There is always an infinitesimally small probability that the Earth, the solar system and indeed this entire region of space may cease to exist at any moment. Tomorrow, that probability will be infinitesimally higher than any other day in recorded history. For tomorrow we switch on the first ever man-made device that actually has some semblance [...]
Archive for September, 2008
If tomorrow never comes, blame the Large Hadron Collider…
Posted in Nonsense, Science in General on September 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Empire Strikes Back
Posted in Computing, Nonsense on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Begun, has the Clone Wars.
I knew the day would eventually come, but I never expected it to creep upon us so soon, like a cat burglar in the night. Microsoft has quietly begun hunting down local pirate shops. I was unaware of the goings-on when I walked into a formerly popular DVD shop in Unity [...]
Plato, Rand and Vulcans
Posted in Nonsense, Sunscreen on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, somebody accused me (well, not really accused — it was more of a comment) of something that I would never have been accused of three or four years back: I was told I’ve become cynical. There may be some truth in this. Reality tends to do this to you. I got wondering about a class [...]
Gone postal
Posted in Nonsense on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One has to worry when the postal service “discovers” a load of mail bags belonging to it — in Badulla. Especially if one has recently sent a 22-page manuscript to a reputed sci-fi magazine and is awaiting a reply. Of course, thinking that my insignificant little package – out of the millions of pieces of mail [...]
Train, pain or rain?
Posted in Nonsense, Sunscreen on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Had an epiphany of sorts.
The path away from pain leads directly into unhappiness. In other words, the path away from pain leads directly back into pain. In other words, there is no path away from pain.
It’s kind of like living in a finite bubble universe where traveling in a straight line paradoxically brings you [...]
