Author Archives: Anton

Daleks with badges

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 25 by Anton

Next time my dearest friend asks me to deliver something to a Feral office, I must remember to say no. I had my state-issued annotated portrait in my pocket, and was resolved not to bother the Marshal at the gate … Continue reading →

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never enough

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 25 by Anton

Saturday I bought yet another historical atlas: Muir’s (1927/52). I learn to my surprise that southern British Columbia was once called New Caledonia, and northern Manitoba (before 1912) was New South Wales. Why isn’t there a New North Wales or, … Continue reading →

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squished hypertorus

Posted on Sunday, 2004 October 24 by Anton

This is intended to be an orthographic projection of a stereographic projection from S5 (the five-dimensional surface of a sphere in six-dimensional space) into E5 (flat five-space) of the cartesian product S2 × S2, a kind of torus. The colors … Continue reading →

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filkosophy

Posted on Sunday, 2004 October 24 by Anton

“Nominalist Things” (The site to which Bruce cites is dead, so I’ve no idea whether this is the whole song or not.)

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count on ‘realists’ to go on voting for evil

Posted on Sunday, 2004 October 24 by Anton

J. Neil Schulman: Why This Libertarian Is Voting to Re-elect George W. Bush When I became a voter I gave up casting my ballot symbolically in any race in which I believed my ballot stood any chance whatsoever in effecting … Continue reading →

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lots of words

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 23 by Anton

Slashdot | Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor

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medical marijuana news

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 23 by Anton

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cannabis study encouraging for MS The biggest UK study of cannabis-based drugs has shown evidence for a long-term benefit in easing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. (cited by Vicki Rosenzweig) 2012: This post keeps getting … Continue reading →

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