Growing up here in NJ, I have always been aquainted with big Italian families and being partly of Russian decent the effect was the same with the Russian families; A hanshake lead to being pulled into the chest of a rather large male relative or friend, followed by a crushing bear hug and a wet kiss on the cheek. I was never too comfotable with the ritual as the same applies to the kiss of death.
On Dec 11, 11:34 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh, how about a digital hug or handshake. My lady love could be > comfortable with that. > > You guys are gonna force me to drop this pseudonym, but I'm still having > paranoia/anxiety issues on that matter. :p > > On 12/11/2010 2:38 AM, iam deheretic wrote: > > > > > Hmmmmm . . . . blown digital one year kisses! for Ashly > > Allan > > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Ash <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Well put DW, I've had a post lingering for followup but didn't > > like how I was coming across. You've summed nicely. > > > It is that time of year again, yes I am starting my Hershey's > > Special Dark regimen. Wow, I'm almost a 1yr ME visitor (what do I > > get?). > > > On 12/10/2010 10:26 AM, DarkwaterBlight wrote: > > > Surely all that is alien to us seems a bit shocking upon the > > interim. > > These conceptions that we are under will change and evolve > > over the > > course of years or hundreds or thousandsof years as required > > by the > > times. It all seems to be rather mystical but is quite natural as > > Tolstoy points out. > > > On Dec 10, 6:40 am, rigsy03<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I think I am more interested in how systems of rarefied > > thought > > motivate cultures and characters. Isn't it existential > > thinking- > > Sartre- that points to will and action as the highest > > human task?//I > > should also correct my flip remark- humanity seems > > impossible rather > > than men, alone. History is one shock after another. > > > On Dec 9, 12:57 am, Ash<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Considering inert matter I think there is a lot of > > information: physical > > properties, spatio/temporal locale, history. History > > is interesting > > because even inert matter would leave a wake. Or under > > the right > > circumstances could play a very important role in some > > event present or > > future. The interesting part of exercising information > > as a higher > > abstraction than physical properties is that things > > are promoted in many > > more angles (sounds like a founding principle, where's > > my pen?!). > > Energy is still as useful a tool as always, I think > > information and > > energy may be synonymous on many levels (some of which > > should prove in > > favor of energy). These are all tools for the mind, > > just showing off my > > shiny new socket wrench (new to me anyways *wink). May > > have > > misunderstood your meaning. > > On 12/8/2010 4:22 PM, rigsy03 wrote: > > > Are you saying there is no such thing as inert > > matter?//Who pulled the > > "trigger" to pure energy? > > On Dec 8, 1:11 pm, Ash<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On 12/8/2010 12:26 PM, Pat wrote: > > > On Dec 8, 4:57 pm, > > DarkwaterBlight<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Not to mention that "work" is also > > kinetic energy! ;) > > > There is nothing that isn't energy. Well, > > to my knowledge, I, nor no > > one of which I know, has discovered > > anything that isn't some form of > > energy. The only argument I can think of > > that may lead someone there > > is if someone demanded that 'nothing' had > > to consist of some > > underlying substance (although I view that > > argument as a false > > premiss, as nothing is simply that which > > does not exist and has NO > > substance). If one conceded an underlying > > substance to 'nothing', > > then that substance could be called > > 'non-existence' and MAY, in a > > twisted way, be viewed as something other > > than energy; but, as non- > > existence, by definition, does not exist, > > one would never find > > anything--even to the inclusion of a > > 'nothing'--that would be made of > > it. > > Like I said, it's the only arguent that > > leads anywhere close; but, I > > thik it's a black hole of an idea in that > > the idea sucks so much, it > > sucks itself to oblivion. ;-) > > > An idea I have been enjoying even more than > > 'all is energy' is that "all > > is information". In my view whereas we can say > > 'all is energy' we mean > > composition but abstracting any phenomena, > > object, interaction into > > types of information promotes a fundamentally > > universal layer to compare > > vastly divergent fields: eg the accumulation > > of density producing > > gravity (which could be seen as another > > density in space/time), and the > > similarities to dynamically evolving, self > > organizing systems of > > information (life, virii) as a higher form of > > information (greater ratio > > of potential:matter-density) as the formula to > > understand the > > similarities and differences of how (factors) > > each operates within their > > environments (space/time). This to me would > > also eventually lead to key > > identifiers for what we are (potentials), > > where we are (bounded > > attraction differentials). A consequence of > > this system is the inherent > > intelligence of the cosmos. I can't put it > > into words well right now, > > but I see that many earlier ideas have helped > > spawn this and the name > > that's stuck with me is 'super-intelligent > > design'. More pseudoscience > > than anything really until I can rerun my > > memory/experiences and get it > > all written down. (time, time, time...)- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan > > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
