The gist of Professor Greg Benford's talk at the Patrick Henry Democratic Club in the OC this May of '06 was virtually orthogonal to what he said at the Orange County Science Fiction Club's meeting about a year ago. At that meeting, he gave us the full-scope analysis/overview of the problem, with the Power Point slides, etc., and it didn't sound hopeful at all, with
Yeah, sure, I know that Demos are supposed to be a buncha wimpy Republican wannabees. However, with this group - you might be really SURPRISED! Members of the Patrick Henry group include a lot of the major Green Party people and other local activists, mostly KPFK fans. This time, they are going to have a real star performer on tap. Greg Benford is both a noted physic
Recently posted to the KPFKchat.org newsgroup: We are about to be bombarded with pros and cons in this debate over the big union money grab. I mean, of course, the (California) state-funded pre-school initiative. See my previous posts on this issue at KPFKchat.org for details. Bottom line is that it represents the culmination of decades of sinister plotting b
Update: April 23rd... Wow! Has it been that long? No, I didn't break my foot, altho it hurt like it for a while. As to the ongoing ALH&Co. case, I filed my motion in response to the Receiver's motion to make me and a lot of other people "partners" in ALH&Co. after the fact. I realize that the Receiver was simply trying to satisfy the IRS, and the IRS filed the
Just started Korten's book, "When Corporations Rule the World," 2nd Edition, having bought it at the local meeting of the Patrick Henry club - young Democrats, which featured Mark Tabbert ([email protected]) doing a PowerPoint presentation on the subject of the corporation - the artificial person. So far the book appears to be totally on target, although I hav
There are both cultural and likely biological reasons, some of which you doubtless know, but (I hate to break it to you) knowing doesn't necessarily help. Biologically, intelligence can mask other undesirable traits. You might be nearsighted - before corrective technology - but very bright, and have figured out ways around the problem, adjusted your lifestyle, etc., so that you are high up on the tribal totem pole in terms of actual well-bein
I was a member of LAAUG as well, for several years. Most of my experience with LAAUG was good. However, one of the LAAUG presidents - don't recall his name, but an Asian guy purchased an Amiga 500 from me and his check bounced - more than once. Then I and a witness travelled to meet him - 90 miles round trip - to collect the money, and he paid me a $10 bonus to cover my trouble.... which didn't even cover the bank charges for handling the bad check.
Something I've been thinking about off and on since the early '80's when I predicted the emergence of huge multi-user virtual environments... I've been trying to get the local Ballys to buy some of the new VR bicycles. I used them in the early '90's at a spa that had four of them as an experiment, and even with the crude graphics of then, they were still a B
This is going to be an interesting blog - for me, anyway. Usually, I start out knowing pretty much what I intend to say and then it keeps morphing into the blog that ate Cleveland. Becuz I know SO MUCH STUFF! (Aren't you glad?) This time, however, I'm writing to find an answer, as in the classic psychotherapist trick, "Well, if you were able
Anarchists in general have not always been consistent on this issue of "crime" and "punishment." I, however, am. The snapshot of "anarchist justice" that I am about to provide was innovated and refined originally in the late '60's by various individuals involved in the "agorist," anarcho-capitalist, or libertarian movements, most especially Linda and Morris Tannehill,
Actually, it was not all THAT bad. I got to watch some cool Japanese anime, eat a lot of munchies, get into a few minor discussions that almost managed to go somewhere, and one of the Panel discussions did actually turn me on to some information that may easily be worth the whole weekend's investment. So? Why am I bitching? I expected MORE! I've been go
A recent story in the Orange County Register indicated that for around $5,000, you can convert a gas car to total electric. The article mentioned a local woman who plugs her total electric in every night and drives a fair distance commute every day and the electric bill is only $2 per day. Of course, even with gas prices what they are and are likely to be next year
10/06/05 Crunch time on the impending surgery. How to get to this library? 55 bus? Ballys? O'well. Should all work out... ;) Goals for the weekend: Clear out bike space in H. Find St. tax info and complete. Get all cleaning done. 10/03/05 So, last night and this great dream about a woman who I've only met or seen a couple of
For a more complete discussion of the Anthony Hargis story, see my previous article I recently received a letter from the Justice Dept. informing me that no one had shown up to represent Anthony Hargis & Company at the most recent hearing and so the Judge had decided to decide the issues himse
See a previous discussion: Now it seems that a lot of people who otherwise qualified for assistance from FEMA in the Katrina disaster cannot get it, or have already lost their chance, simply because they weren't using Windose and IE6. I heard a long interview on NPR with a wo
See my article at "http://philosborn.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=26396" for the explanation of this. As I've discussed elsewhere at length for a couple of decades now, while most men and women fit in a general median area, in which various aspects of intelligence overlap and mix in all kinds of interesting ways, the facts are that: 1> For most major categories of intelligence, the median for men vs. women is skewed, as with men having better
Citation below from: “The National Institute of Justice estimates that rape and other sexual assaults of adults cause an annual minimum loss of 127 billion dollars, or about $508 per U.S. resident. This includes tangible losses such as initial police response, medical care, mental health
I heard on recently on NPR an interesting discussion about a major split allegedly taking place among Greens and other environmentalists on the issue of nuclear power. It seems that a lot of the former rabidly anti-nuke types are now starting to realize that nukes may offer a way out of global warming, which could kill us all as well, along with the majority of other
OS/2 was very similar in look and feel to Amiga OS, and had much of the same functionality, which is why many of the Amiga developers moved to the OS/2 market. When the Amiga came out in '85, it also had the potential of taking over the market, as it was about ten years ahead of anything MicroSoft or Intel had to offer. But the people running Commodore were more interested in bouncing the stock prices and taking advantage of insider info to milk each
OS/2 was very similar in look and feel to Amiga OS, and had much of the same functionality, which is why many of the Amiga developers moved to the OS/2 market. When the Amiga came out in '85, it also had the potential of taking over the market, as it was about ten years ahead of anything MicroSoft or Intel had to offer. But the people running Commodore were more interested in bouncing the stock prices and taking advantage of insider info to milk each
Ok, so we've got this information packet called a virus. It inserts itself into the DNA of a cell and uses the cellular machinery to make lots and lots of copies of itself. But, suppose there already is another virus in the cell, doing the same. Things can get confused real easily, which is apparently how these new flu strains move from duck to pig to h
From here in the very center of the OC - Santa Ana, the youngest big city in the U.S., also the most Hispanic, also one of the poorest and with the worst educational record in the OC, the worst business climate (due to the elite running city hall) and a long-standing rep for thugish cops. Some of the kids are starting to wake up. A few months back, they deci
Please note that this article has no official endorsement or fiduciary connection to Ballys Incorporated. This is a consumer reaction to events and apparent policies which appear to the writer to be offensive. Well, it almost isn't worth it any more anyway, as my lifetime gold membership is nearly up to the rate I can get a monthly membership for at any nu
Update: 04/12/05 Well. Done at last! Almost, anyway. The room that I thought I had nailed down to rent while I reorganized all my stuff disappeared when the owner had her sister run a credit check and discovered that I had no credit history prior to 1999. Of course not! I paid cash or check or money order and only finally broke down and got a credit c
I just noticed earlier this week that my hair - previously merely thinning - is now starting to turn noticably grey. Not a happy moment. For years I have watched as much younger guys turned, and felt a certain satisfaction that all the mega-supplements on which I've spent so many thousands of dollars were doing their job and protecting me. Another illusion falls.<B
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