Monthly Archives: November 2013

Just a Little Reminder

The purpose of this blog is to provide a virtual pulpit. I could have gotten that PhD; the scholarship was offered based on my undergraduate work. It’s not as if I can’t operate in the academic sphere. But that isn’t … Continue reading

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Quantum Culture

Even today, we have little comprehension of what the ancients did, much less what they knew in order to do it. Part of it is our complete failure to grasp how they understood their world. We speculate with very little … Continue reading

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Quantum Commerce

It’s all about the people. As 3D printing takes off, we’ll see a huge shift in the leverage for manufactured goods. Some types of manufacture will always require huge concentrations of resources, not to mention the distribution of those goods. … Continue reading

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All Free Now

I’ve decided to remove the price on my two fiction works at Smashwords. I’ll have to change the license inside the front cover, but that’s not an issue of any real significance. You can now download them for free: The … Continue reading

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Wide Open Access

You need to understand what we are up against, not to fear but to know how to fight. As noted yesterday, political agitation in meat space simply invites the attention of those who have no honor. Don’t get lost in … Continue reading

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Encouraging Shepherds

We are at war, but our weapons are not as their weapons. All men and women can embrace the shepherd’s call of adulthood. The actions and internal motivations and mechanisms differ between the sexes, but the outcome is basically the … Continue reading

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Quantum Marketing

There is no virtue in suffering; the virtue is in recognizing suffering as wholly normal. Don’t make the mistake that has confused the entire course of Western Civilization in thinking that truth is an objective quality. Truth is a quality … Continue reading

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Linux Ghost in the Machine

(Thinking out loud on a curriculum for migration to Linux…) Linux is inherently a CLI; it doesn’t run without a console. In yesterday’s post, we looked at the two primary implications of what it means when we say Linux is … Continue reading

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Linux, Security and Control

Running Linux doesn’t merely put you in charge of things; it grants a sense of power you won’t easily get from Windows or Mac. But it’s really about the people involved. The primary reason Linux computers seldom get viruses is … Continue reading

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Job 16

Do we tire yet of the endless back and forth between Job and his foolish comforters? We should tire even more quickly of Western theologians. They consistently fail to understand Job and, despite lip service to the contrary, end up … Continue reading

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