March 2011
8 posts
“Some people are mean because they’re low-class, unimaginative sadists. […] There’s another type, though, that is mean because they care deeply about something. They’re judgmental because they care about something important and good. They’re critical because the thing they’re criticizing needs criticizing, for the good of whatever-it-is.”
—Meanness
naming ruby
- keiju> I'm content with coral.
- matz> I thought ruby is cool as a codename, isn't it
- keiju> Well. ruby is also good.
- matz> But, coral is also good
- matz> arrr
“BofA: Sir…I’m trying to help you…
ME: Wait! You’re not in this room…
B: Sir.
M: How…how…am I…hearing your voice?
B: Sir.
M: Are you…A WITCH?” —hotdogsladies (previously 1 2)
ME: Wait! You’re not in this room…
B: Sir.
M: How…how…am I…hearing your voice?
B: Sir.
M: Are you…A WITCH?” —hotdogsladies (previously 1 2)
“The sun is now cooling the Earth”
—Use our cheap, abundant coal | INFORUM | Fargo, ND
“Here’s a bit from “A Magazine of Photographic Information,” March 1900 edition: Retouching has been much condemned, alike by those who cannot practise it, and by those of artistic trend; we must admit that in many hands its use is pushed far beyond its legitimate scope, and with deplorable results.”
—Wondermark » The Ethics of Retouching
“Socrates lays out an argument that the written word cannot defend itself in dialogue, and thus cannot effectively teach anything worth knowing. […] Plato (the transcriber of this dialogue) expounds further on the concept in his Seventh Epistle.”
—Wondermark » Socrates vs. the Written Word
“The fifteenth-century abbot Johannes Trithemius, author of the work De laude scriptorum manualium — “In Praise of Scribes.” (And yes, he grudgingly had to consent to get the tract printed in order to get people to read it.)”
—Wondermark » Monk vs. the Printing Press
