Ultima Ratio Regum http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/ The final argument of kings, i.e., war -Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary en-us Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:57:26 EST Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:57:26 EST david.kotsonis@case.edu david.kotsonis@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 In Which A Lengthy Passage is Quoted; Feathers are Ruffled, Without Recourse Given to Smoothing; The Text is Endlessly Self-Referential; And In Which the Conventions of Victorian Literature are Cruelly Mockèd Via the Title http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/11/20/in_which_a_lengthy_passage_is_quoted_feathers_are_ruffled_without_recourse_given_to_smoothing_the_text_is_endlessly_selfreferential_and_in_which_the_conventions_of_victorian_literature_are_cruelly_mockad_via_the_title “The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard,... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/11/20/in_which_a_lengthy_passage_is_quoted_feathers_are_ruffled_without_recourse_given_to_smoothing_the_text_is_endlessly_selfreferential_and_in_which_the_conventions_of_victorian_literature_are_cruelly_mockad_via_the_title SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:57:26 EST “The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life, showing things that never were nor could be. ... The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work.” – F. Brooks

I will now make a controversial assertion. Ready?

“Computer science, as a major, requires the most writing of any save English.”

Why is this?

]]> Because Thoth Said So http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/11/13/because_thoth_said_so "One describes a tale best by telling the tale. You see? The way one describes a story, to oneself or... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/11/13/because_thoth_said_so SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:19:45 EST "One describes a tale best by telling the tale. You see? The way one describes a story, to oneself or to the world, is by telling the story. It is a balancing act and it is a dream. The more accurate the map, the more it resembles the territory. The most accurate map possible would be the territory, and thus would be perfectly accurate and perfectly useless.
The tale is the map that is the territory.
You must remember this.
- from the notebooks of Mr. Ibis" – Neil Gaiman, American Gods

]]> That was... how many again? http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/28/that_was_how_many_again What’s the world’s new favorite toy? If you answered Halo 3… you’re right, but for the purposes of this entry... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/28/that_was_how_many_again SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:13:19 EST What’s the world’s new favorite toy?

If you answered Halo 3… you’re right, but for the purposes of this entry I am going to pretend that you’re wrong, because I don’t want to talk about Halo 3 (mostly because I’m jealous of all the people who 1. Got their hands on a 360 2. Got their hands on Halo 3 3. Planned far enough in advance to save up sick days so they could take off work for a few days to play it).

The correct answer is the MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, and they’re teaching today’s youth all the wrong things.

]]> In Soviet Russia, Air Go On YOU! http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/22/in_soviet_russia_air_go_on_you The default title provided for Case blogs is “My Thoughts on the Discourse.” However, discourse is less about “My... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/22/in_soviet_russia_air_go_on_you SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:39:58 EST word3.jpg
The default title provided for Case blogs is “My Thoughts on the Discourse.” However, discourse is less about “My Thoughts” than it is about “Your Thoughts”, and therefore body modifications present problems for workers.

]]> Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/14/mene_mene_tekel_parsin According to Wikipedia, the idiom “the writing on the wall” derives from the Biblical Book of Daniel, in which a... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/09/14/mene_mene_tekel_parsin SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:33:58 EST According to Wikipedia, the idiom “the writing on the wall” derives from the Biblical Book of Daniel, in which a disembodied hand appears at a Babylonian feast and writes on the wall a portent of the kingdom’s destruction. Today, however, mention the words “writing” and “wall” in conjunction around any red-blooded university student and they will automatically assume you’re talking about Facebook.

]]> Go, and Sin No More http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/08/31/go_and_sin_no_more “Economics is, at root, the study of incentives… An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key: an often tiny... http://blog.case.edu/finalargument/2007/08/31/go_and_sin_no_more SAGES case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:38:42 EST “Economics is, at root, the study of incentives… An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation.” – Freakonomics.

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