Stand with Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan -- with democracy and civilization against tyranny and barbarism
posted by Infidel753 at 1:10 AM
Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
God doesn't exist
Evolution happened
Global warming is real
Homosexuality is normal
Aging is a curable disease
The election was not stolen
Everything "spiritual" is a lie
Free speech is for everybody
Humans do not have "souls"
Men can't become women
Fetuses are not persons
Words are not violence
Taiwan is a nation
Pluto is a planet
13 Comments:
Ha!
Good palate cleanser, Infidel.
Still cackling about the one with the Lord of the Rings reference, though. Love me a nerdy joke.
XOXO
When I was in college in the early 80s, those computer punch cards were still in use. I'd see the Computer Science students carrying around these big stacks of them, at least a foot tall, which represented their recent work. It was a local tragedy any time one of them tripped and fell, scattering their cards across the ground.
It's a shame we lack the creativity to construct interesting buildings here, like that one in Qatar.
That building in Qatar looks like it needs the eye of Sauron to be complete.
Sixpence: I aim to entertain -- and I'm glad whoever left that little note wasn't worried about being thought "nerdy".
Bluzdude: It's remarkable how far the technology has come. I wonder how many punch cards it would take to equal what a modern finger-size flash drive can hold -- enough to fill a house, probably.
I wouldn't be surprised if that building was designed by a Western architect. You don't see many like that here, though.
Lady M: I would even give him binocular vision!
Many, many good ones here! (Of course, I stole a few.)
Computer punch cards, I remember them well. From school anyway. Just remember, DON'T DROP THEM! They are not numbered.
I always find anything space related interesting.
Another eclectic mix. The TV Guide page brought back memories of our two channels, one of which was less clear than the other. Even at that, the entertainment was better than the two hundred cable channels available now. And the punch cards! My husband and my brother were only three and four years older than me, respectively, and used those in their university computer courses. By the time I got to university we were taught in Basic instead, and had to take turns using one of several terminals in the computer science building to write our programs. The progress in computers was incredibly fast for a while there.
Ricko: Please steal away -- I've got plenty.
Mike: What a nightmarish way to do computer science. And there probably wasn't even any easy way to make back-ups of all the data in case you did drop them or the dog chewed one up or something.
Mary K: The galaxy photo is Andromeda, more than two million light years away. Still the nearest large galaxy to ours.
Jenny_o: I remember TV guide! It seems like an ancient relic now, though.
I loved the tv guide page..my son would too..that was his sat morning..
I remember looking at it every day..... seems like eons ago.
some really interesting ones - love the TV Guide page!
It brought back memories of an ancient world.....
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