What is pain? Pain is a teacher, telling us that what we just did may not be smart. Pain is life in a lot of ways, and a little bit of it never hurt anybody. Pain brings the understanding that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for September, 2011
There is a saying I once heard. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. It reminds me of foolproof applications and the ingenuity of complete fools. I’ve seen them both in action and I have to say they are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a real easy job back during The War. I grabbed my rifle or I jumped in my fighter and me and my partner killed the bad guys. I never had to straighten my uniform, knock on a door,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forgiveness is hard. It is real hard. It is one of the hardest things we can do. The death of a family member is one of the hardest things we can recover from. It is the hardest thing to forgive. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack, and this is the day my world changed. This is the day I was forced to start growing up. It took me a long time to do that, but this was the day my childhood[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes people ask me what I do when my partner is asleep. I do a little bit of everything. I work on ways to improve myself. I fix things that are wrong. I play video games. When on planet, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We tend to call people by where they come from. I’m an American for instance, or a Terran if I’m feeling particularly inclusive. We call them Peloran because they come from Pelora. But they call people by whom they come[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being a cybernetic intelligence is interesting you know. We don’t really have a body like biological intelligences do. We can inhabit machines and run them, and we can show a holographic image of how we see ourselves. And some of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s an old saying about some old man talking about what he did when he wore a younger man’s clothes. That old man is not me. I plan on wearing the same clothes until the day I die. Well…maybe not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am Peloran. My family is Peloran and my Mother is Peloran. But I am also American. I was “Made in America” as the saying goes, and I’ve worked with an American all my life. So I think I’m more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…