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Aug 7
“During a lecture the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. Austin made the claim that although a double negative in English implies a positive meaning, there is no language in which a double positive implies a negative. To which Morgenbesser responded in a dismissive tone, “Yeah, yeah.”[1][2] (Some have it quoted as “Yeah, right.” See litotes for the actual linguistic status of this hypothesis.)” Sidney Morgenbesser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Net gelezen op @vrtderedactie: dreigbrief die spreekt over “een toekomstig moslimland als België”… errm wat?



Aug 5
Isaac Asimov via i830.photobucket.com

Isaac Asimov via i830.photobucket.com


Aug 4

RT @louisck: Folks, FX has picked up LOUIE for a second season. 13 more eps. Holy hitlers mothers tits. This is very good news.


Jul 30

Pft internet&TV plat, en @belgacom is ondertss volledig omschakeld naar hun e-services nonsens. Ipv gwn nog met fb# in te kunnen loggen Grrr


Lots-a-work.


“We word nerds have known since second grade that alright is not all right.” (Bill Walsh) Take note people!


Jul 28
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published Tuesday a landmark paper entitled “Network architecture of the long-distance pathways in the macaque brain” (an open-access paper) by Dharmendra S. Modha (IBM Almaden) and Raghavendra Singh (IBM Research-India) with major implications for reverse-engineering the brain and developing a network of cognitive-computing chips. (via IBM scientists create most comprehensive map of the brain’s network « KurzweilAI)

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published Tuesday a landmark paper entitled “Network architecture of the long-distance pathways in the macaque brain” (an open-access paper) by Dharmendra S. Modha (IBM Almaden) and Raghavendra Singh (IBM Research-India) with major implications for reverse-engineering the brain and developing a network of cognitive-computing chips. (via IBM scientists create most comprehensive map of the brain’s network « KurzweilAI)


Jul 24