Links for 19-11-2006
NES guitar, CopyBot and the economics of abundance, regeneration research…
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“I’ve noticed five variants of I’m-an-atheist-buttery, and I’ll list them in turn, in the hope that others will recognize them, be armed against them, and perhaps extend the list by contributing examples from their own experience.”
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Geek-rock iconography? An electric guitar/NES console mash-up. Probably sounds awful, but looks pretty unique.
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“A research team [...] has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo — a species not known to be able to regrow limbs — suggesting that the potential for such regeneration exists innately in all vertebrates, including humans.”
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“As Sven Johnson suggests, the important story here isn’t about Second Life per se, but about the clash between a scarcity-based economy and an abundance-based world.” Jamais Cascio on the CopyBot controversy.
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November 19th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
That chicken wing thing is freaky, kinda reminds me of this X-Files episode (circa around end of season 4) where this dude used to eat tumors and was able to regenerate his lost limbs and his head, used to bath in some kinds iodine solution. Most repulsive to see. But who knows, sci fi of one era is the sci fact of another.
November 21st, 2006 at 2:15 am
[...] Here’s why I’m NOT an atheist: Dawkins is making a religion out of atheism (via Armchair Anarchist). Even though I’m not religious, I can’t claim to know that there is or is not a God. It might even come down to definitions. I’m an agnostic, and proud of it. But I can still laugh. [...]