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BBC News - Could driverless cars own themselves?

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:18:30 +0100

BBC News - Could driverless cars own themselves?:

“We can program it to make a little bit of profit, so it’s got some money for a rainy day, but not excessive amounts. We can make it the most moral, socially minded capitalist possible.”

It was always my hope, in writing novels and stories which asked the question “What is reality?”, to...

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:02:55 +0200

It was always my hope, in writing novels and stories which asked the question “What is reality?”, to someday get an answer. This was the hope of most of my readers, too. Years passed. I wrote over thirty novels and over a hundred stories, and still I could not figure out what was real. One day a girl college student in Canada asked me to define reality for her, for a paper she was writing for her philosophy class. She wanted a one-sentence answer. I thought about it and finally said, “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” That’s all I could come up with. That was back in 1972. Since then I haven’t been able to define reality any more lucidly.

- Philip K. Dick

"“The smooth skinned are invariably choleric,” the Greek philosopher Pogonos wrote, “for the reason..."

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:42:37 +0200

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“The smooth skinned are invariably choleric,” the Greek philosopher Pogonos wrote, “for the reason that they have looked too long into their own reflection while barbering. Happier are the hairy.”

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- http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/never-mind-paxmans-beard-as-a-pogonophile-i-know-its-the-smooth-of-face-who-need-watching-8770854.html

MN: Which part made you seethe the most? NA: For me it was the focus on the salvation through the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:24:15 +0200

MN: Which part made you seethe the most?

NA: For me it was the focus on the salvation through the suffering on the cross. I knew from my Josephus that the Romans on occasion crucified 2,000 people in a single day and lined the roads to Jerusalem with them.

At which point, dude, nothing so very special happened to Jesus, nothing that would, like, redeem the whole human race through suffering. I mean if Jesus can redeem all those who believe in him by those few hours on the cross, how incredibly redeemed must the Jews be, given that tens of thousands of us went to the cross?

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Interview/The-Mind-of-a-Different-Era-Naomi-Alderman/ba-p/10465

thingx: Old Man Meme – create your own!

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:00:35 +0200

Download this to make your own! Upload with hashtag #thingx

thingx:

Old Man Meme – create your own!

"‘Hey, why don’t you write another Raylan short story?’” It must have been a surreal moment for..."

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:08:55 +0200

“‘Hey, why don’t you write another Raylan short story?’” It must have been a surreal moment for Leonard, his own character standing there telling him to write more about him.”

- http://www.salon.com/2013/01/08/elmore_leonard_rips_off_justified/

Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web - The Oatmeal

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:31:42 +0100

Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web - The Oatmeal

Ingenting Folken 15. desember from Stene Osmundsen on...

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:09:10 +0100

Ingenting Folken 15. desember from Stene Osmundsen on Vimeo.

Billetter folken.no

"What the fuck?! Who the Hell will ever need to use this asshole word? It made me angry to learn the..."

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:40:00 +0100

“What the fuck?! Who the Hell will ever need to use this asshole word? It made me angry to learn the definition when I googled it. I repeat, who the Hell would ever find this asshole word useful? Shame on you. I’m angry at you for inflicting this word on me.”

- The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

"When I hate something these days I find it liberating rather than disappointing because I like too..."

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:13:07 +0100

“When I hate something these days I find it liberating rather than disappointing because I like too much.”

- The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp | Dorian Lynskey | Comment is free | The Guardian

“Eye Of The Sparrow” — A Bad Lip Reading of the...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:51:24 +0200

“Eye Of The Sparrow” — A Bad Lip Reading of the First 2012 Presidential Debate (by BadLipReading)

"By the time you have the minimum set of people and skills required to run a generation ship..."

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:21:00 +0200

“By the time you have the minimum set of people and skills required to run a generation ship you’ve got something the size of Norway In Space: millions of people, tens of thousands of specialities, the infrastructure to educate new generations and repair or replicate essential equipment.”

- Kanskje vi skal ta sf-forfatter Charles Stross mer på ordet enn han egentlig mener: 100 år med r&d og olje-penger, så stikker vi, hele gjengen - How to Write a Killer Space Adventure Without Breaking the Speed of Light

Gotye masher opp alle versjonene av “Somebody I Used To...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:46:19 +0200

Gotye masher opp alle versjonene av “Somebody I Used To Know”, inspirert av geniale Kutiman (by gotyemusic)

“So many people are rubbing on their messy parts - it´s...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:50:16 +0200

“So many people are rubbing on their messy parts - it´s awful, awkward and germy!” (by BadLipReading)

Topp stemning på tur.

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:26:51 +0200

Topp stemning på tur.

Tengs-Pedersen. (Taken with Instagram)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:11:35 +0200

Tengs-Pedersen. (Taken with Instagram)

Arntzen. (Taken with Instagram)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:07:56 +0200

Arntzen. (Taken with Instagram)

Cassetteboy vs The News (by cassetteboy)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:38:24 +0200

Cassetteboy vs The News (by cassetteboy)

Ho ho: The Key Of Awesome - WOTE Parody - Somebody That I Used...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:38:12 +0200

Ho ho: The Key Of Awesome - WOTE Parody - Somebody That I Used To Know.flv (by duxoop8253)

Feist gjør det enkelt for kidsa: Sesame Street: Feist sings...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:26:35 +0200

Feist gjør det enkelt for kidsa: Sesame Street: Feist sings 1,2,3,4 (by SesameStreet)