Games of Life

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Gardening Tips

We can divide gardening styles in two basic categories: Just letting it do it's own thing and controlling everything to the minutest detail. I don't think any gardener fits into either extreme. If you weed out everything you haven't planted yourself, your garden will look approximately like you want... Sign in to see full entry.

No trials for Palestinians in Isreal

I notice that if you are a palestinian with a death wish, all you have to do is make some threatening maneuvers in a heavy vehicle in Israeli territory. You'll get shot dead in no time. NO time wasted waiting for a judge or jury. Slap, bang, thank you mam. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

The Training Game

Many have said this before, so I'm going to be boringly repetitive: This life here on planet earth is a training ground. We are thrown into it ignorant, then we try to find a path to meaning, or at least some of us take up that challenge. Others just sit on the sideline, doing fault finding. Do they... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Fire in the hole!

In a couple of hours I've got to go and fix some equipment on top of Mt Ruapehu. Brrrr. I'll go dressed as an icebear. Someone mentioned to me today that the mountain has not cooled down inside as was expected and that it will be really funny if he sees me flying past. He then retracted that... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

How to rid your country of Debt

If you are not concerned about the welfare of people in poor countries, don't even read this. There are various ways whereby a people can rid itself of debts incurred in the past. If you agree that the meaning of any symbol or set of symbols (signifiers) is determined by consensus there are some... Sign in to see full entry.

World War II - An older childrens short story

Everything I'm going to tell you is only part of the real story since I was not there and will only include the parts I have heard from other people who were not there either. Some or all parts of this story may be completely wrong. I'm only telling you what I have heard. Not too long ago there was... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

When all the stars are falling down...

This is pure speculation. In other words, fantasy. A thought "falling from the sky". If the basic background frequency of a heavenly body, like the earth, is a conditioning factor in the gravitational pull of such a body this will have some interesting effects. Anything that is kept in an orbit by... Sign in to see full entry.

Degrees of centrism

Egocentrism is fairly easy as it's arising requires only ignorance, it's object of adoration is a fiction. Ecocentrism requires much more effort and it's objects of adoration is a mixture of fact and fiction Omnicentrism can never be boring, it's non-object of adoration is infinite, encompassing... Sign in to see full entry.

Pros and Cons of Misinformation

If the volume of misinformation reaches a saturation level and is countered by a roughly equal measure of misinformation contradicting such the credibility of all information becomes suspect. The downside of this is that people will also not believe the truth because it will become unrecognizable.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

How to make the general population Stupid

One strategy that has been used to try and prevent the characteristics of intelligence and compassion from being carried forward to the next generation was to make it compulsory for people who showed signs of this characteristic to abstain from sexual intercourse. Some, like those who follow... Sign in to see full entry.

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In my opinion there are only opinions, no matter how factual they may seem. Some opinions correlate remarkably with reality and others do not at all. In your opinion, which one of the two most accurately describe this opinion of mine?