Category Archives: Humble Opinions
A shout for Derek Jones’ “Do Not Stop”
Well done Jones! A hat-trick of science fiction! Rampant strawberry-eating cyborg monkeys, a flawed mitosis of the conscious mind, and philosophical banter with an articulate transhumanist manifestation. This book hit my sweet spot in so many areas. What happens when you legally lose citizenship to you own … Continue reading
Dropping like a stone.
The house prices here in Tucson continue to fall. Presently, the average house price for Tucson is $173,000 down from $282,000 in 2006. This represents a loss of 38.5%. Over the same period, the national average house price declined only … Continue reading
House Prices continue to fall.
Here in Tucson, the house prices continue to fall. Not only has the housing bubble completely vanished, but the momentum of the market has brought the average price of a Tucson home to less than 90% of its non-bubble inflated … Continue reading
Obamamamamambajamba Kapow.
We, as a nation, have now moved from the status quo that has been bringing to the brink of disaster to a world of hope and change. I, for one, am proud that we have elected to follow this new … Continue reading
Two days to go.
I’ve heard it time and again. People believe that somehow McCain will have a last minute comeback and win the 2008 presidential election. Whether its a matter of last minute changing your vote to the conservative old white guy or … Continue reading
House Buying
My wife and I have been thinking about buying a home, so I decided to do a little research. We are planning to upgrade our home, that is to move into a larger (and presumably more expensive) house. I had … Continue reading
The Tower of Babel
My eyes were opened today by simple miscommunication. I was discussing the integration of code into an existing framework. The premise was very simple; just hand my process the data, it will process the data, then my process will hand … Continue reading
Future Shock
On the front page of the Financial Times for 20 Dec, 2006 was the headline ‘Future shock as study backs rights for robots in a PC world.’ The article is about a British government-commissioned study discussing the value of giving … Continue reading
Atheism
Atheism is the exact opposite of a Fundamentalist Christian… At least if you ask a Fundamentalist that is what they would want you to believe. As it is I do not agree. There are many aspects to faith and religion … Continue reading
Procreation
Just last month in a discussion about work ethics, the question about why do people have kids came up. His response was that ‘It’s alot like the people who can’t do, teach. People who cannot hack the business world have … Continue reading