Author Archives: Pace Arko

Don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing–

Posted on July 19, 2003 by Pace Arko

Ziff pointed to the site of the band he plays bass in, The Moonlighters. They go for that retro, latin, swing, jazz feel and include stuff from the neo-swing revival. As an old school ska and punk fan, I agree, … Continue reading →

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In Honor of Bastille Day

Posted on July 14, 2003 by Pace Arko

A little fireworks java applet for ya! Courtesy of da Lawman!

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Your dose of African flavored cyberpunk

Posted on July 8, 2003 by Pace Arko

By way of MetaFilter, I found a 17MB movie about the future of global law enforcement. In several ways, this had a greater impact on me than Matrix Reloaded or T3.

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Yawn, yet another manifesto

Posted on July 7, 2003 by Pace Arko

If I had a 100 dollars for every rant I’ve seen on the Internet condemning that same network, I’d be a rich man. Yes, the Internet is full of shit. Yawn. Tell us something we don’t know already. Sturgeon said … Continue reading →

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Robots will always be cheaper

Posted on June 29, 2003 by Pace Arko

Found an interesting thread on Slash today about human versus robotic space exploration. As I have mentioned, I’ve always favored robots. It’s simple economics: Robots give you far more science for far less money. This will always be true.

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I doubt Microsoft will bend

Posted on June 27, 2003 by Pace Arko

So the WaSP has issued another manifesto now that Microsoft has declared that it will no longer build standalone, free browsers for Windows and Apple machines. Now I say this as a long time supporter of the WaSP, but I … Continue reading →

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I know it's bloody pointless

Posted on June 19, 2003 by Pace Arko

So I have just spidered my site and, oh man, I have a lot of dead links. One of the drawbacks to using your web log as a hot link list is that a lot of stuff dies or gets … Continue reading →

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Genetic and Molecular Engineering

Posted on June 18, 2003 by Pace Arko

Genetic engineering, at least in the States and in the developing world (Where they are forced to buy from whoever is cheapest, namely the States.), has conquered agriculture. Now it seems ready to invade that small specialization of agriculture, the … Continue reading →

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The Man in the White Suit

Posted on June 14, 2003 by Pace Arko

So bright sparks in Dallas, Texas and Dublin, Ireland have figured out how to cheaply make and weave nanotube fibers of arbitrary length. The science fiction fans in my audience will recognize the implications of this in a shot: Sinclair … Continue reading →

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Why I'll never go into education

Posted on June 13, 2003 by Pace Arko

People have told me on many occasions that I have talent for explanation. Some have even said that I should be a teacher. Every time I’ve heard this, I’ve rolled my eyes and sighed ruefully. Education stinks. Barring tremendous improvements … Continue reading →

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