Conversation with #hplusroadmap at Mon 14 Apr 2008 06:23:07 AM CDT on kanzure@irc.freenode.net (irc)

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(2008-04-14 06:42:15) kanzure: hosting DTDs looks like a viable option
(2008-04-14 06:43:39) kanzure: it's a good way to associate/aggregate metadata about a file format all at one place
(2008-04-14 06:45:58) kanzure: what type of bullshit is this? "Study calls free will into question"
(2008-04-14 06:45:59) kanzure: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/13/2052206
(2008-04-14 06:47:06) kanzure: for example - http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=521078&cid=23060336
(2008-04-14 06:47:13) kanzure: that's an utter failure of reasoning
(2008-04-14 06:47:40) kanzure: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=521078&cid=23060922 might have some sense
(2008-04-14 06:49:12) kanzure: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=521078&cid=23059182 moving intellectual processing into automatic responses and triggering - re: reactions / defense mechanisms last night
(2008-04-14 06:52:38) kanzure: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=521078&cid=23058772 "The idea that physical forces control us is silly unless you believe in dualism, we *are* those physical forces."
(2008-04-14 06:54:34) kanzure: For some reason there is this very large pressure from science fanboys to bash the concept of 'free will', but I like to take the Pascalean approach to it: if you have free will and you don't do everything you can, you screw up. If you do have free will and you do as much as possible, congrats. If you don't, then you've maximized the situation anyway.
(2008-04-14 06:54:53) kanzure: I suspect the confusion is because other people want to use it as a way to assess responsibility and blame and other bullshit
(2008-04-14 06:55:30) kanzure: *If you don't [have it], then you've maximized the situation anyway.
(2008-04-14 07:08:53) kanzure: weird, I was testing out mod_rewrite and found http://heybryan.org/test/
(2008-04-14 07:09:50) kanzure: seems to be an XMLHttpRequest testbed
(2008-04-14 07:21:00) kanzure: wtf was this? http://heybryan.org/wiki
(2008-04-14 07:22:38) kanzure: mv wiki wiki_old