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June 22, 2009
- The 1951 iconic novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has been in the news recently because of a new book out, Sixty years Later: Coming Through the Rye, by Swedish author Fredrik Colting. Salinger's lawyers filed a lawsuit, saying the book is a sequel and infringes on Salinger's copyright. Colting has responded, saying that his novel is not a sequel but rather "a complex and ...
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November 29, 2008
- Had an interesting discussion with Mr Data today, concerning the perception of color - he wished to know how humans came to agreement on what red is, or blue, or green - or anything in between - especially since it seems to be an unspoken agreement - an interesting philosophical point, even for an anaemic android..My first question to him was "Well, does it actually matter?", to which ...
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November 10, 2008
- Spinoza said that the natural world is infinite, that good and evil are related to human pleasure and pain, that everything done by humans and other animals is excellent and divine, and that animals can be used in any way by people for the benefit of the human race, according to a rational consideration of the benefit as well as the animal's status in nature. The first apologist, apparently. Go, ...
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November 9, 2008
- Mr. Data is trying out his newest joke: A Rabbi walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The barman says "Where did you get that?" The parrot says "New York City - there's loads of them!" I've tried to gently tell him that this joke is pushing the edge a little, but he seems not to grasp it. If he doesn't take off the Groucho Marx plastic glasses and mustache, I'm going ...
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November 8, 2008
- Mr. Data told his first joke today - Two cannibals are eating a clown, and one turns to the other and says: "Does this taste funny to you?" He wanted to know why this makes humans laugh, and I frankly wasted half an hour trying to explain it to him. It took me another half-hour to explain the joke to number 2, but that's par for the course. It took him six weeks to get the Vagina ...
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August 8, 2008
- I stumbled across a very disturbing Holodeck program today - it was based around a travelling circus, and while I'm not pointing fingers, I'll just say that the Ringmaster bore more than a passing resemblance to number two - except he was taller, a little more "trim", shall we say, and seemed like an intelligent fellow.There seemed to be one or two recurring motifs - all of the midgets ...
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July 31, 2008
- A new crew member has turned out to have a delightful skill - I enjoyed a full-body wax today - head, chest, legs, dangling participles - the works - I find that being completely hairless reduces my drag co-efficient when I'm swishing the old epee, sluicing down the lane in my speedo, or sky-diving in the Holodeck - I'll leave the other applications for another time. I donated most of the hair to ...
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July 30, 2008
- Had an interesting discussion with Mr Data today, concerning the perception of color - he wished to know how humans came to agreement on what red is, or blue, or green - or anything in between - especially since it seems to be an unspoken agreement - an interesting philosophical point, even for an anaemic android..My first question to him was "Well, does it actually matter?", to which ...
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July 29, 2008
- Spent the evening playing poker with my senior officers - an enlightening experience, I must say -"Baby needs a new pair of shoes" - "Too rich for my blood", "Papa's got a brand new bag", "Four spondulicks beats a wandering sailor" - what the hell does all that mean, anyway? Nevertheless, it behooves me to enter into the spirit of the thing, ridiculous as ...
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July 27, 2008
- Today we passed through an unmapped wormhole, which had the disturbing effect of sending us into a time-loop - we'd get so far along, then things would begin again - it seems as if the loop is around 45 seconds long - not long enough for us to have a continuing discussion on how to break free from it - I think this could take a little time to resolve... Today we passed through an unmapped ...
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