Monthly Archives: February 2002

saving the world

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 28 by Anton

David Weinberger (JOHO) reports on the Technology Entertainment & Design conference. Here’s something personally interesting: Steven Petranik, editor of Discover magazine, ticked off his Top Ten list of ways the world could end suddenly: 10. Failure to address the worldwide … Continue reading →

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physics games

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 28 by Anton

Greg Egan’s moving story “Border Guards” mentions the game of Quantum Soccer, which he demonstrates with an applet. See also Ruth Chabay‘s game Electric Field Hockey.

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those who suppress the past . . .

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 28 by Anton

French Criminal Court to Try Yahoo Over Nazi Sites — an unfortunate headline, as it seems to hand over to the prosecution the premise that if you sell Nazi relics you must be a Nazi. (I collect foreign coins that … Continue reading →

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Hobbes was fond of his dram

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 28 by Anton

I’ll bet your mother asked you, when you were about eight years old: “If all the other blogs posted their philosopher scores, would you?” (Warning: popups.) 1.00 Mill .82 Bentham (?!) .76 Epicureans .65 Kant .63 Sartre .55 Aquinas .51 … Continue reading →

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what the Fourteenth doesn’t say

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 28 by Anton

Bill Quick comments: I wonder if these people have heard of the 14th Amendment? It extended the provisions in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the people of the individual states. Of course, that only happened in 1868, so … Continue reading →

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