Sometimes it's not enough to live in a country where they chicken out of a little war in the present in exchange for a larger war in the future. Sometimes you need to feel a little less safe, you need you're life to feel just a little less within you control. Towards that end I offer this blogpost w/german video subtitled in english:
Future Feeder » Bump keying
9.8.06
Topology, Kabbalah, and Metaverse, oh my!
Ren of Terra Nova asks: Where am I?
Essentially he wants a meta-map of the whole metaverse, to relate it all (timespacially?) at once. I was just noticing over at Wikipedia : Topology how one of the major points of topology is boiling data down to its essential nodes and connections. So, to my mind, Ren is really looking for more of a representation of a network of interconnected nodes, each one a different domain/space/mode of interaction.
There are a number of ways these could be organized, very few of them having to do w/ physical location in the real world or even in the various virtual worlds. A Map does two things: It gives you relative information, and it gets you from point A to point B. (Technically the relative info is what allows you to get from point A to point B, but I'm looking at them as two different functions, someonetimes you want to know where things are with no immediate desire to actually get to those things.) So this node-map needs to do the same two things: Present presence information as it relates to other presence information, and it needs to allow one to get from one presence/location to another. [this question will be flowing around my head for a while.]
The almost infinite number of possible connections between any number of internet destinations ensures that there is no one (thorough) way to map this information. This brings to mind the whole Kabbalistic representation of numerous relationships and how those relationships relate to the others around them, all ultimately part of some over-all fabric/rubric. But, my knowledge of Kabbalah is admittedly limited. I have a growing suspicion that the fabric's seams in Kabbalah never actually meet up entirely. (and this is by design)
It's always been a little bit scary to me when everything can't be brought into one overall complete picture, no matter what the scale. It's what my brain does, it's what it wants.
Essentially he wants a meta-map of the whole metaverse, to relate it all (timespacially?) at once. I was just noticing over at Wikipedia : Topology how one of the major points of topology is boiling data down to its essential nodes and connections. So, to my mind, Ren is really looking for more of a representation of a network of interconnected nodes, each one a different domain/space/mode of interaction.
There are a number of ways these could be organized, very few of them having to do w/ physical location in the real world or even in the various virtual worlds. A Map does two things: It gives you relative information, and it gets you from point A to point B. (Technically the relative info is what allows you to get from point A to point B, but I'm looking at them as two different functions, someonetimes you want to know where things are with no immediate desire to actually get to those things.) So this node-map needs to do the same two things: Present presence information as it relates to other presence information, and it needs to allow one to get from one presence/location to another. [this question will be flowing around my head for a while.]
The almost infinite number of possible connections between any number of internet destinations ensures that there is no one (thorough) way to map this information. This brings to mind the whole Kabbalistic representation of numerous relationships and how those relationships relate to the others around them, all ultimately part of some over-all fabric/rubric. But, my knowledge of Kabbalah is admittedly limited. I have a growing suspicion that the fabric's seams in Kabbalah never actually meet up entirely. (and this is by design)
It's always been a little bit scary to me when everything can't be brought into one overall complete picture, no matter what the scale. It's what my brain does, it's what it wants.
7.8.06
broaden your horizons : i'm getting bored of terrorism
I think the west is missing the point and Indybay kind of highlights it:
Osama Bin Laden Heading Toward Victory
Meanwhile keebsiweebsi suggests solutions in line with the terrorist's mindset:
Nasrallah Underscores Arab and Muslim Honor
Osama Bin Laden Heading Toward Victory
Meanwhile keebsiweebsi suggests solutions in line with the terrorist's mindset:
Nasrallah Underscores Arab and Muslim Honor
1.8.06
all her pursuers apprehended her between the narrows
this is a passuk from eicha, the sad allegory of the exile of jerusalem. the chasidic masters explain that it secretly refers to the torah: the days between 17 tammuz and 9 av are referred to as 'between the narrows' or 'between the sieges'; during these days, those who strive to obtain torah knowledge will surely apprehend her.
the narrows doubles as a symbol of the birth canal. This month, we pursue the torah through the narrows, only to be born anew. This new creation, this new world, merits a visit from the King himself, who as we know, is in the field next month, Elul. We seek him out in the field and from there we return him to his rightful place on the throne at the beginning of the next month, Tishrei.
the narrows doubles as a symbol of the birth canal. This month, we pursue the torah through the narrows, only to be born anew. This new creation, this new world, merits a visit from the King himself, who as we know, is in the field next month, Elul. We seek him out in the field and from there we return him to his rightful place on the throne at the beginning of the next month, Tishrei.
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