Sep. 27th, 2007

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* I've been watching the B5 box set. It's sweet. I didn't notice this in 94, but on Babylon 5 they actually refer to "searching the interweb". I think I enjoy watching it again more in some ways, because of things like this, that as a teenager I thought were stupid, but now I think are well done :)

* And they also use "Intrusion countermeasures electronic", or ICE for computer security. I *did* read Neuromancer iirc, but I don't remember much of it, I assumed this was a later backronym when I heard it on B5, but I looked it up, and "ice" was that acronym when it was invented in cyberpunk.

* It's funny, the term used in cyberpunk is actually *less* technical than what people say elsewhere, because it supports the idea of "just throw a bit more icebreaker at it, it'll be ok". Was cyberpunk was about what was possible, not how? Maybe that approach to hacking is becoming true, as more and more things are pre-automated.

* Which leads indirectly back to "interweb". Sometimes a less accurate term is actually the more accurate one to use, when the concept it's referring to isn't accurate (like only using the correct number of significant figures, not more). Excluding jokes, "interweb" is execrable to use if you mean "internet" or "w w web". But if you don't know which you mean, isn't it then the exactly correct word? :)
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Everyone look north. Now that is a great rainbow. (Added: not any more.) It's only single, but it's big and close, towering over the science park like bub or bob would jump out of the sky onto it right now.

This warm but not hot weather, with a hot sun, and invisible rain, is one of my favourites. It matches my moods, both good and bad. Possibly my actual favourite -- or rather, I think that I prefer "hot (but not muggy)" over all[1], but I like this particular weather so much more than I perceive other people as doing, that it gets a special pass as favourite close to my heart, even if I agree with lots (about half?) of people about hot.

[1] Both are changeable -- this one can shift into "clear" or "raining" in seconds, whereas hot generally persists for a day at least, but doesn't happen for much of the year.