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4 Aug 2003 (updated 4 Aug 2003 at 16:50 UTC) »

For those driving to Bush's backyard to attend the Crawford Rally August 17 against the 'roadmap' ( arguably 'roachmap' is adopted by opposition camp for the 'roadmap'), the only proper course of action, is to get there by ballons or parachuting off an airplane. Otherwise, what's the point?

30 Jul 2003 (updated 6 Aug 2003 at 17:21 UTC) »

In memory of Julia ( 1966-2003.7.22), murdered by henchmen, believing their harmless little psalms from the Church of fucked and wandering do nobody harms, like it's nuniabiz...sister, you are going to lalaland for all you've done in God's providence..

Spirit says "Mr. Garcia, your new girlfriend is a murderer. She used you as a close-range automatic weapon. She exerted poison from my shop hundreds of miles away through your account. Under the justice of 'the survival of the fittest', she murdered your beloved estranged wife Julia. Do not let her believe when Julia's body turns cold, it ends her will in this world...
7 Jul 2003 (updated 18 Jul 2003 at 18:12 UTC) »
  • Jon
  • Dr. Kahn, president of CNRI
  • on the record
  • old entry

    what can we say about people and organization's individual experience on freedom of speech vs. property rights by this case ? Should the rule of law be based on each individual's righteousness ? ( check out Intel side of the story and EFF's reasoning on the case from the same source). And why is it that i am not surprised that Mr. Hamidi is a naturalized US citizen. I wonder what freedom of his new country has inspired him and his family to take on such an task of protecting this freedom from being ruined by competing claims to the same right...

  • 4 Jul 2003 (updated 4 Jul 2003 at 06:18 UTC) »

    "Not to have seen the films of Satyajit Ray would mean existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon." - Akira Kurosawa. I discovered Akira's advice after watching Satyajit Ray's "The Stranger". I didn't quite catch Manmohan's illustration about the magic shadows of the moon and the sun on earth to a group of kids in the park. I was distracted by the activity of another little being and wondered if he'd ever be immune to Manmohan's wanderlust. The other thing that was on my mind is that i wish to find time to read Qian Zhongshu's Guanzhui pian ( Limited Views : Essays on Ideas and Letters) in its entirety in Chinese.

    i saw John McCarthy the other day, sitting among a bunch of old folks to receive the Benjamin Franklin Medal

    Due to advances in all science, the day when making robots conscious of their mental states is possible, such techniques shall be evenly applied to make humans conscious of their mental numbness, i hope.

    do you know where these members of the transnational radical party coming from?

    i must send a message to a man recently hired by Arnold Schwarzenegger to head the LA inner city after school youth programs. He used to be the CEO of Philly children relief funds of some kind. LINUX.EDU should get involved with new initiatives as such instead of beautifying frontpages of voids. And of course, my message is AllThings.Go, What else? And of course, one has to measure the distance between GA and LA - g,h,i,j,k,l. not too far away, i suppose...

    striking: different hairstyle and the different price of the same cup of tea. "A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory" can be ordered from amazon.com or Barnes and Noble ($5 cheaper)"

    "love, happiness and freedom" is the ultimate form and seed of aggression. "father, son and holy ghost" is not.

    15 Jun 2003 (updated 15 Jun 2003 at 22:09 UTC) »

    where Erights.org come from ? It smells like e-gold before i knew it...
    unrelated blurt:

     
    | 
    | When I asked many people what is the most difficult areas of math to
    | understand, and also what is the most important unsolved mathematical
    | problem, they always responded with two words: "Langlands Conjecture"
    | (or "Langlands philosophy").
    | 
    | Can anyone explain what this is so that a general audience could
    | understand it?  If this is not possible, could anyone give a flavor
    | of what this means?
    

    --Alas, to appreciate the ideas in the Langlands program requires at least a PhD-level math education. It would be virtually impossible to attempt to convey these ideas to an audience less-educated.

    Below are references to works of expository character which touch on topics related to the Langlands program. I'd suggest starting with Shafarevich, Gelbart (1984) and Murty - some of which should be accessible to bright math undergrads. - Bill Dubuque.

    a flavor of what this means can be tasted everywhere at the BQM (Big Question Mark) section. And you don't have to have a Ph.D degree but the amount of time one spent to be able to appreciate the nuisance is about the same...

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