Natural Programming
I read an article today about Natural Programming. This really piques my interest, because the psychologists have had to study how humans wish to translate their thoughts into a working program. Of course, the research done has necessarily been limited…
Gifts: Titanium Chopsticks
If you are uncertain what to get me this Xmas consider a pair of titanium chopsticks. I’d like them in the plain squarish design that ordinary plastic chopsticks have, but made of titanium because it has a golden shine to…
The Purpose of Government
My last entry said that government should purpose itself to protection of its citizenry. Well, I’ve now decided that this idea leads to a welfare state with institutionalized dependence. Check Asimov for an ideal case of the beneficent government made…
Spoken Math
I uncovered today a small paper note, obviously inspired by my reading of Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, very likely Foundation’s Edge in particular, which I completed last month. I maintain the belief that the world is in need of a mathematical…
To Exist or Not? — The Question
In perusing Bill Beaty’s crazy website, I came upon not only an example of my former self-reference experiment, but also, an interesting subset of the English Language known as E-Prime. In order to increase my mental strain I shall henceforth…
Citizen and Liberties
The government should purpose itself to maintaining and defending the freedoms of its citizenry. These freedoms should not only entail what has been written in the Constutition of the US but also those regarding patents, copyrights, and so forth. The…
Bill Beaty
Bill Beaty’s website is full of crazy coolness. One of the few people simultaneously interested in expression as well as content.
Tyranny of Corruption
Voting is an interesting process. Ideally it gives a democracy much power for the public to get what they want. Though there are many different systems of voting, they are all possesed of various flaws, so let’s examine just how…
Noticeability
“Son — Just do something important that people will want.” Leroy may have been drunk when he said this but it did cause me to rethink my approach to things. I have been assuming that if I did whatever the…