Author Archives: Anton

grand reopening

New location, same erratic service! The old address (ogre.nu) should work as a redirect until that domain expires on March 28.

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more hyperbolic stuff

I put a series of tilings of the hyperbolic plane on Wikimedia Commons.

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the domain of cheapness

When I registered my domain, about 1998, .nu was the cheapest registry. It’s now €30/year. Before renewal is due (March 28) I should move to a cheaper address. (Yeah, I said the same two years ago. This time around, I … Continue reading

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one difference between a loony loner and a policeman

When some solitary nut shoots a little girl by mistake, he doesn’t have an Internal Affairs Department to certify that he followed all procedures correctly.

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suspension renewed

In the movie Avatar, one of the floating mountains has a waterfall, at which my suspension of disbelief groaned: there’s not enough rain catchment area, and obviously there can’t be a spring. But now I thought of a possibility. There … Continue reading

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the inquiring mind, however dim

When Jeff Riggenbach said that Butt-Head is smarter than Beavis, I told him about this bit (the relevant part begins at 1:30). I say Butt-Head is more worldly but Beavis is more imaginative.

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2+2=God?

Travis Corcoran wrote, in response to a question: This is deserving of a longer post, but the ultra-brief version: I started out soft atheist, but always accepted the absolute existence of good and evil (it is evil to kill Jews … Continue reading

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