tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120859752010-01-06T19:55:33.503-08:00hey you're at <a href="http://tomawesome.blogspot.com">http://tomawesome.blogspot.com</a> -- a place for compliments, insults, and logical mind traps inspired by current events from which you must attempt to extricate yourself. read if you dare these timeless treasures mined from me mind. I only update this blog about once a month, so don't visit too often...tomawesomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670527457029826074noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085975.post-22986322260054868132009-12-26T09:25:00.000-08:002009-12-26T09:33:15.339-08:00

I just heard an interesting discussion on philosophybites.com about different "levels of reality" and perception -- why quantum mechanics can describe a world equivalent and yet completely different from ours.john-campbell-on-berkeleys-puzzleOver a century later Berkeley's thought experiment was summarized in a limerick by Ronald Knox and an anonymous reply:There was a young man who said "God

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Continuing on the topic of my last post, interesting ideas by Barry Kumnick in 2008 reprinted here:We cannot use symbolic information or symbolic computation as the basis for the development of sentient systems due to multiple DEEP PROBLEMS in the fundamental representation of information. I consider these deep problems because all logic, mathematics, natural and artificial languages,

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Isn't "Artificial Intelligence" an oxymoron? I find it interesting that it is so hard to express how we know what we know. For example, how hard is it to make a robot that get on and ride a bicycle? Pretty hard I'll venture... try Googling it.Anyway, these are some source notes of ideas I'm developing into a project of sorts. Mostly things to cogitate upon and you can come up with your own

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James Sedgwick passed away in 2003. I've enjoyed his material @http://thecertaintysite.com/and am not certain (:P) how long that site will be around. For that reason, I'm posting some of his essays. Here's the first:A Word is Worth a Thousand PicturesDo you hate words? Many do who think they don't. They regard a word as a poor substitute for a picture, a gesture, a mathematical formula. Words are

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unfortunately, I don't think Dr. John West really read my response...-----Original Message-----From: Tom HaughtonSent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:45 PMTo: 'johnwest1@post.ro'Subject: RE: You Have A Package.Dear Sir,I have directed your information to my good friend Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo at the command's headquarters in Ikeja. He will be arranging for proper

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here is the 2009 lineup that was pulled and was officially stated to be "completely wrong":FRIDAYNine Inch NailsMorrisseyOrbitalFranz FerdinandPusciferKaty PerryDigitalism (live)The PresetsK's ChoiceConor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band XMetricThe Black KeysShpongleTurbonegroBassnectarFair To MidlandLadytronCageBrian Jonestown MassacreHercules & Love AffairMickey AvalonThe Gaslight AnthemLaura

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a project management term I coined.Deep in the heart of every software project is a guy whose job it is to feed a chicken that is supposed to type out all the code and documentation. Usually the guy finds it easier to do the chicken's job himself.Do you ever find yourself feeding the chicken?

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click to get the full wide angle shot

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getting evacuated from your home is stressful. the freeway complex fire this past weekend came within a mile of our home. I don't know anyone whose home burned, but I do know at least 4 families who got evacuated. all the homes on one coworker's street in Yorba Linda burned except for hers. I thought of calling my boss in Diamond Bar, but I wasn't ready to hear bad news -- so I chickened out and

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(right now anyway... click the link above to see current status) and here I had a little thing I wanted to post. I'll do it here instead --- so I thought up this word "thongathon" and wondered what would google up on the term... found a flickr site, but it wasn't what I expected. check it out.

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I'm posting on twitter in case you were looking for an update here. But I haven't abandoned this blog, honest! see what the lazy guy is doing at: www.twitter.com/tomawesome

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my son just made this video for his 7th grade health class... where'd he get such talent?

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My son and I hiked up Mt. Baldy last Saturday with his boy scout troop.No we weren't participating in the 2nd annual wearin' of the speedos. One of the adults said "I didn't need to see that!". he may have been referring to the guy in pink briefs that said "no boys allowed" in the back (sorry, no pic). I applaud this minor rebelliousness to those social mores that dictate decency. it helps us

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this is my new meez avatar. feel free to make your own and leave a link to it. be sure to give tomawesome the referral credit. ciao for now!

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I'm going to a funeral tomorrow. it's for a neighbor of mine. he was my age and had brain cancer. it seemed to happen very fast. like my wife heard about it, went to visit and he was gone the next day. I'm sure he had time to reflect on his life; accept his approaching demise with dignity. at some point there is nothing left to do except reflect on what you've accomplished with your life. no

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I watched "The Omega Man" last night w/the kids. They said it was a crummy version of "I am Legend". anyway, these end of the world scenarios are fun indulgent fantasies. here's some I got from a blog post by Amat Lim (Now if the earthquake prediction comes true you can't say you weren't warned!):Future Prediction by Juseleeno Nobulega Da Roose (Jucelino)Posted by limns on May 27, 2008Some of

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no... but I do need to come up with some material. been too busy on ebay lately!

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Kierkegaard's book analyzes the old testament story of Abraham and Issac. basically God told Abraham to murder his son, an indefensible, unjustified and unethical command with which he complied.the fact that at the last moment God said "stop, I was just testing you" is irrelevant. Abraham was carrying out an act of murder and so had accepted that mindset. this submission to a perception of

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"Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." - Anna Freud just a quote I thought to throw out to let you know I was around :)

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join the cause now!

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I have a new flickr account and picked some of my recent favorite shots to share.see them here

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one of the things I like about weekends is sleeping in -- you get time to lay in bed relaxed and mind cleared of most of the banal distractions. anyway, I can think better. this past week I was occupied with plenty of activities: saw the Body Worlds exhibit in LA, sold a vehicle, bought a new car, went on a business trip and dealt with airport travel, group dynamics and new surroundings. with all

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I've nothing more to add now, but will come up with something clever shortly my friends! in the meantime, try "indicating the formal aspects of the idea of existence"...on an unrelated note, when you're in my neighborhood, I recommend the bbq pork pho at pho tay bak. it's places like this that make so cal an international food fest :)

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no, he's not even a Muslim. of course now that I've planted that idea, you're associating our next president with a terrorist. oops, I did it again. I'm such a tool for HRC :)more realistically, I'm thinking of comparisons of Obama with Jimmy Carter. both were good speakers promising the kind of change that only an outsider can do. seems to be a winning combination!actually, to me personally,

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