tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post112369644071953704..comments2023-12-26T22:01:53.402-05:00Comments on The Synchronicity of Indeterminacy: Indeterminacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1129053166920099992005-10-11T13:52:00.000-04:002005-10-11T13:52:00.000-04:00There's a kind of ironic poetry in the fact that t...There's a kind of ironic poetry in the fact that the above spam comment should land here. I guess I'll leave it as a monument to ironic poetry.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123847105061477772005-08-12T07:45:00.000-04:002005-08-12T07:45:00.000-04:00Great story, Dushan! I keep coming across surveys ...Great story, Dushan! I keep coming across surveys that say the Germans are pessimistic and depressed about the future. Maybe that was you, but I kind of think that's the trend. <BR/><BR/>I have a CD by an East German group from just after reunification. They're called "Die Vision", the CD was "Torture". One of their songs seemed to reflect the brief euphoria of the time. It's positively deluded, when one hears it today. The realities of one Germany have long since caught up with that euphoria. Having one's idealistic dreams fail to materialize often leads to depression and resignation.<BR/><BR/>I actually found the text of that song in a forum:<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>When the sun moved down in the holy war<BR/>Its all forgive and forget<BR/>Sing a song with us for a better world<BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/><BR/>Sing it out loud a song for a better world<BR/>Sing Schalalalala<BR/>Sing it out loud a song for a better world<BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/>Sing it out loud<BR/><BR/>And a stranger enters paradise and wants to spoil our song<BR/>Sing a song with us for a better world <BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/><BR/>Sing it out loud a song for a better world <BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/>(2 x)<BR/><BR/>See the old man has been waiting for us <BR/>And wants to join our song<BR/>Sing a song with us for a better world <BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/><BR/>Refr. 2 x<BR/>------<BR/>And the sun will rise again for us<BR/>When the war is over and done<BR/>Sing a song with us for a better world<BR/>Sing schalalalala<BR/><BR/>Refr. 2 xIndeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123845776119979162005-08-12T07:22:00.000-04:002005-08-12T07:22:00.000-04:00Great story, I love every one of them.On one of my...Great story, I love every one of them.<BR/><BR/>On one of my jobs I had to do the sunday-shift at a call center. It was a very quite shift - as people usually tend to have less problems with the particuale subject on sundays.<BR/><BR/>It was in the early days of the internet and it was around new year. We had 10 computers standing around, all connected to the internet. It was two of us, which meant so much wasted bandwidth!<BR/><BR/>The local newspaper had this online vote: "How will the new year be?" <BR/><BR/>I hacked together a little Javascript which voted for "very bad" every 3 seconds. I wrote some HTML for opening this script in 20 Frames. We let it run all day. On 8 computers. (The other two computers we used for real surfing.)<BR/><BR/>In the evening the count was somewhere at a couple of thousands votes seeming to prove the Germans are very deppresive.<BR/><BR/>Next day the newspaper installed a script that disables double votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123759688169904312005-08-11T07:28:00.000-04:002005-08-11T07:28:00.000-04:00If Ravi wants to move into management he should tr...If Ravi wants to move into management he should try social services.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123747651713981712005-08-11T04:07:00.000-04:002005-08-11T04:07:00.000-04:00excellent as usual!excellent as usual!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147506641346769284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123747395796989102005-08-11T04:03:00.000-04:002005-08-11T04:03:00.000-04:00Livewire: I did a google "chameleon in a kaleidosc...Livewire: I did a google "chameleon in a kaleidoscope" and found out there's a band by that name. So I'm not that original, after all.<BR/><BR/>Mushroom: In most of Europe, you can still goof off, as companies are not allowed to monitor employee internet useage except in extreme cases.<BR/><BR/>M.P.: I got the idea for this from one of those google ads "Guaranteed Website traffic". What are they going to do? Pay people to visit my Website? <BR/><BR/>Mush: I miss drive-in movies. They must have vanished while I was over here. The ones I used to know have all been turned to parking lots.<BR/><BR/>Everyone: I may take the day off today, sorry. But I don't think I can come up with a good story by tonight. Too many other things going on. We'll see.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123725243731946032005-08-10T21:54:00.000-04:002005-08-10T21:54:00.000-04:00Why does that picture make me want to hum "Neon Li...Why does that picture make me want to hum "Neon Lights" by Kraftwerk?<BR/><BR/>Now we know why drive-in movies died a death -- people kept bringing their laptops.The Mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466433750698090728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123709601360945922005-08-10T17:33:00.000-04:002005-08-10T17:33:00.000-04:00I think you invented a spy! That's why he got the ...I think you invented a spy! That's why he got the award of "Employee of the month"! :)**M.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05441140820177595493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123708425487021362005-08-10T17:13:00.000-04:002005-08-10T17:13:00.000-04:00I have one of those jobs, though an email yesterda...I have one of those jobs, though an email yesterday says that we're going to be getting screenshot software (apparently QA doesn't believe we know how to operate our semi-functional tools correctly and wants to watch, since the audio wasn't enough for them) and notice that doing non-work related things during those 45 minute wait-for-reboot/download/etc. calls will not be tolerated. I'm planning on setting my screensaver to activate after 10 minutes so we'll both have something interesting to watch while nothing happens.The Mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466433750698090728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661194.post-1123697809027817542005-08-10T14:16:00.000-04:002005-08-10T14:16:00.000-04:00changing identities faster than a chameleon in a k...<I>changing identities faster than a chameleon in a kaleidoscope</I>... that is great imagery! Now, if I could only find such a job.LiVEwiRehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617307810655492590noreply@blogger.com