He cleared the readout and punched MEMORY TIMES again. The 333 reappeared.  “A ghost in the machine,” he said.  “A secret memory, unknown to—” “So you found me,” a voice responded.  “Yet I was always here, to be evoked.” Brother Paul exploring his calculator God of Tarot (Piers Anthony)

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Do you remember The Matrix?  Yes the blockbuster from 1999 with two sequels movies with mixed reviews.  The first one was good and its became part of North American culture.  As with any movies, they made figurines, posters, books and some comic books.  One legacy of the Matrix maybe the use of the web to [...]

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A few hundred miles outside the ship, the Lady May thought back at him, “O warm, O generous, O gigantic man!  O brave, O friendly, O tender and huge partner!  O wonderful with you, with you so good, good, good, warm, warm, now to fight, now to go, good with you…” Lady May to Underhill [...]

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The Hugo Award is using the instant runoff voting system (a variant of the Australian Ballot).  It may not rings a bell right now since we are used to the majority vote only.  But I think this system will be a subject of conversation next year when the Oscar will be awarded.  As may be [...]

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“Yes, Marcus?” “Ms. Galvez, about this note?” “Yes, Marcus.” “Isn’t the point of terrorism to make us afraid?  That’s why it’s called terrorism, right?” “I suppose so.”  The class was staring at me.  I wasn’t the best student in school, but I did like a good in-class debate.  They were waiting to hear what I’d [...]

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