Apr 19
Canonicity may be the most important thing. dictionary.com defines “canon”, as relevant to this post: 3. the body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a field of study or art. The important qualification here is that in any field, in order to be canon, it has to be consistent …
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Jun 03
Of course, you’re thinking, “Wait! Calculus was invented by Newton and Leibnitz in the 17th century!” That is, of course correct, but it brings to mind a famous moment from the Star Trek episode, “Whom Gods Destroy.” Dr. Garth: “You wrote that?“ Marta: “Yesterday, as a matter of fact.“ Dr. Garth: “It was written by …
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May 10
Someone posted this image on Twitter, and I copied it to Facebook. I thought it was so darned cool aside from it’s professional use of color. I have kids, and as it turns out, the boys prefer “boy” toys and the girls prefer “girl” toys. But they didn’t get that from me. It’s unlikely that …
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