http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss tomem@mac.com © Thomas E Moore Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:36:20 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:39:38 -0400 iBlog 1.4.5 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E20050814185855/index.html "I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, that myth is more potent than history, that dreams are more powerful than facts, that hope always triumphs over experience, that laughter is the only cure for grief, that love is stronger than death."  ]]> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:58:55 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E20050814185855/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E430007663/index.html Just as it has begun to achieve its final goal to be the first human artifact to leave the solar system and enter interstellar space, Voyager, along with several other operating NASA missions, has been budgeted for termination of operations next year.  ]]> Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:06:29 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E430007663/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E1231094043/index.html As digital technology begins to approach the information density of DNA, individuals will record their entire lifetime experience and pass that down to their descendants, along with their written interpretations of it and their learned lessons.  ]]> Sat, 04 Jun 2005 09:40:43 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E1231094043/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E481236584/index.html Coon posed the entirety of human history as cultural evolution, with expansion of "us", and corresponding reduction of "them", beginning with the individual and nuclear family, gradually extending to the tribe, the neighborhood, the parish, the city, the feifdom, the state, and the nation.  ]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:01:36 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E481236584/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1396972326/E1329891824/index.html On the other hand, a "free will" advocate might take an interest in understanding and prediction, and would seek to anticipate the future and solve potential problems before they occur, rather than simply reacting to the past.  ]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:46:32 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1396972326/E1329891824/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E1825295186/index.html “This planet needs our shovels’ bite And treadmarks in the dust To tell if life and hematite Pervade its arid crust.”  ]]> Sat, 01 Jan 2005 10:29:32 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E1825295186/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E2021795739/index.html It's reminiscent of the Susan Sontag obituaries, with reference to her book, "Illness as Metaphor", where she argued that sickness (like disaster) is simply a fact of life and in no way a divine judgment of the sufferer.  ]]> Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:54:02 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E2021795739/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E1502909179/index.html If one makes a sound wave out of a string of random numbers, it sounds like hiss or "white noise", a reference to a flat spectrum with a mix of all sound frequencies.  ]]> Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:45:16 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E1502909179/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E1879691115/index.html Helium, hydrogen, the mountains and seas, The chicken, the egg, the birds and the bees, Yesterday's newspaper, tomorrow's burnt toast, Protons and neutrons, your grandma's pork roast.  ]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:36:46 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E1879691115/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E24549772/index.html The dose was high enough that astronauts exposed on the surface of the moon were severely incapacitated and unable to successfully return to the command module, which then was forced to return home without them.  ]]> Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:35:09 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E24549772/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E2133037873/index.html This category will include much of astrophysics, much of Earth Science, extraneous aspects of Solar System Exploration, and the quest for an understanding of our origins, evolution over the life of the Sun, and our destiny.  ]]> Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:29:44 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E2133037873/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E467820457/index.html Ten things Democrats and Republicans can do to cooperate:
  ]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:53:14 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E467820457/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E1221835123/index.html Note: the full text is: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."  ]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:36:58 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E1221835123/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E14112532/index.html Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a “we can’t find Bin Laden” diversion.  ]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:21:18 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C473822093/E14112532/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E184439812/index.html Since we do not allow individual discretion in judgment calls involving life trades, there appears no ethical basis for granting individual rights to lethal weapons, unless on a controlled basis, for hunting or other unusual self-defensive reasons.  ]]> Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:05:37 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C2137004018/E184439812/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E928333377/index.html When unethical behavior on the part of some agent threatens the life, health, or welfare of living things, ostensibly unethical behavior necessary to prevent this shall become ethical to the degree that it prevents more harm to living things than it requires.  ]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:45:27 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/tomem/iblog/C1419340395/E928333377/index.html