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The Real Difference Between Humans and
Other Animals

The Real Difference Between Humans and
Other Animals 04/12/2005 01:50 PM

A couple of years ago Chelsea, our dog, accidentally got into a fight with a woodchuck (she was exploring a large hole beside the walking trail in the conservation are near our home, and the sharp-clawed woodchuck didn't like the invasion of her den and emerged and attacked). Chelsea was unsure what to make of this creature, and she first approached and barked, and then, when it squealed and lunged, she backed off and the woodchuck retreated. Chelsea seemed fine, and was a bit distraught but made no sound of distress, so we continued on our walk. The next day we noticed Chelsea was licking herself on one side and I went to check to see if she'd picked up some burrs. To my astonishment I found a gash four inches (10cm) long and nearly one inch (2.5cm) deep. It was invisible under her fur but was still bleeding -- a battle wound. If we hadn't been paying attention we would never have known. If it had been on a different part of her body she might have died. The wound required several stitches and a long time to fully heal. We resolved to keep a closer eye on her health from then on. A month ago, we were going out for groceries and, as usual, Chelsea came along for the car ride. With her arthritis and her hypothyroid condition she's a little tentative now about jumping into the back seat of the van, but she made it all right. We were doing up our seatbelts when suddenly Chelsea let out a terrible howl, just like a wolf's. We panicked and rushed back to see what was wrong, convinced she must have injured herself somehow. It was a cold day and my wife had strapped on her coat, and in walking through between the middle bucket seats to the back bench seat Chelsea had got caught and couldn't squeeze forward or back. She was completely unhurt, but was terrified and shaken by this experience of being trapped. A serious wound she took in stride without a whimper, but the thought of being immobilized, imprisoned was unbearable. How different she is from humans! From childhood we howl for help -- from parents and then when we're older from doctors -- at the first sign of pain. We measure out our childhood with band-aids. But we learn to take imprisonment stoically, silently, dutifully. Soon we even learn to lock ourselves in -- in our rooms with 'keep out' signs on the door, in seatbelts in locked cars,and in homes locked against outsiders, and some even in gated, wired 'communities' -- voluntary prisons. Our imprisonment grows from being forced to stand in the corner, to being forced to sit in oppressive classrooms, to victimization by the cliques and bullies in the schoolyard, to 'being grounded', to the humiliation of having to pay and volunteer for even more stifling 'education' in universities, to groveling for jobs, employment contracts and wage slavery, to the 'bonds' of matrimony, to addiction to consumption and debt, just another form of imprisonment, and finally to fear on a global scale -- of criminals at every turn, of terrorists and tyrants -- causing us to want to lock up our loved ones and put barbed wire around our whole country. This then, it seems to me, is the real difference between humans and other animals: We can take imprisonment but not pain, and all the rest of life on our planet can accept pain but finds imprisonment unbearable. Perhaps then it's not surprising that we call imprisonment without pain 'humane'. If you've ever watched chickens in battery cages, you know nature doesn't see it that way.

Employing Humans To Get Real-Time
Answers

Employing Humans To Get Real-Time
Answers 05/11/2004 01:24 PM
I've always been a big fan of technology businesses that actually use humans to fill in the gaps where technology fails. However, as someone who runs a company that fits under that umbrella, the big question everyone asks is "how well does it scale?" I'm sure that's the same question that the folks that the folks running Any Questions Answered - a new service in the UK that lets anyone using a mobile phone send in a text message question - which will be quickly (one hopes) answered by a human at the other end (for a pound each). Of course, the trick to scaling is to have technology help those humans do what they do more efficiently. Thus, AQA's answerers apparently have some software (Google?) that helps them quickly answer standard questions. The company also is looking to employ random people at home to help answer the questions - which raises the inevitable (second) question of quality. Of course, in many ways this is similar to Google Answers - with the big difference being that you only pay if you get the correct answer with Google. Though, it's also not done via a mobile phone and not nearly as quick.

In Search for Life on Mars, Machines Can
Boldly Go Where Humans Can't

In Search for Life on Mars, Machines Can
Boldly Go Where Humans Can't 01/07/2004 02:24 PM
The excitement surrounding the current unmanned landings makes it clear that the scientific questions that may be answered inspire a host of people.

Medved QuoteTracker and Trade-Ideas
Bring Advanced Real-Time Streaming
Alerts to 60,000 Active Traders in
Latest Partnership

Medved QuoteTracker and Trade-Ideas
Bring Advanced Real-Time Streaming
Alerts to 60,000 Active Traders in
Latest Partnership 08/20/2004 02:41 AM
Trade-Ideas, the premier provider of idea generation and real-time statistical analytics to retail and institutional traders, brokers, and hedge funds, announced today a partnership with Medved QuoteTracker (QT), the leader in technical analysis software integrated with leading electronic brokers. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

Developing an Alerts Web Service that
Uses Outlook 2003 Alerts

Developing an Alerts Web Service that
Uses Outlook 2003 Alerts 05/06/2004 12:00 AM
As a third-party application developer, have you wanted to use e-mail to notify your users of an event, like an updated shared document or the price of a stock reaching a certain level? Learn how to use e-mail to notify your users of an event. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 lets third-party applications use Outlook alerts to notify users of specified events.

Life Imitate Art, Or Is Art Too Real?

Life Imitate Art, Or Is Art Too Real? 06/23/2004 04:22 AM
Here's a story about a Microsoft employee sending an e-mail to Bill Gates, and getting a real reply back, where Bill says he is indeed happy. And everyone celebrates after receiving the e-mail from Bill, and the e-mail got framed on the wall, and the Microsoft employee ended up on cloud nine.
What is interesting is one of the comments below: "Have I mistakenly stumbled across the fabled 'lost chapter from Microserfs'?"

Real life nanotechnology

Real life nanotechnology 01/07/2004 07:13 PM
Forbes.com list of the top ten nanotech products of last year, like Nano-Tex's Nano-Care fabric (which is used in khakis from Eddie Bauer, Lee Jeans,...

It's just not good or bad, or PC or Mac,
in real life

It's just not good or bad, or PC or Mac,
in real life 04/05/2005 01:19 AM
Digital Collegian Apr 5 2005 5:21AM GMT

Real Life X-Files

Real Life X-Files 04/09/2004 04:05 PM

MSNBC reports that electrical devices in the town of Canneto di Caronia, Sicily have been spontaneously combusting. It's gotten so bad that the entire town had to be evacuated. The power company removed the town from the grid and put it on a generator, until the generator also caught fire.

"Every time some new scientist comes to town, they arrive thinking the whole thing has been invented or that they're going to solve the mystery in two minutes. They've all been wrong." [...] "Someone wrote to us saying the solution was to sacrifice a black goat and collect its blood. At some point, that's going to start looking like a good idea."

Weird.

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how real life and the Internet differ

how real life and the Internet differ 08/13/2004 08:07 PM
that's the difference

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Dealing with technology in real life

Dealing with technology in real life 09/02/2004 07:17 PM
ZDNet Sep 2 2004 9:50PM GMT

'Sims 2': Closer to real life

'Sims 2': Closer to real life 09/14/2004 10:04 PM
USA Today Sep 15 2004 2:44AM GMT

PHP-RPG (A real time simulation of life)

PHP-RPG (A real time simulation of life) 12/29/2004 04:02 PM
php rpgrts initial release (0.1.0)

Turn Real Life Into A Cartoon

Turn Real Life Into A Cartoon 08/13/2004 12:00 AM
Slashdot Aug 13 2004 3:13AM GMT

A Real-Life Hobbit Hole

A Real-Life Hobbit Hole 12/28/2004 05:13 PM

A Maryland couple has plans to build their own Hobbit Hole dwelling, and has set up a website to raise funds for it and to share progress updates.

The floorplan sketch that Rob has provided on his info page doesn't quite follow my interpretation of Tolkien's description of Bilbo Baggins' Hobbit Hole. But even so, it is an interesting project, both from a construction and a funding standpoint.

Anybody want to help me out with some cash for my upcoming kitchen remodel? I'll accept cash, check, money order, or PayPal.

A real life professor frink

A real life professor frink 05/20/2004 01:14 PM
Maybe the age of the individual inventor isn't over. Woody Norris is the inventor of the personal helicopter, precise Hypersonic sound emitter, and the first palm-size digital voice recorder... And never graduated from college.

Search on for real-life "Q" (Reuters)

Search on for real-life "Q" (Reuters) 04/19/2005 06:54 AM
Reuters - Get out the rocket launcher camera, brandish your acid-shooting fountain pen and stick on your fake third nipple.

Campaign Game Mimics Real Life

Campaign Game Mimics Real Life 08/19/2004 06:11 AM
A new simulated election game that lets you play campaign manager to a presidential candidate is both thrillingly and disturbingly similar to real-world politics. A review by Jason Silverman.

KUA Warns of Real-Life 'Fear Factor'

KUA Warns of Real-Life 'Fear Factor' 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
A disturbing scene in an upcoming episode of NBC's "Couples Fear Factor" prompts Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) to step up electrical safety warnings to its customers. [PRWEB Jan 30, 2005]

Site Uses Web to Make Real-Life Meetings

Site Uses Web to Make Real-Life Meetings 11/07/2003 09:59 AM
AP via Newsday Nov 7 2003 9:25AM ET

Real-Life Problems Solved in New IBM Ads
(Reuters)

Real-Life Problems Solved in New IBM Ads
(Reuters) 01/07/2005 01:49 AM
Reuters - IBM , the world's largest computer company, is putting a human face on the services it offers in a new U.S. brand campaign illustrating how technology can help doctors, lawmakers and young schoolgirls alike.

Sheen Stumps for Real-Life Politician
(AP)

Sheen Stumps for Real-Life Politician
(AP) 09/26/2004 11:30 AM
AP - Actor Martin Sheen did some real-life politicking for a congressional candidate who used to work on his television series "The West Wing."

I've always wanted to save the princess
in real life

I've always wanted to save the princess
in real life 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Media artist Jason Corace will play the part of Super Mario in Ctrl-shift, an online game he's developing for release this summer: Ctrl-shift is a multi player online game that gives its players collaborative control over my freewill. The goal of the game is to fulfill a series of game missions that take place in the real world, in real time. Players attempt to collectively complete these missions by suggesting...

Seeking Real-Life Spy Tech Master 'Q'
(Reuters)

Seeking Real-Life Spy Tech Master 'Q'
(Reuters) 04/19/2005 09:20 AM
Reuters - Get out the rocket launcher camera, brandish your acid-shooting fountain pen and stick on your fake third nipple.

Real-Life Prison Escape Inspires Song
(AP)

Real-Life Prison Escape Inspires Song
(AP) 07/24/2004 04:15 PM
AP - It had all the makings of a country song: Six inmates break out of jail using a fingernail clipper and a rope made of jumpsuits. Songwriter Russ Ashburn used the real-life escape — and a poem written by one of the inmates — as the inspiration for "Surry County Jail Break," a local hit.

Internet Relationships 'As Damaging as
Real-Life Affairs'

Internet Relationships 'As Damaging as
Real-Life Affairs' 04/17/2004 12:46 PM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Apr 17 2004 5:15PM GMT

Mobster makes real-life mafia show
(Reuters)

Mobster makes real-life mafia show
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 02:00 PM
Reuters - A Russian mob boss, fed up with the "unrealistic mafia shows" usually shown on television has taken matters into his own hands by creating his own series.

A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in
a Cyberspace City

A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in
a Cyberspace City 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
There is little agreement among players of multiplayer Internet games about the real-world consequences of their online actions.

Sony patent takes first step towards
real-life Matrix

Sony patent takes first step towards
real-life Matrix 04/09/2005 07:57 AM
Velozie Apr 9 2005 12:23PM GMT

Desktop alerts A new service delivering
breaking news alerts to your desktop

Desktop alerts A new service delivering
breaking news alerts to your desktop 04/27/2004 02:40 PM
BBC Apr 27 2004 5:59PM GMT

Miami’s Real Life Apprentice Begins
Search for a Mentor and New Career!

Miami’s Real Life Apprentice Begins
Search for a Mentor and New Career! 09/27/2004 02:39 AM
After a prosperous seven-year career in the financial services sector and a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership, Esteban de la Ossa is ready to take on a great new challenge. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]

New Scientist News - Sony patent takes
first step towards real-life Matrix

New Scientist News - Sony patent takes
first step towards real-life Matrix 04/08/2005 08:11 PM

New Scientist News - Sony patent
takes first step towards real-life
Matrix

New Scientist News - Sony patent
takes first step towards real-life
Matrix 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
Sony patent takes first step towards real-life Matrix .. NewScientist berichtet .. New Scientist reports

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Site uses the Internet to make real-life
meetings on topics ranging from knitting
to politics

Site uses the Internet to make real-life
meetings on topics ranging from knitting
to politics 11/07/2003 06:34 AM
AP via New Jersey Online Nov 7 2003 5:39AM ET

I kill people in my songs so I don't
have to kill them in real life. -Nick
Cave

I kill people in my songs so I don't
have to kill them in real life. -Nick
Cave 05/20/2004 11:34 AM
NASA Fired Will Carpenter for writing a short story. "Some kind of harrassment," they said, and since Texas is an at-will employment state, there's not much he can do about it. Is this story a valid means of self-expression or a harrassing glimpse into jilted anger? I've stumbled across more and more news stories about people being fired for writing, and students expelled for writing "dark poetry" in the classroom. How much do you have to keep secret from your classmates and co-workers?

smoke em if you got em

smoke em if you got em 03/08/2004 11:14 PM
Darin and I stood in Old Town, on the corner of Delacy and Green. It was a magnificent night: eighty degrees, clear skies, the slightest breeze stirring the young leaves on the trees behind us.

The whole area was packed with people who were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm March evening: families and young couples crowded the sidewalks, as a nearly-full moon slowly climbed the Eastern sky.

"Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?" I said.

"Getting the tires changed on my Jeep." He said.

"Want to get together and have a cigar? I haven't had a cigar in months, and I'd like to take advantage of the warm weather."

Smoke Day

Smoke Day 06/17/2005 07:11 PM

I smoked today. Actually, I smoked just now with only 31 minutes left in the day. Not really a cigarrete even, more a mini-cigar that was sitting in a forgotten corner of the house until now. So horrible yet so comfortable. I've been on nicotine candy for the past three months and haven't been able to get off it. That's not really quitting, more like pausing. And I've been in an irritating state of mind for the past three months. Damn. I feel like a loser. The worst part of smoking these days is the guilt. I don't know if I am back to smoking or not yet. I am taking it one day at a time at this point. For now, allow me this pleasure of hating myself for this self-inflicted wound.

Up in smoke at the DNC?

Up in smoke at the DNC? 07/27/2004 04:22 PM

Smoke Across the Water

Smoke Across the Water 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
Altria crosses the Pacific to add Indonesian cigarettes to the stable.
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