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It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I hope that no one will claim to know the final answers; no good comes from prophets. But even when acknowledging our falibility, we must nevertheless continue to think about these matters and give the advice to others that intellect and conscience dictate. And let God be our judge, as our grandparents used to say. - Sakharov
Baka ni tsukeru kusuriwa nai (There's no medicine to cure stupidity) - an old Japanese Proverb
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Thursday, 28 July 2005 |
So I was just browsing Slashdot, and they had this article
about how some Japanese company has made the most life-like female
robot... after looking at the article, I knew this topic would have
tons of good commentary responses... I found a hilarious gem modded up in
response to:
Can't judge hotness wearing a fugly salmon colored jacket. Where's
the fake tits? Which begs a philosophical question.... if a robot were
to have breast implants...
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Wednesday, 27 July 2005 |
This race took place about 2 months ago and was a complete disaster for
me... I didn't have this site up yet, but I figured it would be nice to
have this report here for posterity on my personal site as well.
My race team (Prima Racing)
has its own site which I also maintain. Most of the stories are
headed by Andrie, but I also add my own comentary on some of
them. For notable events, I'll probably either create a short
blurb pointing to my other site.
There will be a big NASA West Coast cross-over event at Infineon Raceway
on August 6-7, I'm also planning to do full race car shake-down and
testing on the 5th with Trackmasters Racing Club as well. Anyway,
read last race report by clicking on the story title... enjoy the story
of how raceaflais finally catches up to me.
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Friday, 22 July 2005 |
Honda just announced that they will be working on a V10 motor for use
in the next NSX and hopes to have it available in 3-4 years. I'm
not sure if I can trust what Honda says anymore, especially after they
apparently scrapped the HSC project which I thought was going to be the
next NSX. Being an NSX owner is great, but having to defend the
merits of it to the public has always been annoying... Its been pretty
frustrating that Honda hasn't done anything to improve the car or its
brand image. Enthusiasts know about Honda's commitment to
motorsports and their drive for highest possible automotive technology,
but
most people just consider Honda building econoboxes and lawn mowers
these days. The V10 NSX would be a welcome image upgrade to
the
will be almost 20 year old car and technology. I hope
they market the car correctly and have incremental changes to the car
over the following years of its release. They should even
consider releasing multiple model styles
for the non-hardcore N. American "enthusiasts"... such as targa and
spider top and also type-r model for track enthusiasts with harder
suspension and additional weight reduction. In any case, it'll be
intersting what Honda has up its sleeves.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 |
PBad came up with a brilliant idea a few weeks ago... sitting around
after work in Union Square plaza sipping beers on
fridays after work. The thing that we found out is that its the
prime location for bird watching. There are so many beautifull
specimens roaming around EVERYWHERE! Living in Silicon Valley the
last several years has
really deprived me of how things are supposed be... the ratio of hot
healthy to the sick ones is like 1:100 or maybe worse. I
could go all week without seeing a nice attractive one, how sad is
that. By the time I walked from the Muni station up Powell to
Union Square my neck was sore from rubbernecking... it really is that
amazing. I'm really glad I got a crash pad in SF for the summer
to really illustrate how different it is outside the Silicon Valley...
Why have I tortured myself so long? In the last month I've had
more close studies with good specimens than I do all year in San
Jose. Life is good. Oh and friday beers is always good too.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 |
By Rep. Ron Paul, MD | February 7 2005
“…man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause
and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As
government expands, liberty contracts.”
~ Ronald Reagan
We’ve all heard the words democracy and freedom used countless times,
especially in the context of our invasion of Iraq. They are used
interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings
are very different.
George Orwell wrote about “meaningless words” that are endlessly
repeated in the political arena.* Words like “freedom,” “democracy,”
and “justice,” Orwell explained, have been abused so long that their
original meanings have been eviscerated. In Orwell’s view, political
words were “Often used in a consciously dishonest way.” Without precise
meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and
condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive
or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden
behind purposely meaningless language. As a result, Americans have been
conditioned to accept the word “democracy” as a synonym for freedom,
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Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening,
terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in
this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the
religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by
giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their
view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and
learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness;
chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself.
Think for yourself.
Question authority. - TOOL "Salival - Third Eye Intro"
WARNING: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word
you read of this useless fine print is another second of your life. Don't
you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't
think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with
authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you
think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should
want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop
excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove
you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic.
You have been warned...... - Fight Club
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