Author Archives: Anton

envy rules

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 17 by Anton

Research Shows Just How Much People Hate A Winner. This is scary: pointless envy is stronger than economists expected. (Full paper) Some of my libertarian dogma may need rebuilding.

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insert joke about politicians and principle

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 17 by Anton

Mark Steyn turns out the best piece I’ve seen yet on the steel thing. Okay so I’m a week late. (Another link from Sean Kirby.)

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tartan top ten

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 16 by Anton

If you’ve ever heard bagpipes, you’ve probably heard “Scotland the Brave”. One night I left a showing of The Seven Samurai, whistling the song of the peasants planting the rice; started to improvise on it, and soon found that it … Continue reading →

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reading the tea leaves

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 16 by Anton

Strangers keep asking me for cigarettes – more often, it seems, than they did even a few months ago. Is this a sign of something?

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not too smooth

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 15 by Anton

Animate a face (Java). See what a difference noise makes.

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 15 by Anton

Fabien Mosen You know you have been raytracing too long when . . . you’ve just seen Monsters.Inc at the movies, and you are wondering when they will release Monsters.Pov.