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Saturday, March 22, 2003

The Meme Machine
"The problem you have is believing that things can just happen without some form of direct and conscious motivational force making them happen. In your version of the universe and reality everything happens because of an act of will, however indirectly. This view is very common among humanity as a whole. It is a bias that is built into our brains, it has survival value. It is also wrong."
posted at 8:38 PM

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Richard Dawkins
"Osama bin Laden, in his wildest dreams, could hardly have hoped for this. A mere 18 months after he boosted the US to a peak of worldwide sympathy unprecedented since Pearl Harbor, that international goodwill has been squandered to near zero. Bin Laden must be beside himself with glee. And the infidels are now walking right into the Iraq trap."
posted at 2:21 PM

Friday, March 21, 2003

Wired 11.04: The Bacteria Whisperer
"New research suggests, however, that microbial life is much richer: highly social, intricately networked, and teeming with interactions. Bassler and other researchers have determined that bacteria communicate using molecules comparable to pheromones. By tapping into this cell-to-cell network, microbes are able to collectively track changes in their environment, conspire with their own species, build mutually beneficial alliances with other types of bacteria, gain advantages over competitors, and communicate with their hosts - the sort of collective strategizing typically ascribed to bees, ants, and people, not to bacteria."
posted at 1:28 PM

Thursday, March 20, 2003

For several of the past mumble years we've been together, my husband Phil and I have gone to Ocean City, Maryland, for a little bit of an unwind. About five or six years ago we thought we'd include a very short side trip.

Recently the side trip has changed a little. Oh, we go to the same place, but it's different.

First off, there's a new sign:

WARNING NO TRESPASSING NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

WARNING NO TRESPASSING NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

A little forbidding, isn't it? And what's that other sign in the background say?

Warning this area is under surveillance by security cameras

And notice there's another warning cleverly hidden under THAT warning -- "No Parking, violators will be towed." There's more, maybe something about being shot as well.

Gosh, what could it possibly be?

Well, it was the Wye Oak, the oldest and hugest Oak tree in Maryland and site of something historic I'm sure.
Unfortunately, the Wye Oak was downed by high winds and got trucked away.
That doesn't keep us from visiting. Here are some more pictures:

The Wye Stump, which is the remains of the Wye Oak.

Phil at the Wye Stump

Phil at the Stump.

The Wye Stump

JoAnne at the Stump.
posted at 8:55 PM

Edmonton Journal - Story - canada.com network
"Suddenly, the fish started to speak in a language Nivelo didn't recognize. Terrified, he ran and got his boss, Zalmen Rosen, a Hasidic Jew. And as he came to see what all the fuss was about, he heard the fish shouting -- in Hebrew."
posted at 2:15 PM

Another from my friend Deborah:
"a typo leaves me with a great term for a very small collection of animals: a meagerie."
posted at 10:33 AM

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Crass, crass, crass, but sorta funny anyway:
What time is it?
posted at 10:38 PM

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