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November 3rd is my new "committed" installation date for DSL from Verizon. The email actually said, "All previously received committed delivery
dates, if any, should be considered canceled." To (sort of) quote the princess bride: "You keep using that word 'committed,' I do not think it means what you think it means."
Forget the elections. Vote for something really important.
Microsoft cracked. I guess it's big news because everyone has it.
Here's an in depth first look at the Apple's long awaited new DV codec (it's part of the new Quicktime 5.0.) Seems like they're making good progress.
Has anyone else caught that snickers commercial? It is very funny to me that our two Presidential candidates [sic] are being openly mocked in a candy commercial. "I wear the same pants as my Dad." "- well, I invented pants." LOL.
Just so crazy it might work. slashdot has a great link to a spherical projection system for virtual reality applications. That seems like it would solve a lot of problems with the whole VR thing. Maybe not too practical for home use though.
Last night in a dream I was talking to some guy. I can't remember what we were talking about, probably because I wasn't really paying attention. I was too busy being amazed by his shirt which was covered in multi-colored fractal patterns that kept morphing into new shapes and designs and colors. The harder I looked at the fabric, the more swirling activity I saw. It seemed to be eminating from far down in the shirt and then rushing out toward me, growing bigger, as if the surface of the shirt itself was somehow three dimensional, and the patterns were fireworks, exploding somewhere far below, and rocketing up toward me, out of the shirt. I remember being very pleased by this, and thinking matter of factly, "I'm going to get one of those shirts."
Sirius (a.k.a the dog star) is a very interesting star. Here's the story of one mystery surrounding it (namely: how did an ancient West African tribe know details about the star that western science did not learn until 1970?) Not covered in the article is the popular fringe science belief that Sirius (which is actually a two star system consisting of Sirius and a smaller white dwarf star Sirius B) could be collapsed to form a blackhole that could then be used in the construction of spacetime machine. Probably we better check with the dog gods before we try that one.
More David McCusker. Today it's how to get rich. My comment: exactly. Dig the last paragraph:
"You can slowly work yourself into this kind of arrangement by starting some distributed cooperation over some kind of project, which can be undertaken in non profit terms while you work someplace else."
What a bizarre game. Sure the Yanks are up 2-0, so I'm happy about that, but some of the steam seems to have been taken out of the series. What was Clemens doing? Not too smart. I hope we can put that behind us, but I fear that even if the Yankees go on to win, a lot of the boasting that should go along with that will have to be toned down. A little humble remorse seems called for on the part of the Yankees faithful, and that takes most the fun out of the subway series. Still, you have to admit, Clemens can sure pitch.
Is it true that more batters get hit in the head in the American league? The announcers sort of implied this at one point when they were talking about the DH rule, and saying that if pitchers in the American leauge had to bat, there would be less head hunting. Sounds reasonable, but is it true?