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Comment on There are many weird theories about The Singularity, but this one is mine. by counterstr

counterstr — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:02:44 +0000

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Comment on what WePrime means to me by hackerfriendly

hackerfriendly — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:14:41 +0000

Do you find WePrime difficult? Try iPrime.

If you find a method for writing a sentence in iPrime (i.e. English without the implied or explicit use of the littlest word), I would be very grateful if you could send me a copy.

Comment on theosophical investigations by Rob Flickenger

Rob Flickenger — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:39:46 +0000

You, a witch? As an instigator-in-Universe, I think you more than qualify.

“The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill.” –Robert Anton Wilson

Local terms always vary. Sub shaman/witch/hacker/whateva. The point is you’re jumping into a complex system to make change in the direction you would like to see things go.

In the same vein, I’ve always liked Bucky Fuller’s insistence on Universe as verb (not “the universe” as noun). Sub God/Allah/Universe/WSOGMM as required by local convention… A verb still fits the model better than any noun.

Comment on There are many weird theories about The Singularity, but this one is mine. by rebalancing technology » skewed distribution

rebalancing technology » skewed distribution — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:23:26 +0000

[...] I think i still hold to my weird theory about the singularity: i don’t think we see a big shift, a kind of “Boom!”, everywhere at once, but a series of supercessing waves, each building on the last. I don’t think there is a need for a totalising narrative; shared stories differ in every place. [...]

Comment on co-operating systems by rebalancing technology » reflections on systems and subjects

rebalancing technology » reflections on systems and subjects — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:29:29 +0000

[...] KS offered a viable redemption of the word system, which i was starting to think just couldn’t be re-used, carrying too many implications within itself of one part of a system being governed and subsumed by another. K said: the “operating system” is a system for operating the computer so you don’t need a computer operator. in that sense, “system” doesn’t imply subordination-to-other, just complex aggregation, as in general systems theory. it denotes routinization, systematization; what deming called “a process”. which is something that a person can do with no interaction with anybody else. [...]

Comment on advaita, or so i am told by cholmes

cholmes — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:12:33 +0000

‘Your smallest action improved the life and effort of someone who’s working really hard at being committed to this.’

I think I’d like to make this a footer on my emails, or on the front page of the documentation for GeoServer. It wonderfully distils what I try to communicate to people about open source, but needs to be not even just front and center, but imbedded in all communications, so that it pops up at people even when they’re just blindly installing and using some great software. Indeed I think the hallmark of the great open source project leaders may be that they manage to truly get across this sentiment in every action they perform. I’d be shocked if there wasn’t someone devoted to this at Ubuntu.