Posts from:
30th January 2009
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30th January 2009Oh, Ray ComfortHe is my antihero. If you have ever come across him before, you will know that the last line of this blog post is perhaps one of the most hypocritical sentences of all time: "So let’s be careful when we mock things of which we have no understanding." I read his blog so that you don't have to; I'll keep you updated when he manages to top this example of ridiculousness.
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30th January 2009SkyscrapersI've just had a thought... how are skyscrapers replaced? Think of the Twin Towers in New York: if they hadn't been knocked down by terrorists, surely they would have come to the end of their lives eventually, so how would they have been dismantled? Thinking about it, I suppose they could do it in two ways: a controlled demolition, or a sort of peaceful, drawn out deconstruction with cranes and that sort of stuff. From the 9/11 attacks, we've seen what a "controlled demolition"-like situation would entail - a lot of destruction around. But I've never seen a skyscraper being retired ...
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30th January 2009Zeitgeist, The MovieI watched Zeitgeist, The Movie the other day. Unusually for me, I had absolutely no idea what it was going to be about. That said, I quite enjoyed the suprise, though I'm not sure I can same the same about the content. The film is broadly split into 3 parts: "The Greatest Story Ever Told" - criticising and debunking religion, particularly Christianity. "All the World's a Stage" - 9/11 conspiracy theories. "Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain" - proposing that America has only gone to war for profit. The first part, according to Wikipedia: "[It] questions religions as original god-given stories, arguing the Christian religion ...
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30th January 2009Take On MeShying away. I'll be coming for your love, OK? Stupid copyright laws. Still, this old version kicks some mega 80s ass anyway.
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I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
