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  • Things I learned from 'The Core' When you're designing a computer virus, it's important to make sure you have nifty little animated dancing icons and a GUI. Every computer in the world is "on the net", and all data c…

  • I have another "Words which changed my life" essay mostly ready to go, but it's on my laptop and I'm not feeling energetic enough to copy it to my PC. Which should tell you something. In the meanwhile, for anyone who blo…

  • Germans Ban Wargames ...because they 'glorify war' and 'show war as the only way of resolving conflict'.http://news.com.com/1200-1043-993849.htmlIt is my sincere and honest opinion that any putative adult who demonstrat…

  • Romantic tidbits from our relationship:"If I'm ever a vampire, I'd embrace you first." Other thoughts...work staggers along. We are allegedly trying for a release candidate on Friday. We still haven't specced out the co…

  • Why Microsoft Has 99.99 Percent of the Software Market I just found out.It's not because Bill Gates sold his soul to Satan.It's not because of secret hit squads.It's not because of evil capitalist schemes.It's because, …

  • Non-war blogging. From a discussion on science fiction as the roadmap to the future, on a mailing list I'm on.=======================The vast majority of SF -- even by very visionary writers -- is "Today, times 10". If y…

  • More war blogging. OK.For some time, I've rejected every reason given for this war -- both those officially offered by George Bush and those offered by his enemies. If we knew Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, the…

  • Sitting at my computer, watching the President say the words he's been told to say. We are striking 'selected targets'. More than 35 countries are offering 'support', which means almost nothing. He's blabbering about '…

  • So, counting down. 24 hours or so until we can start bombing at "a time of our choosing". Latest rumour on one of my innumerable mailing lists -- Iraqui troops in Northern Iraq have already begun trying to surrender, onl…

  • Can writing be physically exhausting? It seems nonsensical; all you do, physically, is sit at a keyboard. But I hacked out 8000 words this weekend, and I feel totally wasted, as if I'd run a marathon, or, being me, wat…

  • Today has been a writing day. 5,000 words down. 5,000 words to go. Giant chameleon skinned jackrabbits. Chummy security robots. Electroshock spiders. And a few weird things. And in other news, "Iron Lords of Jupiter", b…

  • I had a "Bush Moment" today. During conversation, I said, "It is possible we may fall into the brink." In other news, my new computer won't talk to my laptop anymore. Phooey. Stupid network.

  • How to waste two hours. a)Change a trivial constant variable, one which isn't used in any calculations, but which is written out to a datafile used primarily to keep versions of reports in sync. b)Suddenly have your co…

  • Words that changed my life… …or at least my outlook on it, or on parts of it… …in no particular order. Part I. Other parts to follow irregularly. “There is a house above the world, where the over-people g…

  • 15 years ago, 15 years from now. It's 2003. In 1988, I owned a Compaq Deskpro 386/20, which set me back some 4 grand even after extensive discounts. It ran, obviously, at 20 megaherz. My new computer runs at 2.2 gh…

  • Must blog more regularly. Since Xanga got rid of the calandar sidebar, my motivation has flagged. I liked seeing all the little numbers turn orange in an unbroken streak. Without that to motivate me, I tend to slack off.…

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