When I first moved up to the farm, the internet options were satellite or dial-up. I tried satellite but it was so bad I reverted to dial-up. That was around 2002.
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When I first moved up to the farm, the internet options were satellite or dial-up. I tried satellite but it was so bad I reverted to dial-up. That was around 2002.
Back in the day, the church could send its minions forth to rend and suppress books, shred their authors, and do battle against entire philosophies.
Somewhere in the distant future, in the deep reaches of the galaxy, the distant descendants of an uplifted species may wonder if they were created by gods, or if they’re basically a cosmic accident.
Once the disaster was underway there wasn’t anything that could stop the consequences. Unfortunately, I’ve seen buildings with lead paint burn, and that weird glabrous smoke was immediately recognizable.
There was a whole lot of it.
Saturday, we picked up our rental car and headed down the Pacific Coast Highway toward Monterey. It was pretty foggy; for her first week in California Anna got no day without constant drizzle.
Coming in to Luxembourg, the pilot said that the airport was queueing incoming flights because of dense fog; we spent 30 minutes orbiting the airport then did a “failed approach” landing attempt, circled some more and finally landed.
Andrew M emailed me with a strange factoid.
Everyone here is very nice.
However cynical we may be about government, it’s hard to match the cynicism inside government. But, when I think about history, I remind myself that the really enthusiastic governments were also the most dangerous. When I started doing stuff at the White House it was exciting and glamorous for a little while.
Recent discussion about pickling and canning [stderr] reminded me that it’s time to more closely research the history of the technique. In its time, it was a tremendously important military technology.