OOo Off the Wall: The Outlining and the Ecstasy

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Outlining and XML

Outlining and XML 03/25/2005 01:06 PM
It may not sound sexy, but outlining is how some of the best organize their thoughts. While OmniOutliner may be king of the hill, but you'd be surprised how many great free outliners there are.

Join me for some great freeware that will shake up your blogrolls, shownotes and more in this week's Freeloader Friday.

What if they had outlining back then?

What if they had outlining back then? 07/01/2004 04:59 PM

David Weinberger writes.....

I've started re-readi ng Aristotle's Metaphysics (although if "re-reading" implies any serious memory of the first time, then we should remove the "re-") with an eye towards the role of categories and tree-like organizational structures. So far, that's turning out to be an oddly useful (= consistently distorting) lens.

In Book Beta, Aristotle is still examining how others have approached the problem of what things are. Previous philosophers have made the mistake, he argues, of thinking that principles and classes have to be independent things; in fact, they believe principles are the most real and the most eternal. But then you end up with the "greatest absurdity" [997b.5, p. 46], he says, for you've divided beings into an individual and the principle that makes the individual into what it is, and you have no way of getting them back together.

Worse, it's the individuals that are most real (despite Plato), but if all we have are individuals, there's no possibility of knowledge:

If there is nothing apart from concrete individuals, and if these are infinite, how is a science of infinite individuals possible? For whatever things we come to know, we come to know in so far as they are one or the same, and in so far as some general attributes belongs to them all. [998a, 23, p. 51]

But it isn't possible that the condition for knowing is incompatible with the nature of being. Can we get to something general enough to count as knowledge without denying that to be is to be an individual?

Aristotle says predecessors failed at this. Those that say principles are real beings are needlessly multiplying entities and can't explain what it means for an individual to "participate" in a principle, And, he argues, it doesn't help to point to the constituent elements of things because if that's all you have, you can't understand what makes a bed into a bed; for that you have to see how the parts are put together and understand that a bed is for sleeping...a purpose not contained in the sum of constituent elements.

But, even if we agree that knowledge of a thing is knowledge of what kind of thing it is, how general should the kind be? Do you look at its most immediate genus, or do you look at the root of the tree to see the primary genus? [998b.15, p. 49]

...what many beings have in common cannot itself be a this-somnething, but is a "what"; whereas a primary being is a "this." If we were permitted to supposed that what is predicated in common is itself a this-something, then Socrates would be many animals: himself and "man" and "animals"...These are the consequences of supposing principles to be general. But if they are not general, but individuals, they are not knowable; for knowledge of anything is general. Hence, if there is to be knowledge of such principles, there must be other principles prior to them, namely, what is general to them. [1003a.8, p. 60]

These are the problems that arise from assuming that being and knowability are one (an assumption we moderns don't make; we assume that things are apart from how we know them), and not yet seeing how categories can be different in kind from the things they categorize. We don't have a problem saying that Socrates is a human and an animal because we see that — looking upward — categories can be nested and inherit properties from their containers, and — looking downward — how categories can emerge from what the contain, just as beds emerge from constituent elements. Through the odd lens I'm using, reading this chapter feels like watching the birth of the level of abstraction required to make nested categories work.

I'm reading the Richard Hope translation from Ann Arbor Paperbacks.

[Joho the blog]

I can't help but think how the world might be different if they had a Dave Winer back then to invent outlining.

Instant Outlining and Wiki

Instant Outlining and Wiki 06/17/2005 07:11 PM

While there are similarities between I nstant Outlining (IO) and Wikis, there are subtle differences. Instant Outlining is more about people and relationships where Wikis are more about documents and collaboration. Instant Outlining is more about now and decentralization where Wikis are more about history and centralization.

I think the two can be combined to get the full benefits of both: a beast with multiple heads of Instant Outlines and the body of a Wiki with full versioning support. Ross, I think you need to ask U ncle Fluffy to tell you a story.

a nice job at outlining the unfortunate
outcome

a nice job at outlining the unfortunate
outcome 04/14/2005 08:29 PM
Salon has jumped into the circle jerk

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The Ecstasy

The Ecstasy 07/05/2004 12:49 PM
Jesu s saved my vagina. A new wave of Christian merchandise.

Ecstasy PSAs

Ecstasy PSAs 11/20/2002 06:48 PM
These new anti-ecstasy PSAs amuse me It's was like one day I was healthy and had an immune system and the next day I didn't

Wall Nuts - The wall between
intelligence and law enforcement is
killing us. By Stewart Baker

Wall Nuts - The wall between
intelligence and law enforcement is
killing us. By Stewart Baker 01/03/2004 07:05 AM
this Jurisprudence essay .. Click

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PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia"
Wall-to-Wall Coverage: DID DOUGLAS
BRINKLEY

PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia"
Wall-to-Wall Coverage: DID DOUGLAS
BRINKLEY 08/28/2004 10:34 PM
ALL DOUGLAS BRINKLEY'S FAULT? .. Presto Pundit .. says

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FDA OKs Ecstasy Study in Cancer Patients
(AP)

FDA OKs Ecstasy Study in Cancer Patients
(AP) 12/28/2004 09:31 AM
AP - The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but can it ease the debilitating anxiety that cancer patients feel as they face their final days?

Police net $60m worth of ecstasy tablets

Police net $60m worth of ecstasy tablets 11/06/2003 02:59 AM
ABC Online Nov 6 2003 1:51AM ET

New internet drugs replacing ecstasy

New internet drugs replacing ecstasy 04/26/2004 12:54 AM
news.com.au Apr 26 2004 4:52AM GMT

Police net record ecstasy haul

Police net record ecstasy haul 04/15/2005 12:57 PM
The Age Apr 15 2005 4:24PM GMT

Huge ecstasy haul in Australia

Huge ecstasy haul in Australia 04/16/2005 02:42 AM
Australian police make a record seizure of ecstasy, finding five million pills in a shipping container.

Police Seize a Ton of Ecstasy in Tiles
(Reuters)

Police Seize a Ton of Ecstasy in Tiles
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 09:51 AM
Reuters - Australian authorities recovered more than 2,240 pounds of ecstasy tablets hidden in a shipment of ceramic tiles in one of the world's largest seizures of street-ready drugs, police said Friday.

Australian police net huge ecstasy haul

Australian police net huge ecstasy haul 06/21/2004 07:36 AM
ONE News Jun 21 2004 11:17AM GMT

FDA: Give dying cancer victims Ecstasy

FDA: Give dying cancer victims Ecstasy 12/28/2004 06:55 AM
Cory Doctorow: The FDA has approved research into whether Ecstasy should be used in palliative care of terminal cancer patients to ease their final days.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pilot study looking at whether the recreational hallucinogen can help terminally-ill patients lessen their fears, quell thoughts of suicide and make it easier for them to deal with loved ones.

"End of life issues are very important and are getting more and more attention, and yet there are very few options for patients who are facing death," Dr John Halpern, the Harvard research psychiatrist in charge of the study, said.

The small four-month study is expected to begin early next spring. It will test the drug's effects on 12 cancer patients from the Lahey Clinic Medical Centre in the Boston area. The research is being sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a non-profit group that plans to raise 250,000 (-184,816) to fund it.

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Police net $60m worth of ecstasy tablets
in drug bust

Police net $60m worth of ecstasy tablets
in drug bust 11/05/2003 11:40 PM
ABC Online Nov 5 2003 10:48PM ET

Ellison: No need for wall-to-wall Oracle

Ellison: No need for wall-to-wall Oracle 01/28/2004 10:45 PM
Oracle's chief executive says it's alright for companies to use Oracle's business system in conjunction with those from rivals Siebel Systems and SAP, and Oracle will even help them to do it.

PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia"
Wall-to-Wall Coverage: THE KERRY
CAMPAIGN

PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia"
Wall-to-Wall Coverage: THE KERRY
CAMPAIGN 08/16/2004 10:30 AM
Presto Pundit .. PrestoPundit .. ROUNDUP

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To be a fly on the wall ...

To be a fly on the wall ... 04/27/2004 06:53 PM

Wish I Were a Fly on That Wall…

Wish I Were a Fly on That Wall… 05/21/2004 11:16 AM
Microsoft blogger Tosh Menston mentions that Ray Kurzweil recently spoke at the behest of Microsoft Research. The topic: Exponential acceleration of technology's capability and its adoption.

A FLY ON THE WALL

A FLY ON THE WALL 06/15/2004 08:27 AM
Meryl As Hillary In 'Manchurian Candidate'? .. an interesting controversy .. A Fly on the Wall:

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Just Wall it Off

Just Wall it Off 04/12/2004 06:14 PM
Brazil Wants to Build a Wall Social and economic problems out of control? No problem. Brazil plans to literally build a 10 foot wall to separate the haves from the have nots.

Right into the wall!

Right into the wall! 07/05/2004 12:49 PM
Ties should be settled using this game, not shootouts. For those who aren't yet sick of soccer. Via the bowels of a SportsFilter linkdump, this is too challenging not to share. Shockwave. Damned hard.

CAVE WALL 0.21

CAVE WALL 0.21 08/07/2004 08:57 AM
A ncurses-based ASCII art editor.

The Wailing Wall

The Wailing Wall 03/08/2004 11:19 PM

Expats snarfing down a late night snack from a local grilli between pints of beer.

I hang out on an English speaker's/Expat bulletin board I affectionately call The Wailing Wall. Lately there seems to be surge in bright-eyed young yankees looking to escape the US, a trend I expect to only gather in strength as the election approaches. I'd like to think I prepared myself for some of the challenges of moving to Finland reasonably well though there have been days I've pondered buying a plane ticket home. However, given a few of the wailers from North America on IESAF and some of the hopefuls trying to escape the return to Mayberry that the US is careening towards, I'm going to rant a little bit on how not to be an idiot asshole yankee expat in the vain hope that it diminishes some of the incoming schadenfreude fodder. It'll just feel good to rant, too. :)

• Don't announce that you're too young to drink in the US and that you're gunning for being able to booze it up with your teenage girlfriend without having to provide ID. Budweiser is 3 euro [$3.60] per bottle here and with the money you save by staying home, buying a fake ID and going to Costco for a $5.99 24-pack, you could buy an education you so desperately need.
• Don't ask us all to provide you with job contacts just because you're young, just managed to graduate from Podunk U., have a job at Circuit City and think that Nokia would surely hire you if only they knew you were available. When we tell you that the only difference between a Mexican in SoCal and expats in Finland is that the Mexican has more job opportunities, we're not really joking and, no, we're not trying to be a bummer, man.
• Don't post in the most appallingly bad English which makes an illiterate monkey look like Shakespeare and expect us to take you seriously when you say that you're 'good with languages' and that learning Finnish 'shouldn't be a problem'. When the folks whose 3rd language is English and who speak, read and write your native language better than you seem appalled, you should maybe stay home and take a remedial English course.
• Don't come to us with tales of woe about how your teenage Finnish girlfriend you met on IRC whom you're sure you want to marry is giving you the cold shoulder and that she surely couldn't be dumping you when she says she wants more space.
• Don't ask if we're enjoying the cold weather. It's not the cold that gets to you, it's the dark, dark, dark November that does. This time of year is practically balmy and sunny.
• Don't whine about Finnish food. This is Finland and this is their food. Fucking deal with it, bribe someone for a care package or go the hell home.
• Don't whine about the taxation. You're going to get taxed by two governments. Your bitching about it isn't going to change the fact that you're gonna pay. Keep reaching for that bar of soap and shut the hell up.
• Don't gripe about how quiet and unfriendly Finns are. Maybe you're just an asshole and they're just uninterested in making small talk. If you shut up long enough, they talk.
• Don't bemoan how expensive stuff is here as nothing gets cheaper once people have paid the higher price, i.e. the market is already paying, so your boring diatribe about frightful prices is about as likely to lower prices as pissing in the wind and getting your pants moist.
• Don't rail on the Finnish government until you're a citizen or at least have lived here a few years, as you are merely a guest in the country and we've heard it all before. Bitching about the US government, however, is more than welcome.
• Don't ask us if we think you're crazy if you want to move to Finland as we aren't always sure of that answer for ourselves.
• Don't get pissy when I rant about expats who irk the crap out of me because they never seem to enjoy anything. What ever happened to the country filled with people who sang 'we are the world' and all that rot in the spirit of global understanding and tolerance of other cultures? Cheer up and lighten up.

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it. -- Mark Twain

OOo Off the Wall: It's Numbering, but
Not as We Know It

OOo Off the Wall: It's Numbering, but
Not as We Know It 07/08/2004 05:26 AM
Numbered and bulleted lists that don't disappear, switch, realign themselves or otherwise make your life miserable.

First Crack in the Wall?

First Crack in the Wall? 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
This is the first announced change in the status quo since IBM announced the sale of their entire line of laptops to the Chinese firm Lenovo. As with some other people, I’m still awainting experience to tell us if it’s a good or bad thing. Lenovo will slightly modify the “IBM ThinkPad” brand in the relatively near future, said Lenovo CEO-designate Stephen Ward on Monday at PC Forum, which is taking place here this week….

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Wall O' Hot Brains

Wall O' Hot Brains 06/17/2005 03:56 PM
On one of the walls of my office I have a growing collection (where growing means two) of pictures of guys that meet the criteria of "Hot Brain." So, I of course have received tons of grief about tonight's episode...

Wall Street

Wall Street 04/08/2005 07:53 PM
Wall Street - How it Works, and for Whom, by Doug Henwood. Sold over 20,000 copies as paperback. Acclaimed by Crooked Timber. Available for free under a Creative Commons license (Amazon).

CAVE WALL 0.2

CAVE WALL 0.2 07/22/2004 10:01 PM
A ncurses-based ASCII art editor.

Hang-on-the Wall PC

Hang-on-the Wall PC 09/14/2004 06:45 PM
PC Magazine Sep 14 2004 10:38PM GMT

The Wall Crawler PC

The Wall Crawler PC 08/27/2004 02:09 PM

Tear Down the Wall

Tear Down the Wall 11/16/2003 11:53 PM

Rachel Corrie

I found this message from Wisconsin's mainstream Christian ecumenical organization heartening. 

Friend,

If there are no objections, I would like for us to dedicate our "Courage for Nonviolence" Conference, Jan. 23-24, 2004, to Rachel Corrie, the 23 yr. old female human rights activist, who on Sunday, March 17, 2003, was crushed to death by an IDF bulldozer while she was protesting the destruction of a palestinian home.

I will include a commemorative statement in our brochure, and announce our dedication of the conference to Rachel at the opening of the conference.

Buy When Wall Street Won't

Buy When Wall Street Won't 04/14/2005 12:30 PM
Three ways to profit when there's value inside.

OOo Off the Wall: Getting in the Frame

OOo Off the Wall: Getting in the Frame 08/17/2004 05:37 AM
A discussion of how to use frame styles in OOo Writer.

Shark Tank: Up against the wall

Shark Tank: Up against the wall 06/03/2004 11:18 PM
This state legislative committee is experimenting with transforming the lawmaking process from paper to paperless, complete with laptops, projection screens -- and instant messaging.

"'We should put this S.O.B. up against a
wall... and pull the trigger.'"

"'We should put this S.O.B. up against a
wall... and pull the trigger.'" 04/14/2004 03:45 AM

Wall Street's Origins

Wall Street's Origins 05/14/2004 12:26 AM
Yes, there used to be a wall on Wall Street.
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