Friday, January 30, 2009

How important is religion in your state?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-Importance-Religion.aspx

I would like everyone to note the relative rankings of Iowa and Michigan. Iowa is just 3 rankings "above" (below!) Michigan, both having 64% of their population reporting that religion is an important part of their daily life. I am crediting that margin to myself.

Getting closer

It looks like linux and mac are being at least actively considered by google chrome's development team.

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/01/google-chrome-201590-removes-e.html

I can't wait to start using chrome.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Douglas Adams quote

"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
— Douglas Adams

Sometimes I wonder that even if we did create an AI, if it doesn't come with all of the bizarre preprogrammed mental baggage that humans have to make adapting to such a strange existence possible, would it act like anything we associate with "normal" intelligence at all? Would it even be recognizable as intelligent?

Monday, January 26, 2009

I can't believe this is a real news report



OMDL, what is wrong with some people?

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thursday, January 15, 2009

How to make 225 million dollars for medical research (For free)

Convince the Obama administration to do this. Go there and vote up this idea. Make money for real science while tearing down pseudoscience. You couldn't ask for more.

Monday, January 12, 2009

America, FUCK YEAH

ILLITERACY, FUCK YEAH!

New Years Resolution

When I type in IM, I have a horrible habit of making horrible run on sentences, I feel so dumb because of it. My goal this year is to stop doing it, so if you are ever talking to me on IM and I type a run on sentence, you are to yell at me and question my parentage.

I don't get it

story
1) Some girl gets bored over break and sends over 14,000 text messages. She has an unlimited text message plan.
2) ???
3) Her parents punish her.