January 2006
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What is the Philosophy of Technology?
The word technology is derived from the Greek word Techne, which was used to describe the knowledge or discipline associated with creating an object such as carpentry was the techne for creating something out of wood.
The difference between techne and the modern concept of technology is that techne was an objective way of doing things which involved discovering the purpose, or essence, of the...
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The benefit of being tired in class…
is that even though you don’t fall asleep, time goes by at a phenominal rate.
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50710
Again today (in both of my classes) I realized that I have a serious problem paying attention to the lecture or discussion, I find my mind wandering horribly. Today I found myself thinking about my plans for this evening, what I did last night, what I was going to have for lunch, thinking about movies, iaido/kenjutsu, etc. Which was when I realized that I can’t stay focused on the task at...
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Curses!
It seems I was a bit premature in my zeal for getting a new laptop. I had known the Apple was pushing the new Intel based machines out starting at the beginning of this year and ending at the end of the year but damn! They just released 2 new models of Macs that include the new Intel cores, the iMac w/ Intel and the MacBook Pro (the Intel based version of the powerbook). Now don’t get me...
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50404
Last night was one of our more interesting Wednesday Dinners. We ended up with a cast of 9. Nine! As in 1 less than 10! A had to work unfortunately so that left us with 6 irregulars. It was lots of fun. Meanwhile, I’ve started classes and resigned myself to the fact that I’m totally going to ace all my classes this semester. Yeah, it should be a nice easy semester, as long as I stay on...
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50074
Sometimes I just want to scream about the ineptitude of those I work with and (especially in this case) for. I’ve been working on a project for a couple months now based on a set of requirements, given to me by my boss. I had a large chunk of this project done the way I wanted to do it while still fitting WELL within the uber vague requirements I was given. Upon updating my boss, I was...
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An elaboration…
My last post was a placeholder until I could actually explain it. I just got done reading Jarhead (a fantastic book) and that was the best quote out of the book (there were some decent ones to be sure). It really summed up the feeling one has after being in combat. You always have this feeling of being alone, no matter how many people you are around, and it varies from almost nonexistent all the...
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49568
“When I despair, I am alone, and I am often alone. In crowded rooms and wandering the streets of our cities, I am alone and full of despair, and while sitting and writing, I am alone and full of despair - the same despair that impelled me to write this book, a quiet scream from within a buried coffin. Dead, dead, my scream.”
- Anthony Swofford (Jarhead)