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Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat.

Metaphysics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there.

Theology is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there and shouting “I found it!”

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"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".

-- Philip K. Dick

Military technology "innocent"?

The dispute centers on Israel's sale of Harpy attack drones and other advanced technology to China that the Pentagon fears could tilt the balance of power and make it difficult to defend Taiwan, which Beijing deems a renegade province.

"If things were done that were not acceptable to the Americans then we are sorry but these things were done with the utmost innocence," Shalom said in comments that coincided with a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Mr. Six Killen

Edgar Ray Killen reminds me of Mr. Six of Six Flags, and I was bored. I think Six Flags should find another mascot now.

Simple animated particle fountain

I'm thinking about writing a simple scene-graph primitive for Io. Io can use OpenGL display lists to speed up rendering, but each object still needs to be rendered individually. If each object had a display list and a position, the rendering-loop could be pushed down to a primitive, making it magnitues faster.

Here's the fountain test program: Fountain.io

Explore color combinations

http://www.worqx.com/color/palette.htm

Driving by women leads to evil

AP - "Driving by women leads to evil," Munir al-Shahrani wrote in a letter to the Al-Watan daily. "Can you imagine what it would be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men."

I predict the world will never understand each other's cultures, or it will take at least a couple thousand years.