… if IBM is involved it will get even more complicated. That is the story of my weekend.
(Channeling Poul Anderson)
… if IBM is involved it will get even more complicated. That is the story of my weekend.
(Channeling Poul Anderson)
Convergence 2010 — Physics and Fantasy
Notes from a panel at Convergence 2010, with web links, comments, and one smart-assed quote.
Spring workshop, April 24, 2010
Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s Spring workshop at the University of St. Thomas.
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For the first time I was placed in the highest of the three levels. It was hard, but I don’t
think I did noticeably worse than my classmates. The emphasis was on conversation, which is the
weakest of my skills in the Irish language. In fact, I am not much of a conversationalist in English.
The first session was a set of get-acquainted questions. We went around and asked them to each other, to find out who had
done this or that. There was a question of who frequently went to the theater, and what play they had most recent seen. I commented:
Tá agam déagóir sa bhaile. Breathnaím dráma gach lá.
Give Me Back My Legions!, by Harry Turtledove. This is historical fiction, without any elements of alternate history or science fiction. I liked it much better than most of the Amazon reviewers did. Continue reading
This is weird and scary.
Weaponizing Mozart: How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control
Via Slashdot
Deep. As the author wrote: “immortality will lose a lot of its appeal.”
The science is accurate. For details see the End of the Universe.