Monthly Archives: October 2004

naughty

proposed design for Louisiana quarter 2006: that site apparently no longer exists, so here’s a copy of the item.

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wahoo!

We have broadband! Mainly because my housemate wanted to listen to BBC without glitches, but hey, I’m not kicking it out of bed. For the first year it’s cheaper than dialup plus the extra phone line.

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can you say it with a straight face?

Forensic theology. (Cited by Travis.) (Link updated 2006.)

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politics in spaaace

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 forbids declarations of national sovereignty off Earth (according to something quoted by Travis). But can that be a serious barrier to imperialism? Suppose you have political debts to more people than can plausibly be … Continue reading

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movies rented recently

The Bad Seed (1956). The Seventh Seal (1957). 蜘蛛巣城 (Spiderweb Castle) (Throne of Blood) (1957). Having seen it once before, I watched it only with the commentary track on, and learned some interesting details about Kurosawa’s technique. For example, he … Continue reading

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we don’t care, we don’t have to …

What are you gonna do, go to a different jail next time?

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two dimensions of opinion

In November I linked to a “Political Compass” and mentioned some improvements I’d like to see. Chris Lightfoot apparently had already made them. Rather than assigning preconceived interpretations to the questions, Lightfoot waited until a large number of people had … Continue reading

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