tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7113218606496908970..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Transcendent Position and its Three BrainsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76242279467350004452008-08-01T08:21:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:21:00.000-07:00Yep, and that's why literalism will only take you ...Yep, and that's why <I>literalism</I> will only take you so far ;)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17255371666125014462008-08-01T08:07:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:07:00.000-07:00Julie, I can see the sailboat in the stereogram ju...Julie, I can see the sailboat in the stereogram just fine. I <I>don't</I> think I can sail off in it, though...Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53281499093780161532008-08-01T08:01:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:01:00.000-07:00Don't get how a blog like OC can be 'spamming' if ...Don't get how a blog like OC can be 'spamming' if they don't 'send out' anything. Spam, by definition, is 'outgoing', so what is Bob sending-out?<BR/><BR/>I'm sticking with the 'blog tagged as spam on purpose by would-be obstuctors' until somebody can explain this little discrepancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48968584271307859962008-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:00Rick - it's retarded ideas like that which have me...Rick - it's retarded ideas like that which have me concerned about the state of our economy should the stuttering prick get elected. Is it beer o'clock yet?<BR/><BR/>On another unrelated note, it's really astounding that Queeg can, with a straight face, lump Jews and Christians in with <A HREF="http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/07/28/damsels-of-death-female-suicide-killers-in-iraq/" REL="nofollow">this</A> kind of thinking. Key excerpt:<BR/><BR/>"“The second (female-launched) attack occurred inside a tent that provided shade and rest for female marchers. The female bomber walked into the tent, sat down and, according to a police official, Abu Ali, read the Koran with the women sitting inside. When she exited the tent, she left a bag behind, and moments later, it exploded. ”<BR/><BR/>The woman sat down and prayed with them and then sent them to their deaths."<BR/><BR/>Sick.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8757112594578797362008-08-01T07:47:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:47:00.000-07:00RR,It's weird: they want to socialize housing loss...RR,<BR/><BR/>It's weird: they want to socialize housing losses, and socialize oil profits, maybe so they even out? Isn't there a reason we're not socialist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45823251068339418512008-08-01T07:40:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:40:00.000-07:00Fifth Ennead, first tractateThe evil that has over...Fifth Ennead, first tractate<BR/><BR/>The evil that has overtaken them has its source in self-will, in the entry into the sphere of process, and in the primal differentiation with the desire for self-ownership. They conceived a pleasure in this freedom and largely indulged their own motion; thus they were hurried down the wrong path, and in the end, drifting down further and further, they came to lose even the thought of their origin in the Divine.<BR/><BR/>-Plotinus<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"Non serviam"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-724957646483473242008-08-01T07:39:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:39:00.000-07:00Sorry, for the off topic, but this just in…Let me ...Sorry, for the off topic, but this just in…<BR/><BR/>Let me see if I get <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12237.html" REL="nofollow">"this"</A> straight.<BR/><BR/>1. Take the evil oilmen’s money (that’s, “TAKE”)<BR/>2. Use the money to pay for the oil because we’re not criminals, for God’s sake.<BR/><BR/>I’m confused…if where all about conservation of energy and efficiency, wouldn’t it be easier and faster if we just took the oil from the evil oilmen?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45315449076040511252008-08-01T07:37:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:37:00.000-07:00Fifth Ennead, First Tractate:What can it be that h...Fifth Ennead, First Tractate:<BR/><BR/>What can it be that has brought the souls to forget the father, God, and, though members of the Divine and entirely of that world, to ignore at once themselves and It?<BR/><BR/>-PlotinusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32404074760521727042008-08-01T07:34:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:34:00.000-07:00Back to the blog-spamming thing, apparently it's n...Back to the blog-spamming thing, apparently it's <A HREF="http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/022321.php" REL="nofollow">not just you</A>, Bob.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63700741168486455752008-08-01T07:30:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:30:00.000-07:00"No, my bother's with folks who say they got it al..."No, my bother's with folks who say they got it all figured out, but their figures don't line up with what's in my plain sight."<BR/><BR/>That's cuz you keep trying to look at those magic eye pictures with one I closed; you'll <I>never</I> find the hologram that way, but you will see a lot of irrelevant dots.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41268647920316423212008-08-01T07:29:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:29:00.000-07:00I used to have "plain sight" too, Ray. Then I upgr...I used to have "plain sight" too, Ray. Then I upgraded...what a view!NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6151942098574235012008-08-01T07:00:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:00:00.000-07:00Slim: "If a man who don't claim no particular expe...Slim: <I>"If a man who don't claim no particular expertise about a subject gets some of it wrong, why, then ol' Ray says that means he's wrong about the stuff he does claim to be an expert on."</I><BR/><BR/>So, lemme make sure I got this straight. Even if a feller's all hat an' no cattle at one thing, doesn't mean he ain't good enough to make a rabbit spit in a bulldog's face at somethin' else, right?<BR/><BR/>Seems kindly catty whompus to hear a feller say that, when that same feller frets so 'bout my fence-mendin' skills. But that's no never-mind.<BR/><BR/>No, my bother's with folks who say they got it all figured out, but their figures don't line up with what's in my plain sight. Ain't always easy to tell what right, but I reckon it don't take but one screw-up to tell what's wrong. Not when it's supposed to have it all covered, anyways.Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32074250741995047062008-08-01T00:17:00.000-07:002008-08-01T00:17:00.000-07:00Here's an interesting interview at Dirty Harry's w...Here's an interesting interview at Dirty Harry's with JD Johannes, a former Marine who is now making documentaries of our Heroes in Iraq that also happen to be honest, for a refreshing change:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dirtyharrysplace.com/?p=3328#comment-20723" REL="nofollow">Dirty Harry</A><BR/><BR/>An excerpt: "What I liked most about the way you went about showing us around Iraq is that you take a warts-and-all approach, but unlike the media you don’t forget the “and all.” Any fair minded person with an IQ above room temperature can look at the media’s Iraq coverage and immediately sense that what’s missing is the all important context of the story. You can have facts without context, but you can’t have truth without context…<BR/><BR/>Iraq is big. Iraq is complex.<BR/><BR/>One of the problems is that on any given day there are more reporters covering Kansas City than there are reporters from U.S. news organizations covering Iraq. In the Trilogy I am showing Iraq as I saw it through a camera lens. The good–markets opening up in Baghdad. The bad–corrupt cops. And the good again–a Company Commander who will not let the cops get away with it.<BR/><BR/>I have become a student of war. One of my mentors appears in the documentaries, Colonel G.I. Wilson who gave me a reading list back in 2005. Those studies included the commentaries of Caeser, the writings of Brigadier Richard Clutterbuck, the work of John Boyd, T.X. Hammes, John Poole, Gibbon, the Histories of al-Tabari. In Cormac McCarthy’s, book Blood Meridian a vile character, the Judge, says, “‘It makes no difference what men think of war’, said the judge. ‘War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.’”<BR/><BR/>I try to put a little of that historical context into the documentaries and it informs they way I assemble them. I do not see war as an aberration. I do not judge the present against some arbitrary construct of the way things ’should be.’ (What makes an event news is that the event is the opposite of what the editor thinks should be. And in war, what should be? If you study war, you realize war is a series of calamities many driven by what Caesar referred to as ‘fortunes.’ Clauswitz called them ‘chance.’ Wilson calls them ‘fleeting opportunities.’) <BR/><BR/>The major media’s approach is not neutral. When have you ever seen the headline “Al Qaida Attack on U.S. Outpost Fails”? Never. The headline is always, “Al Qaida Attacks U.S. Outpost 8 Wounded” How about this headline, “Shia Militias Fail to Hold Basra.” The ’should’ standard is always applied to the coalition forces, never to the enemy. A truly neutral media would hold the enemy to the same ’should’ standard. That is a very subtle bias which infects the major media’s coverage of Iraq and Afghanistan."<BR/><BR/>Good stuff! It's good to know that there are guys like Mr. Johannes who are watchin' out for our Heroes! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43189569908938542502008-07-31T23:11:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:11:00.000-07:00No problemo, Bob. You know, Google did the sam,e t...No problemo, Bob. <BR/>You know, Google did the sam,e thing to me awhile back, and Babbazee before that. <BR/><BR/>What pissed me off the most is that anyone can anonymously complain and even though I'm cleared now (as far as I know) Google never tells me who complained or even what the complaint was about.<BR/><BR/>The system is very easy to exploit with no checks and balances.<BR/>I'm barely computer literate and I can figure that out.<BR/>Very disturbing but not unexpected I reckon.<BR/>There is no honor among leftists or Queeglings.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88842033638210562162008-07-31T22:08:00.000-07:002008-07-31T22:08:00.000-07:00Bob, I think you can basically back up the entire ...Bob, I think you can basically back up the entire site over at Wordpress without doing any harm to this incarnation (but it's always best to read the fine print; and of course, I've never done it myself, so take that for what it's worth).<BR/> <BR/>Siggy has a system going where there are two versions, one <A HREF="http://sigcarlfred.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">blogspot</A> and one <A HREF="http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">Wordpress</A> site (the mirror site). It may be set up so that whatever posts at the blogspot site automatically posts at the Wordpress site, but the comments don't seem to get copied.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76209070036085660182008-07-31T21:34:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:34:00.000-07:00Slim, I love you man. Sure wish ya hadn't got all ...Slim, I love you man. Sure wish ya hadn't got all blowed up a ridin' that nuke down on the russkies. Beautiful scene, though. I love the bomb! (and Peter Sellers)<BR/><BR/>Yeeeee Haaaaa!!!!!NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78062362225913925092008-07-31T21:18:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:18:00.000-07:00And Ben:Do you still need your old posts over ther...And Ben:<BR/><BR/>Do you still need your old posts over there, or can I delete them?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31925839975853384552008-07-31T21:11:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:11:00.000-07:00Question:If I import the whole kit and kaboodle ov...Question:<BR/><BR/>If I import the whole kit and kaboodle over to wordpress, does it also stay here at blogger, or will it only be at wordpress?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85407680754281466072008-07-31T20:51:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:51:00.000-07:00Well, that was easy enough. If I haven't been cle...Well, that was easy enough. If I haven't been cleared by the authorities by tomorrow morning, the post will appear at onecosmos.wordpress.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32230283362543164052008-07-31T20:45:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:45:00.000-07:00I don't remember my user name either... I'll see ...I don't remember my user name either... I'll see if I can figure it out.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3759454086049399302008-07-31T20:41:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:41:00.000-07:00I would post at the Wordpress Onecosmos, but I for...I would post at the Wordpress Onecosmos, but I forgot my password....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66619627510071231752008-07-31T20:38:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:38:00.000-07:00Slim - always like your movies. Here's an idea for...Slim - always like your movies. Here's an idea for accent heaven - you and Chill Wills with 20 pages of dialog each. Now <I>that'd</I> be entertainment!<BR/><BR/>G'Night<BR/><BR/>;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32084343757565013652008-07-31T20:33:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:33:00.000-07:00"For example, in the asymmetrical world, it is not..."For example, in the asymmetrical world, it is not possible for two objects to occupy the same space. But in the unconscious mind? No problemo . There, your husband can be your mother, a government can be a bountiful breast, President Bush can be Hitler, or, as Queeg demonstrates on a daily basis, a good Christian or Jew can be an Islamic terrorist. "<BR/><BR/>Lots to take from and think on in today's post, I've had time here and there to read it, and comments today, but no time to comment, but I'll say it again, the next big breakthrough in Philosophy and Psychology is going to come from someone with a strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming and Relational Database theory. <BR/><BR/>This symmetrical/asymmetrical has always had the ring of database queries made based upon incomplete, or improper key relations - even a Cartesian query in the more severe cases. I can't go much into it without sounding like a super primo geeky pedantic ...Argh... can't do even that tonight, gotta get to bed. Maybe some of you other fellow geeks out there... River? (shudder)Ray? For those who don't mind clubbing their eyes with reams of words, I did a series of <A HREF="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/search/label/What%20are%20words%20for" REL="nofollow">posts</A> on it last year (caveat: I was still on more of the BOmford view, than the Gagdad view then).<BR/><BR/>(Hey Stu!)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63194279563192638812008-07-31T20:17:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:17:00.000-07:00Slim, you are awesome.Slim, you are awesome.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54793523024939953922008-07-31T19:56:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:56:00.000-07:00Well, shoot I ain't never but a day late and a...Well, shoot I ain't never but a day late and a dollar short. I been up in the high country all day and just got back. I'm plumb tuckered out. But I took time to catch up on yesterday's little chat.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you boys best watch out about takin' ol' Slim's name in vain. I ain't no sock puppet.<BR/><BR/>I read little ol' Ray's attempt at repartee: "Slim: If'n there weren't people sayin' things I know ain't so, 'cause I seen 'em, I'd kindly be more inclined to take their word for it on the other stuff. But when these over-edjimicated types tell me a steer cain't live off o' just feed & water, it's gotta be chowin' on some meat somewhere, well, pull the other one."<BR/><BR/>Don't you just know that feller's about 5'5" by 5'5" -- a little ball a'lard -- couldn't mend a fence 'er do five pushups if his life depended on it. But I regress.<BR/><BR/>So, let me transmigrate what the little feller is saying: If a man who don't claim no particular expertise about a subject gets some of it wrong, why, then ol' Ray says that means he's wrong about the stuff he does claim to be an expert on. <BR/><BR/>I reckon if a feller cain't think no better than that he might as well not mind bein' mocked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com