To put it in perspective, the global population was last five hundred million in around 1650 CE.
To go back to that figure would be, errm, challenging.
Great set of links there the_bone.
zeoslap - thanks for the terrific post. The interview raises my hopes for this movie (admittedly this was not difficult). I remember being transfixed by the Lane Fox biography when it came out 20 (?) years ago. Stone couldn't have chosen a better historical advisor.
Who wants to copy an mp3 when 90% of the original data is missing? - Wolof
I agree entirely. And this is why lossless music storage formats are slowly becoming more popular as data storage becomes cheaper.
Thanks for that - it covers the same territory as some thoughts I've been having about the implications of nearly free data storage, only it's a lot clearer and more convincingly argued than anything I could put together. Good article.
A clickable map of Sangaku from various parts of Japan is available here.
Nice post - I'd never heard of them before.
PS. I found the above link at the rather good Mathematics Museum (BACKGROUND MIDI!).
As a geologist myself I have to say I'm shocked to see that this story has leaked out. Does the CIA (Geological Anomaly) team do nothing for its vast and ever growing budget?
Anyway, this thread will soon be gone but before it does would everyone who read it please supply your address and phone number. Our operatives will be in contact with you shortly.
Move along, nothing to see here ...
[this is good]
I saw GYBE at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, Scotland back in 2000. A very small and intimate venue (there were only a couple of hudred people there) with no stage as such, just a space in the corner for the bands and their equipment. They were great, but what was amazing was that they were supported by Sigur Ros (who were totally unheard of outside Iceland at the time).
I thought it showed a great generosity by GYBE that they would choose a support act of such surpassing brilliance. Also a great self-confidence that they could get up and play after Sigur Ros. I still remember the expressions on the faces of all of us in the audience when the last notes of the last SR song faded away - eyes wide, flushed faces. As though we'd all just realised simultaneously that we had witnessed something important and that our lives were going to be, in some small way, different afterwards ...
boo_radley, their shop is brilliant!
"Operation Save the Kittens" is so good I might have to buy one. At the very least it would severely embarrass my eldest, Fark reading, son.
I'd just like to say that this was absolutely wonderful. Many thanks for posting it.
posted by thatwhichfalls 17 years ago
In "The Georgia Guidestones"
To put it in perspective, the global population was last five hundred million in around 1650 CE. To go back to that figure would be, errm, challenging. Great set of links there the_bone.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In ""
zeoslap - thanks for the terrific post. The interview raises my hopes for this movie (admittedly this was not difficult). I remember being transfixed by the Lane Fox biography when it came out 20 (?) years ago. Stone couldn't have chosen a better historical advisor.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "Behold the God Box"
Who wants to copy an mp3 when 90% of the original data is missing? - Wolof I agree entirely. And this is why lossless music storage formats are slowly becoming more popular as data storage becomes cheaper.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
Thanks for that - it covers the same territory as some thoughts I've been having about the implications of nearly free data storage, only it's a lot clearer and more convincingly argued than anything I could put together. Good article.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "Japanese Temple Geometry."
A clickable map of Sangaku from various parts of Japan is available here. Nice post - I'd never heard of them before. PS. I found the above link at the rather good Mathematics Museum (BACKGROUND MIDI!).
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "Fast Mozilla"
This is really great, thank you Skrik.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "The Rock That Grows"
As a geologist myself I have to say I'm shocked to see that this story has leaked out. Does the CIA (Geological Anomaly) team do nothing for its vast and ever growing budget? Anyway, this thread will soon be gone but before it does would everyone who read it please supply your address and phone number. Our operatives will be in contact with you shortly. Move along, nothing to see here ...
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "The Magic Kingdom of Oceania declares Michael Moore a 'nonperson'"
"Cory Doctorow's going to have a heart attack over this." Always a silver lining isn't there?
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "The Dead Flag Blues."
[this is good] I saw GYBE at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, Scotland back in 2000. A very small and intimate venue (there were only a couple of hudred people there) with no stage as such, just a space in the corner for the bands and their equipment. They were great, but what was amazing was that they were supported by Sigur Ros (who were totally unheard of outside Iceland at the time). I thought it showed a great generosity by GYBE that they would choose a support act of such surpassing brilliance. Also a great self-confidence that they could get up and play after Sigur Ros. I still remember the expressions on the faces of all of us in the audience when the last notes of the last SR song faded away - eyes wide, flushed faces. As though we'd all just realised simultaneously that we had witnessed something important and that our lives were going to be, in some small way, different afterwards ...
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In "Pandrogenize your Throbbing Gristle"
If anyone is interested, TG are doing a one-off reformation gig next year. Why anyone would be though is beyond me - they were terrible.
posted by thatwhichfalls 19 years ago
In ""XXX Church.com is the #1 Christian Porn Site""
boo_radley, their shop is brilliant! "Operation Save the Kittens" is so good I might have to buy one. At the very least it would severely embarrass my eldest, Fark reading, son.
posted by thatwhichfalls 20 years ago
In "Optical Illusions"
[this is good] (do you do that here?) Number 12 is particularly amazing.
posted by thatwhichfalls 20 years ago
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