June 25th, 2008
Master of Ceremonies:
… Your power changed everything you touched. You not only turned our world upside down, you also created new worlds, worlds we have never seen before, worlds we would never have imagined before. Today, on your 60th birthday, we are all standing here, celebrating your greatness, your excellence and your undeniable influence on all of us.
Now, according to the old Japanese tradition, let us award you with this beautiful red kimono. We all wish you well and once again, thank you, thank you for all you have done for us. Please, everybody, let’s give him a great round of applause.
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March 14th, 2008
Carole Taylor:
Carbon tax will start July 1, 2008 at a rate of $10 per tonne of associated carbon, or carbon‑equivalent, emissions. That works out to about 2.4 cents a litre at the gas pump and 2.8 cents a litre for diesel and home heating oil. Leading economists and scientists agree: Seeing that cost, and making it real, will give us new incentives to change the habits that created global warming in the first place.
Kevin:
Let me get this clear. Today we pay say, $1.20 per litre, and with the tax it will be $1.224 per litre? Am I correct?
Carole Taylor:
Yes, for every litre of gas an additional 2.4 cents will be charged as the carbon tax.
Kevin:
And why do you think this is the right thing to do?
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February 18th, 2008
Roger:
…That subjectivity applied to the modern physics bothers me a lot. It is not because I cannot accept the idea of our mind and consciousness are part of the system. No, not at all. I can feel my consciousness so it is part of the real world for me. At least it is real enough for me to accept that it could interact somehow with the physical world around. What bothers me is that there is no math to work with that. In a sense, the science ended at that very moment when you allow any free will to act.
Jonathan:
What would you expect? Objectivity is the basis of science.
Roger:
Yes, but I have been looking for any case when subjectivity and mathematics intersect. I hoped that if I found such an example then may be we can begin to study that subjectivity in a normal scientific way. And guess what? It looks like I found something of that sort! Yesterday I was helping my daughter to do her math homework and there was some of those ‘continue the sequence’ problems. Some short sequence of numbers is given and you have to find out what the next number should be.
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December 29th, 2007
Leporello:
I recognize that smile, my gentle master. That look, those sparkles in your eyes, all telling me it’s happening again. Ah, tell me what’s the name of one who keeps us on the move when all the world is having dinner?
Don Everett:
She’s Donna Anna. I saw her in the church today. This morning, Leporello, love struck and split my heart in two.
Leporello:
A broken heart? It must be painful, even deadly. What can I say? Remember that one time you lost your head? You were alive and happy, and even played guitar. My master, are you feeling good?
Don Everett:
Ah, more than that! I feel two lives instead of one. The one of me is loved and happy. Donna Anna, remembers him and all this day she has been asking everyone about him, and dreaming that they meet again.
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September 7th, 2007
Berry:
Good Afternoon, Chief. It’s nice of you to come. We have just received new fishing nets, big ones. Just as you asked last time.
Chief:
Hi, Berry. I am not here for the net. I want to buy a license.
Berry:
License? But you don’t need a license, do you? You aboriginal people can fish any time you want.
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August 27th, 2007
Hal Bregg:
Mike! Hi, buddy! I am back!
Michael Scott:
Ah, Mr. Bregg. Good morning.
Hal Bregg:
Why are you so official?
Michael Scott:
We think it’s appropriate for a big company like us. Don’t you think?
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July 30th, 2007
I:
I am so angry! I hate to be angry! How could she say that? After all these years!
Me:
Stop it. She didn’t mean it, you know.
I:
I hate it when she talks to me like that!
Me:
You started yelling first, you know.
I:
What she said was stupid! Stupid! Stupidity makes me mad!
Me:
Listen you smarty, if you are so smart you should notice that it was her second day. She is always unbearable those days.
Myself:
Interesting, if the milk was not white, what color would it be?
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July 24th, 2007
Jay Ingram:
Here is this young man Alan Turnet who is called the father and founder of the Church of God Who Does Nothing. Alan, tell us how all this started and what exactly is the Church Of God Who Does Nothing?
Alan Turnet:
Jay, it all started as a joke, and honestly I still consider it to be a joke. One day we had a discussion about the new paradigm shift in understanding of intelligence and as it often happens among MIT students, we went quite far off topic.
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July 10th, 2007
Hack:
I just got back from the iPhone DevCamp. Ah, what a great camp we had! 400 guys in one big room coding non-stop for two days.
Edsger:
400 people in the same place?
Hack:
Yes, it was amazing! You should try it one day!
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June 29th, 2007
Stacy:
Here is Joe Johnson. We invaded Joe’s life a week ago to help him find his new image, and we gave him a check for $1000 to spend on it.
Clinton:
But there was a catch. Joe had to follow our rules and listen to all our harsh fashion advice.
Stacy:
We spent this week introducing Joe to the glamorous world of contemporary fashion and style.
Clinton:
Which was like a complete new universe for him. Right, Joe?
Joe:
It was a nightmare. Pretty hard. That game, “tell the nice from the ugly” was difficult. Few people can really understand how hard it was.
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Posted in HTC, apple, fashion, iPhone, style, what not to wear | 1 Comment »
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