WE DID IT!!!!
the fighting illini basketball team made it to the Final 4. And boy, did we make it in style. we wiped out a 15 point disadvantage in the last 4 minutes to take the game into overtime. At the end of the game, we proved why we ARE number 1.
Here is an article about what illinois has achieved in one game
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/sports/ncaabasketball/27rhoden.html
As we say in illinois: GO ILLINI!!!
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Saturday, March 26, 2005
sweet
Life is brief.
Fall in love, maidens,
before the crimson bloom fades from your lips,
before the tides of passion cool within you,
for those of you who know no tomorrow.
Life is brief.
Fall in love, maidens,
before your raven tresses begin to fade,
before the flames in your hearts flicker and die,
for those to whom today will never return
--Ikiru (To Live) --a japanese poem
Fall in love, maidens,
before the crimson bloom fades from your lips,
before the tides of passion cool within you,
for those of you who know no tomorrow.
Life is brief.
Fall in love, maidens,
before your raven tresses begin to fade,
before the flames in your hearts flicker and die,
for those to whom today will never return
--Ikiru (To Live) --a japanese poem
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
craigslist in space
the well known apartment hunting service craigslist is being beamed into space. awesome. Here is my take on it
As soon as this message was intercepted, residents of the giant planet circling the death star put off plans to invade earth. "A 1-bedroom apartment in NY costs more than 1200 bucks. holy shit. we can do much better on a larger planet" said one of its 700 foot tall residents. so they have decided to invade jupiter instead. never mind that its all gas. or the fact that it is shit cold most of the time.
seriously, we as a species need better things to do. maybe we should start building mad killer robots. we can wage war against them and not even feel guilty about zapping a few. two problems solved in one stroke: no more boredom and no more guilt over war.
As soon as this message was intercepted, residents of the giant planet circling the death star put off plans to invade earth. "A 1-bedroom apartment in NY costs more than 1200 bucks. holy shit. we can do much better on a larger planet" said one of its 700 foot tall residents. so they have decided to invade jupiter instead. never mind that its all gas. or the fact that it is shit cold most of the time.
seriously, we as a species need better things to do. maybe we should start building mad killer robots. we can wage war against them and not even feel guilty about zapping a few. two problems solved in one stroke: no more boredom and no more guilt over war.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
richard clarke visits uiuc
I attended a lecture by richard clarke, the author of "against all enemies" and more importantly, the counterterrorism expert during sept 11. I found him to be a very effective and analytical speaker. I have never heard a social scientist (i dont know how else to classify him) speak in a manner similar to engineers. The crux of his argument: we are fighting terrorists and bush is botching things up royally (or presidentially....i guess royally is an unfair and incorrect adjective in a democracy).
The part that i liked the best: his answer to why he named his book "against all enemies". Apparently, when the president takes the oath to office (which, btw is almost the same oath, plus or minus a few lines, as the one taken by new american citizens), s/he promises to protect the constitution against all enemies. I find this stunningly different from india's pledge, which I and many other kids used to mouth every morning before class. In India, you pledge to protect the freedom and integrity of the country (whatever that means), to protect the people of the country and affirm that in their well being and happiness lies your prosperity. The beauty of the circular logic employed in the american oath is by making the constitution supreme, you make people fight for their own rights. Afterall, the constitution is nothing but a bunch of rights and thou shalt nots.
The part that i liked the best: his answer to why he named his book "against all enemies". Apparently, when the president takes the oath to office (which, btw is almost the same oath, plus or minus a few lines, as the one taken by new american citizens), s/he promises to protect the constitution against all enemies. I find this stunningly different from india's pledge, which I and many other kids used to mouth every morning before class. In India, you pledge to protect the freedom and integrity of the country (whatever that means), to protect the people of the country and affirm that in their well being and happiness lies your prosperity. The beauty of the circular logic employed in the american oath is by making the constitution supreme, you make people fight for their own rights. Afterall, the constitution is nothing but a bunch of rights and thou shalt nots.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
obit: Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe, one of the biggest names in theoretical physics died this week at 98. If you havent heard about him or know his story, try reading it up. I admired him along with Robert Oppenheimer for steadfastly standing up against Edward Teller and his plan for developing the hydrogen bomb--the most senseless weapon of all time.
Hans was a german emigre who was part of the Manhattan project. After the war he worked on how to enable warheads to re-enter the atmosphere without detonating its payload (for the interested--this is called ablation theory and has found interesting applcations in many areas). Hans staked his career to stand up against using the a-bomb on civilians (he was part of a team of scientists who wanted a demonstration over the skies of tokyo instead of on civilian population). Later he stood up against the blind development of thousands of warheads and also against the crazy ass loons in the Reagen administration who wanted star wars. He also was a voice advocating moving away from oil to nuclear energy as a source of energy. Other than all this, he was a consummate scientist and research advisor, presenting his last major paper at the age of 91.
Hope there are more like him, especially now, when morality is being decided by religious nuts instead of humanists and scientists.
Hans was a german emigre who was part of the Manhattan project. After the war he worked on how to enable warheads to re-enter the atmosphere without detonating its payload (for the interested--this is called ablation theory and has found interesting applcations in many areas). Hans staked his career to stand up against using the a-bomb on civilians (he was part of a team of scientists who wanted a demonstration over the skies of tokyo instead of on civilian population). Later he stood up against the blind development of thousands of warheads and also against the crazy ass loons in the Reagen administration who wanted star wars. He also was a voice advocating moving away from oil to nuclear energy as a source of energy. Other than all this, he was a consummate scientist and research advisor, presenting his last major paper at the age of 91.
Hope there are more like him, especially now, when morality is being decided by religious nuts instead of humanists and scientists.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
reise reise
listening to this album now. by rammstein. pretty good stuff. loved dalai lama. its a really dark song about the fear of flying (dalai lama has it...so the name!!). Check this site out http://herzeleid.com/
It has really good translated lyrics for all rammstein songs. It helps appreciating the depth of darkness to which these guys descend to. who could have guessed that the cheerleader type song 'moskau' from this album actually compares the city to a whore who reveals her beauty only if you pay (-:
also learnt that rammstein got their name from the town Ramstein which is a US airforce base in (former) west germany. what caught the fancy of these morons from the former east: it was the site of a horrible airshow disaster involving the US airforce leading to 80 deaths. i should have guessed as much.
in other news: the pope has called gay marriage evil. isnt he the same guy who "declared" in the 90s that the earth does indeed appear to suck. wait a minute...they just said they were wrong to punish galileo, not that they are wrong. helped me decide which side of the fence i am in.
It has really good translated lyrics for all rammstein songs. It helps appreciating the depth of darkness to which these guys descend to. who could have guessed that the cheerleader type song 'moskau' from this album actually compares the city to a whore who reveals her beauty only if you pay (-:
also learnt that rammstein got their name from the town Ramstein which is a US airforce base in (former) west germany. what caught the fancy of these morons from the former east: it was the site of a horrible airshow disaster involving the US airforce leading to 80 deaths. i should have guessed as much.
in other news: the pope has called gay marriage evil. isnt he the same guy who "declared" in the 90s that the earth does indeed appear to suck. wait a minute...they just said they were wrong to punish galileo, not that they are wrong. helped me decide which side of the fence i am in.
Friday, February 18, 2005
a few links
1. Ever skipped a webpage just because they ask you to register? help's here. http://www.bugmenot.com/
2. thebreakthrough.org/images/ Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf This is a hardhitting article on today's environmentalism and how it misses the big issues and thus dooms itself.
3. http://www.econot.com/index.html Read "Death by environmentalism" and the author's manifesto. Do this if you want to know the arguments used against environmentalism. a good website written by someone who seems to have a brain (unlike those who want to keep to SUVs and just mouth off against environmentalism).
4. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1487741,00.html
News article about how some guys working at London's intl petroleum exchange used their fists on protestors from greenpeace (-: found it funny for some unknown reason.
1. Ever skipped a webpage just because they ask you to register? help's here. http://www.bugmenot.com/
2. thebreakthrough.org/images/ Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf This is a hardhitting article on today's environmentalism and how it misses the big issues and thus dooms itself.
3. http://www.econot.com/index.html Read "Death by environmentalism" and the author's manifesto. Do this if you want to know the arguments used against environmentalism. a good website written by someone who seems to have a brain (unlike those who want to keep to SUVs and just mouth off against environmentalism).
4. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1487741,00.html
News article about how some guys working at London's intl petroleum exchange used their fists on protestors from greenpeace (-: found it funny for some unknown reason.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
we talk
was in orlando for a conference. ASHRAE to be specific. stayed in a nice hotel inside Disney downtown on taxpayer money. sweet.
the conference was a multi-session one. meaning there are more than one session going on at the same time. so you pick and choose what you want to hear and attend. Talks that are about 15 minutes long summarizing years of work (-:
I got into this discussion with one other attendee (student) about the volume of research presented and who if anyone benefits from getting so many speakers together in one place. Its sad but true that most people speak/write/perform without anyone listening/reading/watching. Take this blog for example. Or any blog for that matter. What is the idea behind blogging. Something for me to read and remember 20/30/50 years from now? Or is it communication to people whom i know? I dont know. I do it cause its a good thing to do. Or so says the evil empire and its minions. There has to be a better way to communicate than one-sided speaking/writing. or is there? I dont know and i am dead tired. I go and dutifully hit the sack in 2 minutes.
the conference was a multi-session one. meaning there are more than one session going on at the same time. so you pick and choose what you want to hear and attend. Talks that are about 15 minutes long summarizing years of work (-:
I got into this discussion with one other attendee (student) about the volume of research presented and who if anyone benefits from getting so many speakers together in one place. Its sad but true that most people speak/write/perform without anyone listening/reading/watching. Take this blog for example. Or any blog for that matter. What is the idea behind blogging. Something for me to read and remember 20/30/50 years from now? Or is it communication to people whom i know? I dont know. I do it cause its a good thing to do. Or so says the evil empire and its minions. There has to be a better way to communicate than one-sided speaking/writing. or is there? I dont know and i am dead tired. I go and dutifully hit the sack in 2 minutes.
Friday, January 28, 2005
mounds of shit, exit polls, staff 2001
if the world is a freak show and we all are patrons, americans and those living here have the front seat. here is a chronicle of what american newspapers carried today morning
1. there is a 2000 ton pile of cowdung that is smoldering somewhere in the great middle of this country. its been smoking for a month or two and lots of fire stations have given up trying to tame this beast (or beast poop if you might). how does so much get in 1 place? there are these large feeding farms where cattlemen send their animals to fatten before you know what. so each of these farms produces 54 tons of shit each day. do the math. these guys need gobar gas plants big time.
2. here's a witty line carried by some offbeat newspaper. "Exit polls in Iraq are most likely to be invalid because the voters will be running too fast"
3. Cheney. Ya the one with a lesbian daughter. He attended the Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation anniversary. He managed to get controversial even there. He turned up dressed in something even a grad student wont wear on a date. He wears a parka (with his name embroidered on it of course) , hiking boots and a monkey cap with Staff 2001 printed on it. Everyone else was in formal suits and boots. I dont blame the bastard (-:
And finally, go to ifilm.com. The top rated video now is a clip from inaugration day Fox News. Some newscaster flips when here guest questions the correctness of having a lavish inaugration.
1. there is a 2000 ton pile of cowdung that is smoldering somewhere in the great middle of this country. its been smoking for a month or two and lots of fire stations have given up trying to tame this beast (or beast poop if you might). how does so much get in 1 place? there are these large feeding farms where cattlemen send their animals to fatten before you know what. so each of these farms produces 54 tons of shit each day. do the math. these guys need gobar gas plants big time.
2. here's a witty line carried by some offbeat newspaper. "Exit polls in Iraq are most likely to be invalid because the voters will be running too fast"
3. Cheney. Ya the one with a lesbian daughter. He attended the Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation anniversary. He managed to get controversial even there. He turned up dressed in something even a grad student wont wear on a date. He wears a parka (with his name embroidered on it of course) , hiking boots and a monkey cap with Staff 2001 printed on it. Everyone else was in formal suits and boots. I dont blame the bastard (-:
And finally, go to ifilm.com. The top rated video now is a clip from inaugration day Fox News. Some newscaster flips when here guest questions the correctness of having a lavish inaugration.
Monday, January 24, 2005
NY times article by William Safire
William Safire is one of the most celebrated op-ed columnist from New York Times. He wrote his last op-ed column(s) today. He will still continue writing his other column on language. I personally couldnt agree with most of his columns, but found his writing style tough to ignore. Anyways i am reproducing one article from January 11 of this year. According to NY Times, it drew more response than any other article ever written by a nytimes columnist. In case this is a copyright violation.......go f@&* yourself.
In the aftermath of a cataclysm, with pictures of parents sobbing over dead infants driven into human consciousness around the globe, faith-shaking questions arise: Where was God? What did these people do to deserve such suffering? After a similar natural disaster wiped out tens of thousands of lives in Lisbon, Portugal, in the 18th century, the philosopher Voltaire wrote "Candide," savagely satirizing optimists who still found comfort and hope in God. After last month's Indian Ocean tsunami, the same anguished questioning is in the minds of millions of religious believers. Turn to the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. It was written by a poet-priest some 2,500 years ago during what must have been a crisis of faith. The covenant with Abraham - worship the one God, and his people would be protected - didn't seem to be working. The good died young, the wicked prospered; where was the promised justice? The first point the Book of Job made was that suffering is not evidence of sin. When Job's friends said he must have done something awful to deserve such misery, the reader knows that is false. Job's suffering was a test of his faith: Even as he grew angry with God for being unjust, he never abandoned his belief. And did this righteous Gentile get furious: "Damn the day I was born!" Forget the so-called patience of Job; that legend is blown away by the shockingly irreverent biblical narrative. Job's famous expression of meek acceptance in the 1611 King James Version - "though he slay me, yet will I trust in him" - was a blatant misreading by nervous translators. Modern scholarship offers a much different translation: "He may slay me, I'll not quaver." The point of Job's gutsy defiance of God's injustice - right there in the Bible - is that it is not blasphemous to challenge the highest authority when it inflicts a moral wrong. (I titled a book on this "The First Dissident.") Indeed, Job's demand that his unseen adversary show up at a trial with a written indictment gets an unexpected reaction: In a thunderous theophany, God appears before the startled man with the longest and most beautifully poetic speech attributed directly to him in Scripture. Frankly, God's voice "out of the whirlwind" carries a message not all that satisfying to those wondering about moral mismanagement. Virginia Woolf wrote in her journal, "I read the Book of Job last night - I don't think God comes well out of it." The powerful voice demands of puny Man: "Where were you when I laid the Earth's foundations?" Summoning an image of the mythic sea-monster symbolizing Chaos, God asks, "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook?" The poet-priest's point, I think, is that God is occupied bringing light to darkness and imposing physical order on chaos, and he leaves his human creations free to work out moral justice on their own. Job's moral outrage caused God to appear, thereby demonstrating that the sufferer who believes is never alone. Job abruptly stops complaining, and - in a prosaic happy ending that strikes me as tacked on by other sages so as to get the troublesome book accepted in the Hebrew canon - he is rewarded. (Christianity promises to rectify earthly injustice in an afterlife.) Job's lessons for today: (1) Victims of this cataclysm in no way "deserved" a fate inflicted by the Leviathanic force of nature. (2) Questioning God's inscrutable ways has its exemplar in the Bible and need not undermine faith. (3) Humanity's obligation to ameliorate injustice on Earth is being expressed in a surge of generosity that refutes Voltaire's cynicism.
In the aftermath of a cataclysm, with pictures of parents sobbing over dead infants driven into human consciousness around the globe, faith-shaking questions arise: Where was God? What did these people do to deserve such suffering?
Thursday, January 20, 2005
india chronicles
spent the best part of the last 3 weeks at home in india. short but nice trip. i promised myself a few things. achieved them
1. kept away from the pc and internet for a whole week and better part of the other two.
2. shied away from arguing with my parents who think me visiting temples is the most important thing to save my soul (-: visited as many as 7 to 8 temples. liked most of them. temples in the south are much more beautiful and larger than the ones in maharashtra.
3. jogged in the morning quite a few times. found some nice spots around my parents home in chennai. RA puram area. did not go to the boat club area. maybe next time.
4. bought a few books from there. Edgar Poe and Terry Pratchet. Terry Pratchet is Douglas Adam reborn. some really witty jokes.
i reached 4 days after the tsunami struck. was apprehensive of what things looked like on the ground. the city of chennai hadnt been terribly struck. the destruction along the ECR (east coast road) which links chennai with cuddalore and beyond is more easily visible. by the time i reached, marina beach in chennai had been cleared, the sand almost relaid. one could see people on the beach. though not as many as before the disaster struck.
If you are like me, this event just reminded me of the inconsequence of humanity and also of its continued vanity. false pride in itself and in its beliefs. the only thing most grown men and women could do was to question how religion and our idea of god could have failed. or state how they have not failed and how the bible (replace with gita koran torah or whatever you fancy) provide answers to why suffering exists. i personally think that rationalizing the destruction caused by any disaster is the worst disservice that we can do to those departed. the best we can do is to listen to the earth and the waves. so that the next time we run and live to run another day.
1. kept away from the pc and internet for a whole week and better part of the other two.
2. shied away from arguing with my parents who think me visiting temples is the most important thing to save my soul (-: visited as many as 7 to 8 temples. liked most of them. temples in the south are much more beautiful and larger than the ones in maharashtra.
3. jogged in the morning quite a few times. found some nice spots around my parents home in chennai. RA puram area. did not go to the boat club area. maybe next time.
4. bought a few books from there. Edgar Poe and Terry Pratchet. Terry Pratchet is Douglas Adam reborn. some really witty jokes.
i reached 4 days after the tsunami struck. was apprehensive of what things looked like on the ground. the city of chennai hadnt been terribly struck. the destruction along the ECR (east coast road) which links chennai with cuddalore and beyond is more easily visible. by the time i reached, marina beach in chennai had been cleared, the sand almost relaid. one could see people on the beach. though not as many as before the disaster struck.
If you are like me, this event just reminded me of the inconsequence of humanity and also of its continued vanity. false pride in itself and in its beliefs. the only thing most grown men and women could do was to question how religion and our idea of god could have failed. or state how they have not failed and how the bible (replace with gita koran torah or whatever you fancy) provide answers to why suffering exists. i personally think that rationalizing the destruction caused by any disaster is the worst disservice that we can do to those departed. the best we can do is to listen to the earth and the waves. so that the next time we run and live to run another day.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
long time no post. i am in india right now. chennai to be precise. enjoying the southern sun. did some traveling down south in Tamil Nadu. Saw some really awesome temples including some around Trichy. Liked the one at Srirangam the best. Beautiful architecture and a really cool looking idol. The idol depicts Vishnu resting. Pretty similar to the Buddhas in Thailand.
dont feel like blogging much. if you like metal, check out today's article in newyork times about rammstein. nice article about what i think to be europe's nuttiest and hardest band. part of what is called the "new german hardness" (-: the german equivalent of the "new wave of british heavy metal". must accept the german version is much better sounding. if you are a metalhead that is.
dont feel like blogging much. if you like metal, check out today's article in newyork times about rammstein. nice article about what i think to be europe's nuttiest and hardest band. part of what is called the "new german hardness" (-: the german equivalent of the "new wave of british heavy metal". must accept the german version is much better sounding. if you are a metalhead that is.
Monday, December 20, 2004
intel
interesting article. apparently there was this young black dude who came up with the first circuit diagrams for the 4004 (to the uninitiated, this was the father of a computer on a chip or processor as we call it now). below is a link to an interview of his.
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14374.shtml
watched 2 more kurosawa movies as i promised myself. worth the time and the 5 dollars spent on rentals. watched sanjuro and hidden fortress. the first one is almost a sequel to yojimbo and is a non-subtle kurosawa. hidden fortress is almost an indian movie of the 60s. minus the songs. i recall watching at least 1 or 2 tamil movies with a similar storyline and feel to it.
a friend of mine in penn state told me something interesting. penn state has requested all its students to stop using IE and switch to firefox. the fox is after the microsoft sheep. so go get firefox.
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14374.shtml
watched 2 more kurosawa movies as i promised myself. worth the time and the 5 dollars spent on rentals. watched sanjuro and hidden fortress. the first one is almost a sequel to yojimbo and is a non-subtle kurosawa. hidden fortress is almost an indian movie of the 60s. minus the songs. i recall watching at least 1 or 2 tamil movies with a similar storyline and feel to it.
a friend of mine in penn state told me something interesting. penn state has requested all its students to stop using IE and switch to firefox. the fox is after the microsoft sheep. so go get firefox.
Friday, December 17, 2004
kurosawa
Saw "yojimbo" by akira kurosawa. AWESOME. if you have seen and liked seven samurai (Shichinin no samurai) then you will like this too. if you havent seen either, you are missing something.
This is a beautifully made western that spawned a whole genre known as the spaghetti western. though in black and white, this movie has some stunning cinematography. Some scenes have directly been used in hollywood movies, most notably fistful of dollars and the horribly made last man standing. another stunning thing about the movie is the lead actor. Toshiro Mifune. This guy truly rocks. he is the cockiest bastard to ever have donned greasepaint. everything from his stride to his swordsmanship and humor have an edge of arrogance. he makes clint eastwood and other assorted hollywood cowboys look like a kids. planning to watch at least 3 more kurosawas over the next week. hope i lay my hands on them.
This is a beautifully made western that spawned a whole genre known as the spaghetti western. though in black and white, this movie has some stunning cinematography. Some scenes have directly been used in hollywood movies, most notably fistful of dollars and the horribly made last man standing. another stunning thing about the movie is the lead actor. Toshiro Mifune. This guy truly rocks. he is the cockiest bastard to ever have donned greasepaint. everything from his stride to his swordsmanship and humor have an edge of arrogance. he makes clint eastwood and other assorted hollywood cowboys look like a kids. planning to watch at least 3 more kurosawas over the next week. hope i lay my hands on them.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
check this one out. you have to subscribe to new york times to read it. its free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/garden/16FRID.html
this world is fucking nuts. while the poles melt, we are freezing more in our refrigerators. suv sized refrigerators for suv sized people.
i bled two years (masters research) trying to increase the efficiency of supermarket cooling systems. got a 5 to 10 percent improvement over existing values. nice. what to do with the increased efficiency. build bigger (-: good thing i moved to other things with absolutely no real-life applications!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/garden/16FRID.html
this world is fucking nuts. while the poles melt, we are freezing more in our refrigerators. suv sized refrigerators for suv sized people.
i bled two years (masters research) trying to increase the efficiency of supermarket cooling systems. got a 5 to 10 percent improvement over existing values. nice. what to do with the increased efficiency. build bigger (-: good thing i moved to other things with absolutely no real-life applications!!!
Thursday, December 09, 2004
no blogs for a while. breaking this hiatus to write an obit for 2 people. pantera's lead guitarist darrell abbott aka dimebag. he was shot down yesterday night in a club. may his soul rock heaven and hell. wonder why the good musicians meet an early death?? today is exactly 24 years to the day john lennon died. the real crappy ones live on and on and torture us.
second: donald rumsfeld's brain. " you go to war with the army you have". clap clap clap. wonder why he wasnt kicked in the ass by some GI. anywayz...mr rummy....you go to war against the army they have.
second: donald rumsfeld's brain. " you go to war with the army you have". clap clap clap. wonder why he wasnt kicked in the ass by some GI. anywayz...mr rummy....you go to war against the army they have.
Monday, November 22, 2004
at last....something important
me and my laptop are now part of something very important.
http://user.tninet.se/~ecf599g/aardasnails/java/Monkey/webpages/
http://user.tninet.se/~ecf599g/aardasnails/java/Monkey/webpages/
Sunday, November 21, 2004
no rest for the wicked
try this ....
step 1:go to http://www.google.com.my/language_tools?hl=enstep
2:enter the following line into the translate textbox:
Sushmita's mom is nice and cool
3:translate from english to spanish.
step 4:copy the translated text, and translate it back from spanish to
english.
step 1:go to http://www.google.com.my/language_tools?hl=enstep
2:enter the following line into the translate textbox:
Sushmita's mom is nice and cool
3:translate from english to spanish.
step 4:copy the translated text, and translate it back from spanish to
english.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
siriusly kidding
Shock jock Howard Stern distributed free sirius satellite radio sets to crowds in New York while chanting "Death to the FCC". He's got a valid point when he says that commercial radio and by extension the media is too tightly controlled by the government. The government has no business dictating public morality. If the public wants to listen to an aging asshole mouthing off like a sailor, its their choice. if u do not want to ....change the fucking channel.
The media going satellite is like Dems going to Canada after Kerry lost. Solves your problem, but leaves the mainstream at the hands of those you regard to be fucktards. I have a very Orwellian view of this issue. Already there are two americas: fox news america and new york times america. the two meet only if you read the times while watching fox news. Satellite and the blog world will only make this worse. The likes of Wonkette and Stern make news with their blogs and satellite radio. They cater to one section of the population. There will be others catering to the pinkos, the red states etc etc(wonder how pinko is communist and red states are conservative....which fucking moron came up with the nomenclature?) .
according to me a country is not a geographical entity. its a land that shares a common past and works towards a common future. in other words, its a country that tunes into the same 60 channels to get its news and form its views. there is a serious danger that multiple parts of this country will document history differently and consequently work towards totally different futures. just like ptv (pakistan) and doordarshan (india) view the same issues from angles 180 degrees apart, we will have various segments of this country viewing things they want to. ptv and doordarshan belong to different countries. fox and nytimes dont. at least for now that is.
The media going satellite is like Dems going to Canada after Kerry lost. Solves your problem, but leaves the mainstream at the hands of those you regard to be fucktards. I have a very Orwellian view of this issue. Already there are two americas: fox news america and new york times america. the two meet only if you read the times while watching fox news. Satellite and the blog world will only make this worse. The likes of Wonkette and Stern make news with their blogs and satellite radio. They cater to one section of the population. There will be others catering to the pinkos, the red states etc etc(wonder how pinko is communist and red states are conservative....which fucking moron came up with the nomenclature?) .
according to me a country is not a geographical entity. its a land that shares a common past and works towards a common future. in other words, its a country that tunes into the same 60 channels to get its news and form its views. there is a serious danger that multiple parts of this country will document history differently and consequently work towards totally different futures. just like ptv (pakistan) and doordarshan (india) view the same issues from angles 180 degrees apart, we will have various segments of this country viewing things they want to. ptv and doordarshan belong to different countries. fox and nytimes dont. at least for now that is.
Friday, November 12, 2004
cant sleep? feeling overconfident about your "physic"al abilities? want to take vengeance on your right hemishphere? try this.
http://www.hep.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/
follow the links at the end of the page. the ones that work are interesting.
found that some of my college buddies are blogging. nari: dercosyst, rohan: appwiz, chinar: chinaclay all at blogspot. will have to to add links to their blogs.
http://www.hep.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/
follow the links at the end of the page. the ones that work are interesting.
found that some of my college buddies are blogging. nari: dercosyst, rohan: appwiz, chinar: chinaclay all at blogspot. will have to to add links to their blogs.
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