Author Archives: Pace Arko

The Screen Actors Guild better start worrying

Posted on July 10, 2001 by Pace Arko

Most of you out there probably saw this coming for a long time but, it is now getting almost impossible to tell computer generated images of humans apart from real humans. For example, Final Fantasy’s Dr. Sid is not real, … Continue reading →

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Ex-physics majors are dangerous

Posted on July 10, 2001 by Pace Arko

There’s this guy who invented a safety device to prevent injuries from rotory saws. It all relies on the electrical field generated by human skin, which is different from that of wood, to stop the saw blade within one hundredth … Continue reading →

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Made a few minor changes to the journal pages

Posted on July 9, 2001 by Pace Arko

I moved the entry index and search form to the right-hand column on all journal pages to make them easier to get to. Thinking of finally implementing my Chumbe Bandia ideas as an EM-RPG. Thinking this dot-com downturn is finally … Continue reading →

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A kid in search of a software patch

Posted on July 6, 2001 by Pace Arko

Went to see A.I. yesterday. Anyway this isn’t exactly a review of the movie. It’s more an exploration of the ideas behind the movie. No spoilers. All I can really say is that film shows that Spielberg, although he really … Continue reading →

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Interesting rants about RPGs

Posted on July 5, 2001 by Pace Arko

Found an interesting page about RPGs today by some cat named Mu. Me, I’m real old school, I’ve been playing RPGs since I was sophmore in high school in ’78. My friend wrote his own versions of ADVENT and Rogue … Continue reading →

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Been a while since I've said anything.

Posted on July 4, 2001 by Pace Arko

On this Independence Day, as Ivar’s representatives attempt to turn our urban skies into an air raid zone, I can’t think of anything profound to say. Over the years I’ve had complex feelings about this country. But when I think … Continue reading →

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Microsoft drops the Smart Tags feature in IE 6

Posted on June 27, 2001 by Pace Arko

Actually I wrote this entry about Chris Kaminski’s article last night before I saw the news that MS was dropping the feature. A lot of ink has been spilled over the problems with this feature over the last three weeks … Continue reading →

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Just made major revisions to Greymatter

Posted on June 23, 2001 by Pace Arko

Things seem to be working normally now except one of the client-side editing tools has broken. Considering all that I’ve done, this is surprisingly good news. Things I’ve changed: Fixed the URL strings of the Karma function so that they … Continue reading →

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Is there really an electricity shortage?

Posted on June 13, 2001 by Pace Arko

They are now thinking about using something like packet-switching for the North American power grid to improve the efficiency of electrical distribution. Peter Fairley is a good journalist because he, in addition to talking about the new switching technology, also … Continue reading →

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Odinmank Should Like This

Posted on June 13, 2001 by Pace Arko

Back in the late Eighties, a soon to be old dear friend of mine introduced me to the Flaming Carrot. My sensibilities have been warped ever since.

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