Monthly Archives: December 2007

Schindler’s subtitles

Posted on Sunday, 2007 December 30 by Anton

My hearing is just poor enough that I usually turn the subtitles on when I play a DVD; I could mostly do without the help, but it’s good to have when someone mumbles. It’s often clear that whoever made the … Continue reading →

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in odd places

Posted on Thursday, 2007 December 27 by Anton

Sometimes the filler in spam is meaningful: Developed in the 19th century through the study of the Indo-European languages, the comparative method remains the standard by which mainstream linguists judge whether two languages are related, with alternative lexicostatistical methods widely … Continue reading →

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the view from in here

Posted on Sunday, 2007 December 16 by Anton

I suspect my new glasses have more chromatic aberration than the old. In my computer background pattern, a fractal with lots of intense colors, the red seems to stand out in front of the blue. In unrelated news, we had … Continue reading →

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