Quotes
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Quote of the moment
From this post at Jane Galt’s
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens –Abraham Lincoln
The commentor was dubbed “Occam’s Beard” which is a name I like.
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One of the better lines of all time
From the recently seen (by me) Double Indemnity
Keyes: Walter, can I be blunt with you?
Neff: Of course.
Keyes: I’m a great man. -
One liners and things that caught my eye
- Good one liner –
If there is a motto for the Bush Administration’s war policy, it is, “Doing the Right Thing Wrongly.”
The argument on the neo-right these days resembles the 30s debates between Stalinist and Trotskyist on the nature of communism, i.e. can one separate the theory and practice.
- The nature of motion sickness
- From an article about the Skyhook (sort of a reverse parachute) –
The first live test was conducted with a pig as the target. Due to some stability issues, the pig spun in the 125 mph wind, and arrived on the plane dizzy and discombobulated. It recovered, however, and promptly attacked the crew.
- Good one liner –
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Tuesday rapid fire
- Art of Innovation
- A very good analysis of the ISG report, specifically
The risk of surging any troops is summed up in the Sixth and Seventh Books of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War. I refer to the story of the Sicilian Expedition, in which the Athenians invade Sicily in support of allies there. But as problems mount with the operation, more and more reinforcements are sent, so that the consequences of failure rise from the merely serious to the monumental.
Which is something to bear in mind.
- Ouch
- RentGlass.com – Lenses in this case
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It’s been a little while
Sorry for the light blogging.
Periodically my mind wonders back to the Mathew Paris essay “Nature Does Not Exist“, where he states that there are few meaningful differences in application or effect between religion and science. Then my thoughts turned to Alan Paulk’s line “Religion is first century technology” and how that tracks with Robert Kaplan’s assertion that Islam is an excellent religion for hard times (paraphrase).
Then I think the original (to me) thought that technology does not replace spirituality, or compete with it either, but merely pushes it back to another level of abstraction. This leads me to think that the modern conception of a distinction between the religious and the secular is probably new and not meaningful.
And that’s what has been in the back of my head for the past few days.
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Lines of the moment
From Freakwater’s song “One Big Union”
Don’t the truth look bad up next to a pretty lie?
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False hope is the seed in the field of greed that we must plow.
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Nietzsche at the end of a long, poorly focused day
Today’s quote is
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Friedrich Nietzschevia the Nietzsche Family Circus
Just have to love the Germans.Somehow I’ve let all of the tedious work that has to be done during the month have to happen today. Diagramming, estimating, writing, organizing. Humbug. Everything has taken forever today.
On another note, the photos I took on Saturday turned out well, and surprisingly Gothic and noirish. All of my more recent shots have gone in a Sin City direction. I’ll post them soon.
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New quote of the moment – movie edition
If I always knew what I was talking about I’d be a genius.
Phillip Marlowe in Murder My Sweet
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The Nietzsche Family Circus
Die at the right time!The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote.
They’re all winners, this is actually going on the BlogRoll.
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Quotes of the moment – Saturday morning Edition
I came across these while perusing the internets…
I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.
– Bill HoestFeel like you’ve lived a wee bit too long? Looking for a spectacular way out — one that’ll keep your family crying in disgust for years on end?
– Defense Tech – from a post about a personal helicopter“I do not think people who have bad things in their minds would wear a burqa,” he said.
– CNN Article about a possible Dutch Mask Law