February 2000 WEEK 1 Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies -- Astro Teller Artificial stupidity (AS) may be defined as the attempt by computer scientists to create computer programs capable of causing problems of a type normally associated with human thought. -- Wallace Marshall WEEK 2 Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. --from The Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand -- sticker from Unamerican.com and my desktop logo WEEK 3 "if we close our eyes and say it's a dream... it'll stab us to death!" -- Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ...never send a rose, unless it's dyed black as a warning. and if one is sent to you, destroy it, along with the sender. emotionally of course. - Rose McGowan as Courtney in Jawbreaker WEEK 4 "... no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves." -- from Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" (read it.) ...at least i'm not thinking in circles anymore. it's more like thinking in a bowl now. the same thoughts have been mixed around for so long that they are all running together. becoming senseless chants or mantras. and every once in a while a new thought gets tossed in to be homogenized along with the rest. like my head is one big evil cake batter. - kbk, on thinking too much.