it that I had it shipped from the UK, where the book was released about 3 weeks earlier. Here's my short review -- there are mucho spoilers here, so stay away if you haven't read this book

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1129213142041310872005-10-13T10:19:00.000-04:002005-10-13T10:19:02.050-04:00

I sat in my Low Speed Aerodynamics class this morning. It's an 8 AM, so I'm sort of dazed, halfway drooling through the class, since I didn't manage to get to sleep last night until 2...but I'm sitting there, and the professor is going on and on about the irrotational vortex, suddenly, bam!, I get this horrible, and I do mean horrible sense of deja vu. Horrible b/c I knew exactly where it was

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1129143466046233672005-10-12T14:56:00.000-04:002005-10-12T14:57:46.053-04:00

So funny..

spagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461621525710086517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1129138955220703042005-10-12T13:41:00.000-04:002005-10-12T13:42:35.226-04:00

This will be awesome to watch: Rocket Racing.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1128984043250071002005-10-10T18:39:00.000-04:002005-10-10T18:40:43.256-04:00

Terrorist activity on East Campus.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1128882188870671012005-10-09T13:37:00.000-04:002005-10-09T14:23:08.876-04:00

so here i am, my senior year of college (okay, so im a youngin), taking too many classes because ive got a second major that i dont even like anymore, but cant possibly drop when ive got like 3 classes left to complete it, and because i cant pass up a few classes that i find really interesting and definitely enriching for my major, but arent really needed for me to graduate--if i mash a few

lisadudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738457730716251599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1128292392149220192005-10-02T13:38:00.000-04:002005-10-04T17:06:13.730-04:00

I spent a couple hours this morning working through my intended schedule for the next couple of years, and I found, much to my horror, that it will take me until Fall 2007 to graduate with a degree in aerospace engineering. I will have been in school for 7 years. I suck.I could also graduate in fall 2006 with a degree in physics. I won't say it isn't tempting...Update: Ok, I found out, much to

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1128261815496081942005-10-02T09:51:00.000-04:002005-10-02T10:07:01.996-04:00

One of the reasons that the Aerospace Engineering major kind of sucks is because of the massive number of AE classes you have to take, leaving you basically no room to take anything besides required classes. I guess this is understandable; it's kind of important that the people who will build our flying machines really, really know what they're doing, but nonetheless. Very little leeway, as I

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1128145815685439672005-10-01T01:30:00.000-04:002005-10-01T01:50:15.693-04:00

OK, so I know I haven't actually said anything in here for quite a while (for almost a year), so here goes.First of all, the reason I quit posting on here so quickly after I'd started was because after I left for my grandmother's funeral in California last November, I really quit keeping up with my online things for a while and just never got back into the habit of this one. But now due to

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920411388377150340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127924480394264232005-09-28T12:12:00.000-04:002005-09-28T12:21:20.403-04:00

It's been a little while..-I deleted my livejournal. I spent too much time writing about the troubles I have with the girls in my life. I need to use that time to do something positive and stop worrying about the bullshit.-I've got a new band assembled (me behind the kit + keys (this kid has been playing jazz since 3rd grade) + bass + (maybe) guitar). I've got a business associate to help me

spagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461621525710086517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127828935373028632005-09-27T09:47:00.000-04:002005-09-27T09:48:55.380-04:00

...is my giant cup of happiness.Mmm...smoothie...Incidentally, professors that create tests with multiple calculations containing more than 20 terms each can go to hell.

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127600603158265532005-09-24T18:11:00.000-04:002005-09-24T18:23:23.166-04:00

"would you find it in your heart...to make this go away..and let me rest in pieces"...Great song, by the way (Saliva-Rest in Pieces)Things are pretty weird right now. Classes are extremely intense and difficult, all of them math-based, 4 out of 5 of them Calculus intensive. I probably hear the word "Integral" a hundred times every day. It's kind of funny that I hate calculus, even though it isn't

Gheednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127447449808881872005-09-23T00:00:00.000-04:002005-09-22T23:51:16.356-04:00

Ostensibly to improve my swimming, but, as Gheed is quick to note, probably more just to meet people, since I don't really know anyone here at Tech yet, I joined the Georgia Tech Swim Club.The funny part about this is I am an absolutely abysmal swimmer. I'm talking hellaciously, hilariously bad. Like I'm freestyling with all my might, you know, gasping for breath and giving it my all, and some

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127443556331611712005-09-22T22:46:00.000-04:002005-09-22T23:43:32.046-04:00

I had been harboring the hope of joining the Georgia Tech track team for some time when I discovered, quite abruptly, that I am not even eligible to try out. Evidently I have been in college too long.It sounds a bit silly, but I worked out some time ago that if you could run 20 miles per hour for 3 minutes, you would be the undisputed fastest runner in the world. Isn't that crazy? 20 miles per

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1127442802673153192005-09-22T22:30:00.000-04:002005-09-22T22:33:22.673-04:00

It's been a while since I've hated a class as much as I hate my Circuits class. In fact, the last time I can remember looking upon a class with this much utter loathing is when I had to pull two consecutive all-nighters to cram for my Advanced Genetics final...and then I still felt like I was learning something. The same cannot be said for my Circuits class. Pure blind stupid idiocy!

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1126719633376569502005-09-14T13:35:00.000-04:002005-09-14T13:40:33.386-04:00

Know what's annoying?The English imperial unit system. Why on Earth do we still use this stupid system in this country?

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1126199292360280202005-09-08T12:56:00.000-04:002005-09-08T13:14:09.410-04:00

I am profoundly ambivalent about Georgia Tech, so far. The classes seem alright. Lots of math. Lots of math. This is coming from someone that can even enjoy math in some cases, keep in mind, so it's not like I dislike it in and of itself, but it's certainly not what I expected. I guess I expected something a little more hands-on -- something that Tech, so far, emphatically is not. My

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1125717593574793072005-09-02T23:18:00.000-04:002005-09-08T12:52:46.186-04:00

Oh. My. God. One of the biggest holy shit moments you'll ever see on TV as Kanye West goes batshit crazy and makes a pretty ballsy statement. If you haven't been following the real coverage of what's been going down in NO and just watching the bullshit on TV, you may not realize how fucked up things are down there.Yikes.

The Kodiak Expresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683503803114206069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1125598137906382432005-09-01T14:08:00.000-04:002005-09-01T14:08:57.913-04:00

http://journals.aol.com/gaspricepics/GasPricePhotoBlog/p.s. Colin..don't bag any Klingon bitches at Dragon Con..that would just be wrong

spagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461621525710086517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1124847831548973362005-08-23T21:17:00.000-04:002005-08-23T22:05:12.296-04:00

Beach bumming, I have decided, is filthy, fulfulling work.I rode the Nighthawk over to the Kennedy Space Center after a very sore nine hours in the saddle from Atlanta to Orlando, then a couple of days in Orlando with Doug, his sister, and his girlfriend. I have to say, it's been a long time since I felt as good as I did while I was pushing 90 on the Beeline, a long straight road under me and a

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1123984285497194912005-08-13T21:50:00.000-04:002005-08-13T21:51:25.503-04:00

Hey Buddy - u forgot to leave me your phone number and i don't have it! call me and lemme know what it is....my phone was off when you called so it didn't register!I will be leaving sunday around 5pm!G

Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11002865108992763170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1123442104341559442005-08-07T15:14:00.000-04:002005-08-07T15:15:04.346-04:00

I am in Athens until monday the 15th....get in touch with me you biatches cos i want to see you guys and hang out! :)706-247-6048gp14@duke.edu, pg303@hotmail.com

Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11002865108992763170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1123208472355537972005-08-04T22:20:00.000-04:002005-08-04T22:21:12.363-04:00

I have recently been sucked into the life-draining morass that is World of Warcraft, and I have to say: it�s not nearly as addictive as people claim. Did get me thinking, though, because for a few days before I made the leap of faith of plunking down $50, with the looming threat of indefinite $15 monthly right over me, I was under the impression that as soon as I installed this game, it would

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1122948240002737252005-08-01T22:02:00.000-04:002005-08-01T22:04:00.003-04:00

Isabel and Luis have requested to be removed from the Slag Heap. Just in case anyone is wondering why their pictures have been taken down...

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1122756344838807532005-07-30T16:44:00.000-04:002005-07-30T16:45:44.846-04:00

I'm without words, but my theme song for the week is "Alone again, naturally"

isanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1122739640226593472005-07-30T12:07:00.000-04:002005-07-30T12:07:20.233-04:00

Have you ever had one of those nights when you get a late night craving for something from the kitchen around one in the morning? Once you enter the kitchen you are struck with the inspiration to make a snack so cleaver, so genius, that it could only be ahcieved by the fusion of the 2-day-old salmon steach, and the day-old PBJ that spent part of yesterday in a hot car, both of which were found in

Saint McFishnutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1122516277573616962005-07-27T21:45:00.000-04:002005-07-27T22:04:37.580-04:00

Got a new (very temporary) job as a laborer on a construction site...I actually like it better than waiting tables. Most people would probably think this is crazy, but I guess I just dislike having to interact with people all day. The work I'm doing now is pretty dull, but at least I'm more-or-less by myself, setting my own pace. It's not so hectic. I hate hectic. One downside to this job is

Pericles v. 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/07311282335310030859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837999.post-1122223000465213882005-07-24T12:33:00.000-04:002005-07-24T12:36:40.473-04:00

I just got back from a camping trip to Hanging rock state park in NC and it was awesome! It is really neat to get away from all our daily crap and get lost in nature (cheesy though it might sound). when we hiked all the way up to the top of one of the mountains (it was a killer!) and got to sit up there in the cool breeze and watch the ravens and the entire country side for miles it was such a

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I feel like i'm learning quite a bit about myself lately...I've definitely just sort of gradually come to admit that I really like organization. not so much of a neat freak as an organization freak. things need to be in a fairly decent order, and it does bother me when stuff is hanging skewed or not arranged in a symmetrical or orderly way. oh boy, i guess i should just admit that i'm a neat

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