On Laws, Sex, and Puritans Values
OceansOfThought @ July 15, 2008 # One Comment
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.- Abraham Lincoln
We in America, a society often so prudish we still we can get swift action on cursing TV but still can’t get the EPA to approve rules the court has approved to go forward. We have thought police and often, [...]
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On Shouting at the Wall
OceansOfThought @ July 14, 2008 # One Comment
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. – Abraham Lincoln
Let us speak of protesting. Protesting is a something i believe in as strongly as breathing, just as a believe some of the things people in protesting are just plain dumb. I believe i have a right to this opinion as [...]
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On the Problem of Being Immortal
OceansOfThought @ July 10, 2008 # 3 Comments
And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln
We humans are near the cusp of a break thru on human evolution and longevity and we shouldn’t do it.
Let’s work with some numbers (thou false, they illustrate the point). Take for instance a normal cell. [...]
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On The Matter Of Conscience
Pieces And Parts @ July 9, 2008 # One Comment
“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.” – Polybius
Conscience is an intangible. It is our moral compass, that voice inside each of us that guides us in determing Right vs Wrong. It is a dynamic, ever-changing thing molded by upbringing, faith, [...]
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On Crime, Laziness and Means, Motive, and Opportunity and Rationality
OceansOfThought @ July 7, 2008 # Comments Off
“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” -Abraham Lincoln
One may say humans are inherently lazy and when faced with obstylces we tend to take the lesser path. This reasoning comes from the fact that we evaluate things according to their benefit to us. When reason fails, passion [...]
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On the Ever Evolving Conspiracy to Commit and Command Responsibility
OceansOfThought @ July 4, 2008 # Comments Off
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg. - Abraham Lincoln
Here is something that most americans know: those who plan crime, as as responsible as those who carry out the crime. What most don’t realize is that law is [...]
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On Computers, Short Cuts and the Silent Training Battles I’ve won
OceansOfThought @ July 3, 2008 # One Comment
God must love the common man, he made so many of them. - Abraham Lincoln
In my job, I believe strongly in the “teach a man to fish” principle, and this is how i generally deal with computers and computers users. People, because of the connivence of technology have worked out all manner of things that make [...]
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On Leading Change Management
OceansOfThought @ July 2, 2008 # Comments Off
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. – Abraham Lincoln
Leading thru Change management is one of the hardest part of any business. People like to talk a about deliverables and content, hard times and [...]
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On the True Promise of Technology – Teaching.
OceansOfThought @ July 1, 2008 # Comments Off
On the True Promise of Technology – Teaching.
Remember when video games were just games? It turns out that they can help us with various things if actually applied correctly. A simple hour of playing a First person shooter improves the ability to track moving objects and discern targets last for days … far better than [...]
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On Unintended Consequence of a Faulty Memory
OceansOfThought @ June 30, 2008 # 2 Comments
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Humans have short memories but long remembrances…. by that we are able to “move on” from tragic circumstances (almost always) but because of that lack of a [...]
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