Author Archives: Pace Arko

Hofstadter's Title

Posted on March 26, 2003 by Pace Arko

Anyway, I’ve been busy this last week with work, mostly adding a bunch of content to Blinksoft and doing some network administration for a doctor’s office, so I haven’t really had time to post here. Work on the Greymatter update … Continue reading →

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Interabang sent us this one

Posted on March 18, 2003 by Pace Arko

As has been mentioned, I am skeptical guy. For example, I laughed very smugly at that South Park episode that lambasted John Edwards. Anyway, the proprietor of !?, another ardent skeptic searching for like-minded folks, recommended that I visit the … Continue reading →

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Here's a thought

Posted on March 12, 2003 by Pace Arko

You know all those tools in gymnasiums? Often you have to set various levels of resistance and tension in them to fit the strength of your muscles, then you engage in all these repetitive movements. The thing that always bothered … Continue reading →

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My own mod of Greymatter

Posted on March 12, 2003 by Pace Arko

Well, it’s a work in progress. After removing some bugs that people have found, plus the ones I already knew were there, I think it’s ready for prime time. Feel free to try it out (If you want to look … Continue reading →

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Wasted security

Posted on March 4, 2003 by Pace Arko

Thank you Microsoft and Apple. In introducing computers to the public, you’ve done a good thing. I’d like to think that our world is improved because of it. But, I just wish you both hadn’t taken shortcuts with security like … Continue reading →

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The mysterious process 772

Posted on February 28, 2003 by Pace Arko

Learned a lot of computer stuff in the last 2 days. just installed a category sorter in Greymatter the day before yesterday. Still getting the mistakes out as of today. Learned that folks at the Greymatter support forum are planning … Continue reading →

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Swarm intelligence, artificial trees, guilt-free stem cells

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Pace Arko

They’ve figured out to create pluripotent, stem cells from cheap, ordinary, blood cells. This is a breakthrough because these types of cells previously have only been found in fetal tissue, which is controversial, or bone marrow, which is difficult to … Continue reading →

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How scientists relate to buildings

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Pace Arko

So I came across this article in Wired that seemed unhappy with the security at Los Alamos National Laboratory–perhaps a legitimate concern–but it also seemed unhappy with how grubby the LANL buildings were, which isn’t such a big deal. Let … Continue reading →

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One can only hope this will end up in Memepool one day

Posted on February 12, 2003 by Pace Arko

I worked at the Lazy M Ranch in one capacity or another for four years and I saw first hand how the best brains of my time were warped beyond all recognition while there. As an example of this, allow … Continue reading →

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Been waiting for this for a long time

Posted on February 6, 2003 by Pace Arko

Progress continues to be made on robot cars–cars that drive themselves. Like I’ve said many times, human are just not reliable enough to be put in charge of a tonne or so of steel and plastic.

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