Author Archives: Anton

language is bluffing

Posted on Monday, 2004 August 09 by Anton

One David Mortensen observes: . . . language is a code employed only by code-breakers: that none of us knows the language we speak as a fully explicit system. Instead, we bluff our way through, filling in the gaps in our knowledge … Continue reading →

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mixed message?

Posted on Monday, 2004 August 09 by Anton

Seen on the tail of a car: I CAN TELL WHAT YOU’RE THINKING AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF and below that Show Me Your Tits

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can the disco ball be improved?

Posted on Monday, 2004 August 09 by Anton

This site has a new page, comparing three algorithms for packing nodes on a sphere. Comments invited. It’s the first time I’ve used a table in HTML! 480 12.869074 14.172741 16.211562

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the inherent instability of euphemisms

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 07 by Anton

I nearly received (but for the grace of Pobox filters, which are very good) a spam entitled more pleasure for you and her erasmus stairwell. Is that what the kids call it these days?

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If you are facing multiple hostiles, press 4.

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 07 by Anton

a cartoon against “smart” guns (Bitter Bitch cites Clayton Cramer)

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QotD

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 07 by Anton

Jim Henley on Spider-Man 2: We are fortunate that genuine equality is impossible because it would be the social analog of entropy [ . . . ] ‘heat death’ of the social universe.

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watching the talkies

Posted on Friday, 2004 August 06 by Anton

Technicolor is always fun, and Scaramouche (1952) is a splendid example. Does digital image processing software (such as Photoshop) have filters that try to match the flavor of Technicolor? Later: Technicolor could not save The Crimson Pirate (also 1952). I … Continue reading →

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