While searching for Aramaic dictionaries on Amazon, this came up. Note what it suggests readers may also be interested in.
Also, for your amusement, a bit of news from Germany…
Conversations on the mathematics of belief
(or, The Gods Must Be Crazy)
Last night, aided by a great deal of coffee and a strange mood, hansandersen, jrpseudonym and I had a discussion about Pascal’s Wager and the mathematics of belief. The results were… well, somewhat strange, but some of you may find them amusing or interesting, so here’s a brief summary. It’s incomplete – guys, you want to add in some comments with your own notes and thoughts from last night? I know there’s plenty.
So, without further ado: Magic 8 ball, what should I believe?
whew…
I have now been officially indoctrinated. And now, I’m going to… bed.
Update: And now I’m much more awake, feeling strangely at peace. And realizing that it is a far, far better thing to be indoctrinated than inculcated. (I believe that’s what they do to proctologists)
A plague of Mormons
No, really. Story here. The crops have been decimated and the roads turned blood red.
This has been your random fact for the evening.
News item
[politics filter]
Riots in Iran: this is potentially important, whichever way it ends up playing out. Iran has been moving slowly towards a crisis for a while now. If the “good guys” win, that could turn out to be very good for pretty much everyone in the world apart from the Ayatollahs; if they don’t, there’s going to be a bloodbath.
Whew…
Things achieved today so far: Parents and sister got in town, showed them around some, got the apartment I was trying to get, and handed in my signed & sealed offer letter to Google.
Pretty good start for a day… (knock on wood) more amusements to follow, most likely.
…waiting…
Well, here it goes again… I just found another good place, I should hear back tomorrow by noon about it. Once again, there’s competition for it, but I may be able to achieve something with negotiation on it.
*sigh* Ah, the joys of apartment-hunting…
For those of you who (like me) have no television, or otherwise haven’t seen this – a new Honda ad that’s somewhere between beautiful and frightening.
No, that’s not CG. Yes, it took a lot of takes to get that right.
This has been your work avoidance for the night.
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