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Yeah I second this, I'm not really sure why I ended up coming down so hard on coincidences, i think they're cool and fun, just not necessarily indicative of any deeper significance

Do we have the ability to force chance? Well outside of actually physically interacting with whatever chance we're talking about (i'm not really sure what we're talking about), then no, we have no ability to somehow change probabilities for events outside our control or affect.

Umm, i'm actually not quite sure what you mean by "on rails" there--are we talking railway rails? As in my life is totally deterministic, like a train on its tracks. Not trying to be cheeky, i'm honestly a bit confused. I think something was lost crossing the atlantic there. Anyway, to restate...

Thing is with coincidences is that you really notice them when they happen, but you never notice all the other times when coincidences don't happen. I mean how many times have you been reading a word and not had someone on tv say it? How many times have you thought of people you haven't seen for...

Yes, this is very good. It does have all the hallmarks of something one might really hate, the high vocals, the elaborate orchestration, but somehow instead it all turns into something very lyrical and beautiful. The music seems very narrative to me, always developing forward in interesting new...

I would just like to point out (again) that here in north america no such hegemony ever existed and I don't care how terrible it would end up being because dear god would it be nice to have a change of pace from guitar music. (uhhh yeah, i guess hip hop somewhat counters my argument, though I...

I think an argument could be made that mp3s and digital culture in general already IS the next new thing. The ease of distribution and the diffusion of music into ever more portable and personalizable formats, the breakdown of personally constructed genre barriers (everyone has a bit of...

Mmmm, subject close to my own (nerdy) heart, Woebot. Unfortunately can't comment on any of your favorite apps, as I don't do much in the way of graphics work. Though I'm interested to know why you think it's a good thing that Maya's interface is so close to the code, generally this is...

Had one of those strange synchronicity episodes where, having never heard of this Dalrymple guy before, immediately after reading the above article I spotted a wonderfully racist article by him in the Globe and Mail. I agree with Stelfox that the man is oddly entertaining to read, he writes...

Much obliged. And done.

Ooooh, if it's not too late to cash in on this, I would humbly request a change from my current name to "turtles" thank you very much. the old one was a bit awkward, me thinks. thanks!

Um, I disagree. This issue has been done to death here and many other places, but essentially, no, it is not all subjective. Your tastes aren't magic, they are strongly affected by a variety of social and personal factors which can be spoken about in specific enough terms to make the discussion...

Mmmmm loving this a whole lot. Have been listening to a lot of proper UKG from back in the day recently and yeah, definitely harkens back to that, which i think is great. No rhythmic danger = meh, so what? it's got melody and sickly sweet heart-rendering vocals! Not all dubstep has to be dark...

Same here, interestingly. Especially considering I'm otherwise on a pretty steady diet of house/techno/grime/other bishy-bashy electronic music. Agreed that they seem to have a very "complete" sort of sound, fully self-contained and on their own, passing through the musical world that just...

hahaha omg I also have this happen to me all the time even though I don't think I've even heard that song again since it came out however many years ago. you are not alone!

Sure! Aren't there any other science nerds in this place?? I'm not 100% certain on this (it's been awhile since i took any physics classes), but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Basically since electrons have mass (though it is very small), it would require a large amount of energy to crank it...

Well, they've actually had EEG-based brain-controlled interfaces for a good while now, which have been used with some success on quadriplegics and the like. The main advance of this new interface is that they are able to actually match mental states with the associated physical action, and so...

I'm suprised to hear that UK schools are somewhat lax on plagarism, here at my uni (UBC) it's a standard university policy that anyone caught cheating on any exam or assignment (which includes plagiarism, obv.) gets a zero on it, and goes up before a review board to see if they fail the course...

:o woops. yes persians...no excuses for that really. :( Anyway, I think it's worth asking if the Americans aren't planning on attacking Iran, what exactly is thier end goal in all this posturing? Like I said above, I feel less and less secure that the "common sense" view will hold correct here.

Y'know, a few months ago I was definitely in the "no way would they attack Iran, are they stupid??" camp when it came to the Bush gov't. But these days, the similarities to the buildup before Iraq are really starting to worry me. The rhetoric seems so damn similar; now they've re-released the...