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The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman.

Robots

It is now commonplace, thanks especially to the widespread popularity of the book Chaos, that a simple set of rules can produce complex results. But when Isaac Asimov first started writing his Robot stories in the late thirties he was a visionary. He saw his robots, not as Frankenstein monsters who turn against their creator, [...]

Silence

This silence can not last. What are you still doing here? Click on the link! Now.

Betel Nut

Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) is the Vice President of Taiwan. She has always been criticized for being “outspoken.” Although I feel many of the things she’s said are nutty, I’ve often been willing to give her the benefit of the doubt because I think there is a tendency to attack women for having strong views on [...]

Censure

Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-FL) represents 600,000 Americans in the Duval County/Jacksonville area. She was censured by Congress for suggesting that the UN be brought in to observe the elections. The thing is, it isn’t just Florida, it’s the whole country that needs UN observers…

Chicken

Why did the Iraqi Chicken cross the road? There are a bunch of different answers, but here is the one offered by army translators: Chicken he corss street because bad she tangle regulation. Future chicken table against my request. That’s from a joke made by an army translator herself! It seems the military only trains [...]