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Paedophile-Luring And Artificial Intelligence Ethics
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[further fragments of this post were recovered on 12 October 2018]
Fun in the sun.
Kit and I had an idea for something like this a while back, and we were … -
Little Balloon Animals
Little balloon animals;
Pretty little things that catch your eye,
After a few drinks, money changes hands.
An evening’s entertainment for the price;
Of a lager or wine or a whiskey on ice.
Little balloon animals;
Craved when you were a just a boy,
Now in control; new in your palms.
Smooth and warm from the artist’s touch;
That in your youth you wished … -
I Want One Of These
Some professor has invented a device that uses on-the-fly destructive sound wave interference to cancel out the whine of computer fans. Wow! Toy! Want! Estimates suggest fans with these could be made available for just $20 more than the price of regular fans.
In other news, does anybody else find it scary that this site selling … -
Sliding Doors, My High School Crush, And Wierd Dreams
Last night I had a weird dream which I've therefore decided to share with you. As usual, written first-person and present-tense:
I'm 16 and back and high school in some kind of 'sliding doors'-esque alternate reality in which things went somewhat differently. In this one, I actually ask out Marguerite, a girl at school who I … -
Student Skills Competition - Dress Rehersals
Fun in the sun. Today I get to sit at the back of the Aberystwyth Arts Centre Theatre and shout "Speak Up!" at random second year students from 13 different departments, interspersed with periods of tech-talk about what can and can't be done with a data projector, laptop, VHS cassette player, a pre-set configuration of …
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Why Do I Work At This Place?
I'm too good for this place or the money I get. Here I am, working on a Sunday to fix a handful of bugs that my co-workers couldn't cope with (admittedly, the first of these [which I've just fixed] is a killer), but hey - I'm running several hours ahead of myself and it's not …
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Typically Busy
[this post was lost during a server failure on 11 July 2004; it was partially-recovered on 13 October 2018]
Another couple of weeks of academic nightmare coming up, followed by the Easter Break (during which I'll be working, ho hum). I've got to do my second "poster session" presentation for my dissertation a week on Wednesday; … -
The Internet Saves The Day
You've got to love it.
Claire today took her car to a garage in Capel Bangor to be serviced and to have it's brakes fixed. Unfortunatley she didn't anticipate the scope of this operation and found herself stuck there for (potentially) two hours.
However, with the joy of the world wide web, I was able to find … -
The Volume of a Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus in the Ovine Medial Preoptic Area/Anterior Hypothalamus Varies with Sexual Partner Preference
A study has just been released (click here for the abstract) about the biochemical differences between 'straight' and 'gay' rams.
Just a thought: what do you have to do to get a research grant for that... "Hi... I'd like you to give me thousands of pounds to chop up the brains of gay sheep."
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I’m So Fucking Clever
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I've had a great idea that I might try to implement sometime (or put of the stack of things I might … -
My DJ Name
Daniel Huntley spins tunes as
DJ Dark IllusionGet your dj name @ Quiz Me
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Beautiful Morning In The Valleys
Jen is, of course, correct. It is a beautiful morning. As I came over the brow of Penglais hill into the valley of Capel Dewi, the frosty fields were spread out before me like a big white blanket. If you happen to be up early this morning, go take a look... before it thaws.
It's a … -
More, Abstract, On Faith In What You Love
Following my previous entry, here's some recent feeling around the matter of "losing faith in what you love".
Very recently, I've met a great many people who are just beginning to find interesting and rewarding a thing which I have taken for granted for so long. And I've been encouraging this, in my own way - … -
The Most Frustrating Things In The World… Ever… (2004)
The most annoying thing in the world? Witnessing an argument and knowing exactly what needs to be said, and what needs to be asked, to resolve it, but those involved being so engrossed in it that none of them will listen to hear what they need to hear.
No; that's not right; the most annoying thing … -
Manos: The Hands Of Fate
This is the worst movie I have ever seen. It is far, far worse, even, than Barb Wire.
It is truly abysmal. Awful filming, meaningless plot, impossible-to-understand ending, crap acting, discontinuity, shitty clipping... apparently three members of the cast committed suicide shortly after filming was completed. Almost none of the rest worked in film again.
Never, ever …