This is the Map of the Internet taken from the perspective of a single computer. It’s done by the Opte.org project. I read about it in the New Scientist. “Each colour on this Opte map represents a region; North America, blue; Europe/Middle East/Central Asia/Africa, green; Latin America, yellow; Asia Pacific, red; Unknown, white. (Image: Opte.org)” [...]

Homo Sapiens has two cousins, Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Chimpanzees kill each other. Bonobos fuck all day.

This is from is first album, Reasonable Doubt. It’s one of my favorite albums. I like these stories cause they remind me of the Ramayana and the Iliad. Extreme characters, and Sex and Violence. I’m feelin it fill the glass to the top with Moet Feelin it feel the Lex pushin up on the set [...]

I just went to a Poetry Reading at Cafe Sarajevo. Lucy’s verse was good. I can always imagine her sitting there feeling what she’s talking about. I wrote poetry most everyday in high-school, and I recognize that she’s got some really real shit. I didn’t like everybody’s poetry, but that’s just subjective me. I got [...]

1. What is the evidence for dissociations between linguistic and general intelligence? 2.3 Dissociations between language and general intelligence Linguistic ability can be dissociated from general intelligence: (i) some patients have normal intelligence but an impaired language; while (ii) some other patients have a normal linguistic ability but an impaired intelligence. This suggests that the [...]

Linguistics, especially at McGill is resitant to becoming an Empirical Science. Chomsky hated Behaviorism (Skinner) like I hate Chomsky – but he is smart as hell. Linguistics as it dominates McGill began with Chomsky’s (1959) review of B. F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior. (src=MIT CogSci) Chomsky’s argument that language is mostly Nature is on point. There [...]

I’ve been working on a Linguistics Paper where I chart (i think) an increase in the use of the word ‘fuck’ in popular music. I’ve been going thru music lyrics for the last 20 years, and I’m storing some of the data here. TOP POP ALBUMS OF 1982 TITLE – Artist (Label) 31-Dec-82 1. ASIA [...]

A Real Plan for Success in Iraq When the President flew out to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and posed under the banner that read: “mission accomplished,” he made it clear he did not understand the scope of the mission. We need a success strategy. Only success that can honor the sacrifice of so many [...]

Today Dr. Cartwright’s Virtual Reality class visited CAE, to fly in the Flight Simulators. I work for Dr. C and I made the contact there, Sylvie. She was so nice, she hooked us up with a full tour of the Flight Simulators. We even got to fly them ourselves. Weren’t allowed to bring cameras, but [...]

src=Dr. Charles Boberg Vowels of Irish Montreal English: Mean of 9 speakers  .jpeg  .tiff Vowels of Italian Montreal English: Mean of 15 speakers  .jpeg  .tiff Vowels of Jewish Montreal English: Mean of 11 speakers  .jpeg  .tiff Why do these differences exist? The interesting thing is that in most cities in North America they don’t. In many communities, people from different European [...]