HAL 9000 is driven insane by the conflicting requirements placed on him, he becomes a madchine.
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Rambling recollections of an aging engineer
About Me
- kai
- Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
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Recently read
- Last of the Ten Fighter Boys J Corbin. A humble pilot, more interested in booze and women than glory and heroism.
- A Splendid Little War D Robinson. RAF pilots and the Russian people, both so different from us normal people.
- 1491—New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, 2nd ed C C Mann. Mann aims to shatter colonial preconceptions, yet at the same time argues US exceptionalism is based on Native traditions.
- The Sirens of Titan K Vonnegut. Play music, entertain your fellow organisms.
- Täby hembygdsförenings skriftserie nr 21: F2–Hägernäs E Jarneberg, ed. Another of those wonderful local history societies making a difference.
- Flygkamraterna gör en insats S Wernström. Wernström eventually became a much better author.
Places I keep track of
- IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
- Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
- Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
- Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
- Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
- Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
- Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
- Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
- Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
- xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.
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