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If Jesus was a Jew, what's with the Hispanic name?
Saturday, December 17, 2005
04:54 a.m.
librarian.net
"I won’t go to the mat for Wikipedia as the end-all be-all of reference materials, but I will say that the idea that we are all responsible for what is real, authoritative, and true is a powerful idea, and not one that I think is heavily subscribed to by information gatekeepers...."
Friday, December 9, 2005
04:03 a.m.
The Twelve Principles of Finding Lost Objects
Friday, November 11, 2005
06:20 a.m.
Learning the proper use of metaphor
Thursday, November 3, 2005
10:26 a.m.
Based on 2000 Census data, the number of librarians reaching retirement age will double in 2005 to 2009 over the previous five years, and the decade beginning in 2010 will see 45 percent of today's librarians reach age 65.
Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the
state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state
controls religion. -Samuel James Ervin Jr., 1985
Monday, October 10, 2005
5:20 a.m.
There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.
An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. -Don Marquis
Time is nature's way of making sure everything doesn't happen all at once
Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
A nerd is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology. A geek is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology, and likes it.
WOTD:
"Would you characterize yourself as
tending towards heteronyms or homonyms? Or would you just be content being
an autonym? Given a choice, would you rather go for a toponym or retronym?
Well, I understand if you would rather not share such intimate details of
your lexical adventures with just anyone. But remember, no matter what your
personal preferences happen to be, always practice safe lex. Do not engage
in discourse--whether oral or graphical--with strangers."
Monday, September 19, 2005
04:33 a.m.
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. -John Stuart Mill, -1873
Thursday, September 8, 2005
04:16 a.m.
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Geek Theories:
Life would be easier if I had the source code.
Logic: the art of being wrong with confidence.
If at first you don't succeed, call it Version 1.0.
Does anal retentive have a hypen?
Resistance is futile if <1 ohm.
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
The box said "Requires Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005
11:01 p.m.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. -Thomas Paine, 1809
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. -Dave Barry
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
04:53 a.m.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.- Alvin Toffler
About 5 exabytes of unique analog and digital information was produced worldwide in 2003, twice the amount produced in 1999. That's an annual data explosion equivalent to half a million libraries the size of the Library of Congress' print collection. - Industry Watch: How Data Has Grown from InformationWeek - Nov. 3, 2003
Saturday, August 27, 2005
06:07 p.m.
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Domestic theories:
I only have a kitchen because it came with the house.
Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.
I understand the concepts of cooking and cleaning- just not how they apply to me.
I AM in shape. Round is a shape.
Did my reality check bounce?
I was born free. Now I'm expensive.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But if life gives you limes, make margaritas.
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
05:40 p.m.
The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do
not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined.
-John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (1935-2005)
Friday, August 26, 2005
05:41 a.m.
"The digital divide is real ..."
"The digital divide is real like poverty is real, and it’s self-reinforcing like poverty can be self-reinforcing. Part of the problem is access to the technology itself, but a larger part is access to solid information about technology, technologically knowledgeable people, and a community culture that views technology as a possible solution to some of its other challenges, not just another challenge in and of itself."
Monday, August 22, 2005
02:50 p.m.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. -Elbert Hubbard, 1915
Friday, August 19, 2005
05:19 a.m.
Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an
enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote
their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do
not deserve wealth, because they do not desire it. Even so, a
well-organized society should assure to such workers the efficient means of
accomplishing their task, in a life freed from material care and freely
consecrated to research. -Marie Curie, scientist, 1934
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
03:01 a.m.
Can You Believe in God and Evolution?
[from Time Magazine, August 7 2005
by STEVEN PINKER, psychology professor, Harvard University]
"It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.
Our own bodies are riddled with quirks that no competent engineer would have planned but that disclose a history of trial-and-error tinkering: a retina installed backward, a seminal duct that hooks over the ureter like a garden hose snagged on a tree, goose bumps that uselessly try to warm us by fluffing up long-gone fur.
The moral design of nature is as bungled as its engineering design. What twisted sadist would have invented a parasite that blinds millions of people or a gene that covers babies with excruciating blisters? To adapt a Yiddish expression about God: If an intelligent designer lived on Earth, people would break his windows.
The theory of natural selection explains life as we find it, with all its quirks and tragedies. We can prove mathematically that it is capable of producing adaptive life forms and track it in computer simulations, lab experiments and real ecosystems. It doesn't pretend to solve one mystery (the origin of complex life) by slipping in another (the origin of a complex designer).
Many people who accept evolution still feel that a belief in God is necessary to give life meaning and to justify morality. But that is exactly backward. In practice, religion has given us stonings, inquisitions and 9/11. Morality comes from a commitment to treat others as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is the sole occupant of the universe. Like physical evolution, it does not require a white-coated technician in the sky."
Saturday, August 13, 2005
03:23 p.m.
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