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I started somethingHollow in 2001. The posts on these page are from the various somethingHollow forums.
Thumbnails
Posted by Robert on the 9th of July, 2003 at 12:20 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
It turns out that making thumbnails of an artist's work is not illegal, though offering "full-sized" versions is.
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Misled
Posted by Robert on the 9th of July, 2003 at 10:09 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Both Bush and Blair are being accused of misleading people about Iraq.
Carmack
Posted by Robert on the 16th of April, 2003 at 5:36 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
Wired has an article on John Carmack, creator of many game engines (notably Quake III Arena's), but most importantly at this point, the Doom III engine.
Gumball 3000
Posted by Robert on the 16th of April, 2003 at 5:15 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Wired has an article on the Gumball 3000, a road "race" from San Francisco to Miami.
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Two Nations Poised
Posted by Robert on the 17th of March, 2003 at 3:51 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Monday greets the world with two nations poised on the brink of war. The time for judging right and wrong is over. Either there will be a war, or the US will get what it wants.
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Steps to the Posthuman
Posted by Robert on the 13th of March, 2003 at 12:05 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
New Scientist is running a story about an attempt to replace the hippocampus with a computer chip. Assuming it works, there are some metaphysical questions that must be asked, as well as some other stuff.
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Secular vs Religious
Posted by Robert on the 7th of March, 2003 at 2:49 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
A NYTimes article asks what should we do when secular leader's claims contradict those of religious leaders. Or more forthright, should Catholics back the Pope (pacifist) or Bush (warmonger)*? Is the envoy-of-God's word more important than the conservative-Christian-leader-of-your-nation's? I realize there are more theists on this discussion board than atheists, so I pose this question under related assumptions. I suggest skimming the article before posting...
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OMG, I Posted on SPORTS!
Posted by Robert on the 24th of February, 2003 at 1:35 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Because I thought it was pretty crazy, I wanted to say that Mike Tyson knocked out Clifford Etienne in 49 seconds... and that is apparently not the quickest match he's ever had. Check out the article on si.com (even if you don't care, because I don't but I looked anyway).
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Invisible
Posted by Robert on the 9th of February, 2003 at 1:12 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
We are getting closer to cloaking... How cool is this?
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Is it Art?
Posted by Robert on the 26th of January, 2003 at 8:52 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
The NYTimes is running an article that asks the question: If a computer creates something beautiful, is it art? The article centers on playing chess, and whether it is an art or a math problem. Obviously, computers process chess differently than humans (and not just chess, but everything). That's the difference between a neural network that runs pattern recognition and a number cruncher that runs probabilities.
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A conundrum
Posted by Robert on the 21st of January, 2003 at 9:06 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Wired wonders whether the chick is a Windows user or a Linux user since she graces both the Linux Expo site and the M$ .Net site...
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Not Quite Quickies, but...
Posted by Robert on the 16th of January, 2003 at 4:44 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
AP has word that RIAA and Silicon Valley are making negotiations that, somehow, don't seem to benefit much of anything. SV will lobby for the right of RIAA to use hacker (aka DoS) tactics on users pirating music (so long as it doesn't hurt stored data, the network, or invade privacy) and lobby for explicit definition of "fair use", while the RIAA will quit pushing for required DRM (thus, shafting Palladium... ouch).
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Case Mods...
Posted by Robert on the 13th of January, 2003 at 11:56 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
While attempting to clean off my LINKS in sH, I checked techTV to see if there was any reason to keep it, and I came across this case mod.
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More Bob
Posted by jes5199 on the 3rd of January, 2003 at 12:14 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
AMD / Intel
Posted by Robert on the 27th of December, 2002 at 4:39 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
Bob X. has made a prediction that Intel will be bowing to AMD in the 64/32 bit chip compatibility market. Worth the read.
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Human Clone May Be Born
Posted by Robert on the 27th of December, 2002 at 4:28 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
A story at CTV brings up some older topics from sH (Human Clones!).
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Mormon Proxy Baptizing Jews
Posted by Robert on the 12th of December, 2002 at 7:49 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
Few may know about the Mormon doctrine of proxy baptizing. The gist is that a living Mormon can stand in for a dead person, presumably a Mormon's dead relative, and be baptized so that the dead can become Mormon. Kind of like Jesus going to Hell during the three days to tell all the newly damned souls about himself so they may be saved... except totally different.
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LQG
Posted by Robert on the 28th of November, 2002 at 2:41 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
"Physicist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara has developed a way to connect relativity with quantum theory--while making sure that cause still precedes effect." The theory combines the two theories, AND allows for some concept of non-static time. At least from what I can tell...
Kill The Crazies
Posted by Robert on the 5th of November, 2002 at 1:12 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
Is it right to hold mentally ill people responsible for their actions? More specifically, is it right to put a mentally ill person to death for murder?
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Multiverse
Posted by Robert on the 30th of October, 2002 at 11:29 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
I guess this is an alternative to big bang (free reg. required). It basically covers theory of a multiverse and relates it to bubbles within bubbles. It partially debates how much of our universe is "chance" and how much is "planned"...
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GM Auto-nomy
Posted by Robert on the 29th of October, 2002 at 1:35 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
GM's search for the H Fuel Cell powered car is really starting to flesh out. I've read several articles, this being the latest. The gist is: everything is drive by wire and all the components are stored on a 11 inch thick chassis that everyone is calling a "skateboard." Perhaps they think they are being clever, but I've read the analogy several times and I don't like it.
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Duel
Posted by Robert on the 4th of October, 2002 at 1:54 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
The Vice President of Iraq, Tahn Yassin Ramadan, challenged U.S. leaders to duel with Iraqi leaders. The White House declined the duel.
Now, Jerry Falwell
Posted by Robert on the 4th of October, 2002 at 1:50 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
It seems that the Baptists can't stop picking on Muhammad. Falwell says he thinks Muhammad was a terrorist. This is added to the Southern Baptist Convention's accusation that he was also a pedophile.
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Silly Lawyer
Posted by Robert on the 27th of September, 2002 at 2:20 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
A lawyer mistakenly gives his client, Zacarias Moussaoui (you know, the guy on trial for terrorism), 48 classified FBI documents. Oops.
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Convoluted Logic Behind Berman
Posted by Robert on the 25th of September, 2002 at 10:28 AM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
Representative Howard Berman, a Democrat from Cali. who is backed financially by groups like the RIAA and the MPAA, has introduced a bill that would allow copy-right owners to take preventative measures against individuals sharing their work on peer-to-peer networks without permission from authorities and without fear of repercussion. Such attacks can't harm the user's computer, but we all know what happens when normal people DoS for kicks.
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Posted by Robert on the 19th of September, 2002 at 12:36 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
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Australia's Animal Complex
Posted by Robert on the 16th of September, 2002 at 4:58 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
This article from Wired puts the episode of The Simpsons where Bart released a frog in Australia into perspective.
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Verizon, et. al.
Posted by Robert on the 11th of September, 2002 at 7:43 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Tech Forum, somethingHollow
I used to hate Verizon for their ant-criticism tactics (i.e. registering every domain with the combination of "verizon" and "sucks"). Now I don't mind them so much because they are fighting against the RIAA's overwhelmingly greedy desire to bit the hand that fees them. Other ISPs are joining in on the fight.
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One More Down
Posted by Robert on the 10th of September, 2002 at 8:13 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Deep Forum, somethingHollow
I wasn't going to say anything about it; the media has overloaded us with enough pointless facts, rehashed testimonies, and violent images to last 4 or 5 life times. However, I was in a position to actually consider the consequences of the events that occurred September 11, 2001.
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Just So You Know...
Posted by Robert on the 21st of August, 2002 at 3:55 PM GMT0. Permalink.Tags: sH Pop Forum, somethingHollow
Just so you know, cloned animals are safe to eat.