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Thanks Abe. Many people in the military-industrial complex are right-wing Christians. Idiots.

on a more serious note, wired is hardly a bastion of respectable science –

I am a staunch foe of respectable science. Thank god for Wired magazine – it has given me so many great directions for my life (e.g. going to Burning Man, after I read the Bruce Sterling piece). All Hail Wired!

This was an awesome article. Fissionable energy sources ain't dead yet! There's still some life in that old mare.

It was more of a party at Matt's with hand picked friends. It wasn't the Freakeasy that people paid money for.

Leo was there! I don't know when he changed his mind but he and Maggie were there the whole time.

Amazing frigging amazing!! Kudos to Julee and Troy, Dan and Catalyst, and all the artists for pulling this off for what seemed a perfect event.First Chilluminati stage in Chicago in years!!!! That in itself was awesome.And then Freakeasy got shut down. . . so we had the only rager in Chicago last night! It was cool seeing all the folks who trekked…[Read more]

I'm a little more curious about what it takes for a private investigator to access these records for civil litigation.It's good to be aware, but I doubt the govt really cares that much about most of us. But what happens when bill collectors and their ilk can access this info? And how realistic is it to worry about that? Do we need to turn off our…[Read more]

I am considering getting one of those prepaid supermarket phones just for this reason.Some people change their phones on a monthly basis or more often.

My own morality is based on sociobiology and group selectionism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection .I believe for the most part that being “moral” and “good” is rewarded by evolutionary processes. There are outrageous exceptions, but for the most part being a friendly, helpful person leads to all kinds of good, selfish benefits to the…[Read more]

If this happens I take back everything I said in another thread.

This POV is called Cosmicism, and is the key idea in H.P. Lovecraft's writings. More here if you care: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CosmicismOr you can turn to Monty Python:1. Oh Lord… 2. *group* Oh Lord… 1. Oooh you are so big… 2. Oooh you are so big… 1. So absolutely huge. 2. So ab – solutely huge. 1. Gosh, we're all really impressed…[Read more]

All we know is that we haven't discovered another intelligent life form yet. Statistically speaking, (and almost all scientists agree) due to the vastness of the universe, there is a very very very small chance we are the only intelligent species in the universe. This is another example of confusing what you think to be true for something you know…

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Do you know about the movie Wisconsin Death Trip, about the mass, murderous insanity that took over Black River Falls in the 1890s? Really a good, creepy movie, true too.http://www.wisconsindeathtrip.com/(available in Netflix)

I also want to mention that I encountered a ghost in the heated bathrooms…I never believed in stuff like that till now.

Hey Aktif I really want to hear more about the ghost. You know there are other NCN supernatural stories, Pamm who used to live there was sure there was some kind of malevolent spirit that needed to be exorcised. I don't remember…[Read more]

Madison crowd was obviously very savvy to Ott and very mellow. Which kind of worked for and against it. They clearly *got* Ott but the energy was a little lower. Kinetic Playground, I got the impression there were just electro heads of all varieties and much more alcohol involved, which made for a chaotic dance floor but I actually felt Friday…[Read more]

I totally agree. Ending at midnight felt just… weird. If Ott had to leave, I would have liked Robyo to have been allowed to keep playing.

photos from our road trip up to Madison to see Ott:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=92583&id=503328441&l=65e4d2aac1

excellent! does anybody remember the mosaic that was done at the first Sacred Earth? Lazarev finally put it up somewhere but I have lost the link.

Either way, it's not like it hasn't happened before or won't happen again.