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Friday, 2002 March 15, 16:16 — neep-neep

QotD

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.

Thursday, 2002 March 14, 23:19 — cartoons, history

ahead of their time

Warp 9 to Hell comic strip, 2001 May 02

Thursday, 2002 March 14, 20:22 — luddites

another setback for cryonics

French court rules that frozen couple must be buried (BBC).

According to French law, a corpse must be buried, cremated or donated to science.

A naïf like me might suppose that a longterm scientific experiment, even if performed by amateurs, satisfies the spirit of the law . . .

Prosecutor Jean-Frederic Lamouroux argued last week that the couple’s removal from their refrigerated chambers was an “issue of public order and public health.”

. . . and that a freezer is more sanitary than a graveyard, not to mention in the best interest of the health (if any) of two members of the public.

Thursday, 2002 March 14, 14:47 — prose

author, author!

Yesterday a stranger asked me out of the blue – perhaps because she saw a book in my hand – whether I happened to know the name of the author of the book Nigger which was recently mentioned on Oprah. I happened to see it later; in case that stranger is reading this, the author is Randall Kennedy.

Monday, 2002 March 11, 21:59 — cartoons, humanities

for a chuckle on your way to hell

Seen today at Dr Comics & Mr Games: 79 titles by Jack Chick in one convenient package for $19.99 !

Monday, 2002 March 11, 16:53 — blogdom, technology

learn something new every day

I check this site periodically: Howstuffworks “Articles of the Day”. Current articles: revolvers, amplifiers, fire extinguishers, slot machines, lithography, light bulbs, instant film, elevators, gasoline, organ translpants, LEDs, grenades, sewing machines.

Sunday, 2002 March 10, 18:50 — medicine

backward compatibility

BBC News | SCI/TECH | ‘Happy’ mice skew results

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