Comments for Black Arts Diary http://www.gormagon.org A grimoire of the lucid, lame and ridiculous, mostly passing memes that catch my fancy. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Premarital Sex, Your Right To Rut by TheScott http://www.gormagon.org/2005/06/10/premarital-sex-your-right-to-rut/comment-page-1/#comment-2685 TheScott Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:48:05 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/?p=1146#comment-2685 That site is a shill for Focus on the Family to promote their political agenda of Abstinence Only Education. They must have spent a fortune to get that site to appear at the top of Google searches for "premarital sex" and "sexual purity". Those interested in knowing the stuff in the Bible about premarital sex that Focus on the Family won't tell you can go to my site. It's http://www.NotAnotherGeneration.com. I debunk the whole sexual purity junk those kind of people tell you. That site is a shill for Focus on the Family to promote their political agenda of Abstinence Only Education. They must have spent a fortune to get that site to appear at the top of Google searches for “premarital sex” and “sexual purity”. Those interested in knowing the stuff in the Bible about premarital sex that Focus on the Family won’t tell you can go to my site. It’s http://www.NotAnotherGeneration.com. I debunk the whole sexual purity junk those kind of people tell you.

]]> Comment on Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart, BBC Version by Anton Raath http://www.gormagon.org/2008/10/30/joy-divisions-love-will-tear-us-apart-bbc-version/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 Anton Raath Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:24:38 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/?p=1421#comment-2680 Wow, not a bad live performance to have seen! Unfortunately, not a band I was likely to hear on the radio in South Africa in the late 70s, let alone see perform live. The horrors we had to endure before YouTube! Wow, not a bad live performance to have seen! Unfortunately, not a band I was likely to hear on the radio in South Africa in the late 70s, let alone see perform live. The horrors we had to endure before YouTube!

]]> Comment on Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart, BBC Version by Ted http://www.gormagon.org/2008/10/30/joy-divisions-love-will-tear-us-apart-bbc-version/comment-page-1/#comment-2679 Ted Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:10:09 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/?p=1421#comment-2679 You like Joy Division, Anton? Then I can brag that I saw them live one afternoon in Liverpool many years ago. I was about 17 and I found Ian Curtis pretty disturbing. I distinctly remember climbing the stairs out of the cellar club afterwards and blinking in the sunlight, still freaked out by his epileptic dancing. What got me was that voice, the nylon shirt and the quivering cheeks. So uncool he was beyond cool, though neither he nor we really understood it at the time. Your neighbour in Heverlee. You like Joy Division, Anton? Then I can brag that I saw them live one afternoon in Liverpool many years ago. I was about 17 and I found Ian Curtis pretty disturbing. I distinctly remember climbing the stairs out of the cellar club afterwards and blinking in the sunlight, still freaked out by his epileptic dancing. What got me was that voice, the nylon shirt and the quivering cheeks. So uncool he was beyond cool, though neither he nor we really understood it at the time.

Your neighbour in Heverlee.

]]> Comment on Rushdie: “Defend the right to be offended” by Enlightenment In Danger? at Black Arts Diary http://www.gormagon.org/2007/04/16/rushdie-defend-the-right-to-be-offended/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Enlightenment In Danger? at Black Arts Diary Tue, 06 May 2008 09:28:34 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/04/16/rushdie-defend-the-right-to-be-offended/#comment-2504 [...] extremism is essential if we are to preserve a culture of open debate in Europe. In the words of Salman Rushdie: “Democracy is not a tea party where people sit around making polite [...] [...] extremism is essential if we are to preserve a culture of open debate in Europe. In the words of Salman Rushdie: “Democracy is not a tea party where people sit around making polite [...]

]]> Comment on Large Numbers Are Funny. That’s Why. by Anton Raath http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/20/large-numbers-are-funny-thats-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Anton Raath Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:00:46 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/20/large-numbers-are-funny-thats-why/#comment-1459 Sorry about that, it definitely was meant tongue in cheek. I Googled your name immediately after reading the article, and the Berkeley PhD sold it! I really didn't know the Citadel, but several of my engineering friends have subsequently e-mailed me to tell me what a dunce I am. It's a pity Nature doesn't link directly to arXiv.org papers, although I guess they prefer keeping their readership closer to home. I did mean what I said about it being an enjoyable read, and there's a lot of food for thought for mortals like me in there. Although I do expect non-random coincidences in any sufficiently large data set, the possible correlation for calculating the amount of dark matter in the universe does appear to rule out randomness. And if we expect the universe to support a concept of "building blocks", regardless of what they might be, a pattern should not be surprising at all. And large numbers really are funny, aren't they, in both the senses of "humorous" and "curious"? Sorry about that, it definitely was meant tongue in cheek. I Googled your name immediately after reading the article, and the Berkeley PhD sold it! I really didn’t know the Citadel, but several of my engineering friends have subsequently e-mailed me to tell me what a dunce I am. It’s a pity Nature doesn’t link directly to arXiv.org papers, although I guess they prefer keeping their readership closer to home.

I did mean what I said about it being an enjoyable read, and there’s a lot of food for thought for mortals like me in there. Although I do expect non-random coincidences in any sufficiently large data set, the possible correlation for calculating the amount of dark matter in the universe does appear to rule out randomness. And if we expect the universe to support a concept of “building blocks”, regardless of what they might be, a pattern should not be surprising at all.

And large numbers really are funny, aren’t they, in both the senses of “humorous” and “curious”?

]]> Comment on Large Numbers Are Funny. That’s Why. by Scott Funkhouser http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/20/large-numbers-are-funny-thats-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Scott Funkhouser Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:54:08 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/20/large-numbers-are-funny-thats-why/#comment-1458 I was amused to find your discussion of the review of my article in Nature. I am a real PhD scientist (PhD Berkeley, MS Yale, BS UVirginia), and the Citadel, where I am a professor, is an excellent school. Judging from your comments you might benefit from reading the actual published paper which is freely available at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611115 The coincidences I address are definitely real and not some post-ipso-facto trickery. The important point is that the the double coincidence I identify might explain how much dark matter there is in the Universe. Regards, Scott Funkhouser I was amused to find your discussion of the review of my article in Nature. I am a real PhD scientist (PhD Berkeley, MS Yale, BS UVirginia), and the Citadel, where I am a professor, is an excellent school. Judging from your comments you might benefit from reading the actual published paper which is freely available at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611115
The coincidences I address are definitely real and not some post-ipso-facto trickery. The important point is that the the double coincidence I identify might explain how much dark matter there is in the Universe.
Regards,
Scott Funkhouser

]]> Comment on The Manga Bible by Rethea http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/11/the-manga-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Rethea Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:51:11 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2008/02/11/the-manga-bible/#comment-1028 What gets me is that they start the kiddies on it so young. OK so the kiddies' Bible stories are a bit sanitised, but it's still full of murder and random torture (poor Job, Abraham - was it? - being told to sacrfice his son, etc.). What gets me is that they start the kiddies on it so young. OK so the kiddies’ Bible stories are a bit sanitised, but it’s still full of murder and random torture (poor Job, Abraham – was it? – being told to sacrfice his son, etc.).

]]> Comment on John McCain, Liberal Hawk Darling No More? by Anton Raath http://www.gormagon.org/2007/02/23/john-mccain-liberal-hawk-darling-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Anton Raath Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:55:53 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/02/23/john-mccain-liberal-hawk-darling-no-more/#comment-1023 Well journeyman, apparently only "individuals with sudo-intelligence" [sic] are fully qualified to comment on intelligent design. You do the math. Well journeyman, apparently only “individuals with sudo-intelligence” [sic] are fully qualified to comment on intelligent design. You do the math.

]]> Comment on John McCain, Liberal Hawk Darling No More? by journeyman http://www.gormagon.org/2007/02/23/john-mccain-liberal-hawk-darling-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-781 journeyman Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:27:06 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/02/23/john-mccain-liberal-hawk-darling-no-more/#comment-781 Once again individuals with sudo-intelligence…comment on intelligent design. True science not only doesn’t prejudice itself against any answer where it does not a provable alternative…..but falls into the same category as those that persecuted Copernicus. Evolution does not fall under the scientific method of observation, recording those observations and reproducible experiments. Other matters of theoretical physics (that of creating mathematical theoretical models…with unknown numbers of variables and undefined characteristics) are at best…good science fiction, which in time may or may not become a provable fact. Many items that were science fiction…are now seen in daily life. Both the scientists, whether those that believe in intelligent design and those who believe in an evolutionary model, see the same things and are often expecting the same things. They just interpret what they see from two different viewpoints. They expect everything to have started from an initial point in space. The creationist would say that point was where God spoke all things into existence. The Evolutionist will say, “Where did God come from”? The evolutionist will say, that is the point was where all this matter and energy…enough to fill our known universe with galaxies and countless stars, nebulas, black holes…exploded in a “big-bang”. The creationist will reply, “Where did all that matter and energy come from”? The evolutionist will not have an answer…the creationist will. Creationists expect to see similarities in all life, as the have the same designer and were created to survive under the same basic environment…gravity, atmosphere, carbon-based, temperatures (all within our closed ecosystem). Evolutionists expect to see similarity but due to common evolutionary ancestry. At this point logic is thrown to the wind. When I see a automobile, I expect there to be a manufacturer. A tent, a tent maker. A birthday cake, a baker. Etc.etc. But to think that from non-organic elements, not only organic molecules formed…but, life….. thought…… intelligence….. sentience…came into being by random chance… is not logic or science but it is a fairy tale for adults. This is the same reason evolutionists do not like to debate creationists because they are having to constantly redefine both universal constants as well as their theories in an attempt to fill in the obvious flaws. If they believe enough in their theories, then teach that there are a number of theories to our origins. Show the evidence and let them use deductive reasoning. The next step with some evolutionists censorship under the guise of “science” will be book burning. Once again individuals with sudo-intelligence…comment on intelligent design. True science not only doesn’t prejudice itself against any answer where it does not a provable alternative…..but falls into the same category as those that persecuted Copernicus. Evolution does not fall under the scientific method of observation, recording those observations and reproducible experiments. Other matters of theoretical physics (that of creating mathematical theoretical models…with unknown numbers of variables and undefined characteristics) are at best…good science fiction, which in time may or may not become a provable fact. Many items that were science fiction…are now seen in daily life. Both the scientists, whether those that believe in intelligent design and those who believe in an evolutionary model, see the same things and are often expecting the same things. They just interpret what they see from two different viewpoints. They expect everything to have started from an initial point in space. The creationist would say that point was where God spoke all things into existence. The Evolutionist will say, “Where did God come from”? The evolutionist will say, that is the point was where all this matter and energy…enough to fill our known universe with galaxies and countless stars, nebulas, black holes…exploded in a “big-bang”. The creationist will reply, “Where did all that matter and energy come from”? The evolutionist will not have an answer…the creationist will. Creationists expect to see similarities in all life, as the have the same designer and were created to survive under the same basic environment…gravity, atmosphere, carbon-based, temperatures (all within our closed ecosystem). Evolutionists expect to see similarity but due to common evolutionary ancestry. At this point logic is thrown to the wind. When I see a automobile, I expect there to be a manufacturer. A tent, a tent maker. A birthday cake, a baker. Etc.etc. But to think that from non-organic elements, not only organic molecules formed…but, life….. thought…… intelligence….. sentience…came into being by random chance… is not logic or science but it is a fairy tale for adults. This is the same reason evolutionists do not like to debate creationists because they are having to constantly redefine both universal constants as well as their theories in an attempt to fill in the obvious flaws. If they believe enough in their theories, then teach that there are a number of theories to our origins. Show the evidence and let them use deductive reasoning. The next step with some evolutionists censorship under the guise of “science” will be book burning.

]]> Comment on Trent Reznor on Music Industry Crooks by Niggy Tardust and the Freeloaders from Mars at Black Arts Diary http://www.gormagon.org/2007/05/23/trent-reznor-on-music-industry-crooks/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Niggy Tardust and the Freeloaders from Mars at Black Arts Diary Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:01:03 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/05/23/trent-reznor-on-music-industry-crooks/#comment-741 [...] the pleasure of tweaking the tails of the record industry lions Reznor dislikes so much, surely that must be worth a dollar or [...] [...] the pleasure of tweaking the tails of the record industry lions Reznor dislikes so much, surely that must be worth a dollar or [...]

]]> Comment on Knuts To Nuremberg by Ted http://www.gormagon.org/2008/01/08/knuts-to-nuremberg/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Ted Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:10:06 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2008/01/08/knuts-to-nuremberg/#comment-738 I had the same reaction. Zookeepers talking about letting nature take its course. Nothing ironic about that, then... I had the same reaction. Zookeepers talking about letting nature take its course. Nothing ironic about that, then…

]]> Comment on Smarter Than Pong by Christophe http://www.gormagon.org/2007/03/27/smarter-than-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Christophe Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:22:28 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/03/27/smarter-than-pong/#comment-178 Really smart people play lifesize games like these people do. See them play connect 4 on their blog http://4maxblue.wordpress.com Cool movie btw Really smart people play lifesize games like these people do. See them play connect 4 on their blog http://4maxblue.wordpress.com

Cool movie btw

]]> Comment on Smarter Than Pong by Daniel Pennant http://www.gormagon.org/2007/03/27/smarter-than-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Daniel Pennant Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:47:46 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/2007/03/27/smarter-than-pong/#comment-57 Everyone can play games in the past .But in the future, maybe only smart people will play games. I belive Ryuta Kawashima might become the father of the smartest gaming generation ,too. http://fashion.abetterai.com/?p=15 Everyone can play games in the past .But in the future, maybe only smart people will play games. I belive Ryuta Kawashima might become the father of the smartest gaming generation ,too.

http://fashion.abetterai.com/?p=15

]]> Comment on The Iraqi Holocaust by Gracchi http://www.gormagon.org/2006/10/13/the-iraqi-holocaust/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Gracchi Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:10:25 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/?p=1276#comment-24 Yes but it isn't a holocaust. You are perfectly right and I'm sorry to quibble but a holocaust was the intended deaths of 6 million people in camps- what has happened in Iraq was not intended. Lets put it like this if the holocaust was the murder of 6 million, then Bush has carried out the negligent manslaughter of 600000 still bad but not as bad. Yes but it isn’t a holocaust. You are perfectly right and I’m sorry to quibble but a holocaust was the intended deaths of 6 million people in camps- what has happened in Iraq was not intended. Lets put it like this if the holocaust was the murder of 6 million, then Bush has carried out the negligent manslaughter of 600000 still bad but not as bad.

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday, Intarweb by Nari Kannan http://www.gormagon.org/2006/08/06/happy-birthday-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Nari Kannan Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:46:48 +0000 http://www.gormagon.org/?p=1257#comment-23 Glad to have started something almost 15 years ago!!!! :-) Nari Glad to have started something almost 15 years ago!!!! :-)

Nari

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