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This should've been in the "Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting" exhibit Cyndi and I went to while in NYC for our anniversary last year.

Here's something I've never thought about:

One problem with teleportation is that all the computers and machines in the world can’t manage the task of taking a person apart atom by atom and putting it back together.

The other, philosophical, problem is: Would the person after teleportation still be the “same”? Or would it be a new, different person, only merely similar to the original one?

From shtikl.

Obviously, the more interesting question is the second. The first is just a matter of time. Sooner or later, you'll be able to take people apart atom by atom with your phone. But once you phone them somewhere else, will it still be them?

What do you think?

This silly lost quiz thinks I'm Charlie:



...but, I think I'm more of a John Locke:



But, maybe--with my dashing good looks and penchant for attracting former (and sadly, not so former) heroin addicts--I'm a Claire:

So, in an effort to reduce our debt, we're cancelling cable TV so we can direct the money we would've spent on cable to credit cards. To avoid an all-out child revolt and personal withdrawal, we've joined netflix. We're thinking of it as TV methadone. Of course, if we didn't join netflix, we could apply even more money to debt, but then again, we could also bathe in a stream to save money on showers or something equally drastic like drying our clothes on a clothesline in the basement to avoid using the dryer, one of the biggest money-suckers in the house (oh, wait, we are going to do this last part...).

Anyway*, back to the point of this pointless entry. We've joined netflix. Won't you be me my netflix friend?

In other netflix news, they've come out with a new set-top box that lets you watch your netflix instant queue on the TV. The reviews are somewhat mixed. The price is good ($100 for the box, no extra fees from netflix), it works well, etc. But, only a fraction of netflix's total collection, 10,000 or so titles, is available for instant viewing. My opinion is that they're probably continually adding to the instantly-viewable collection and that the box would be worth it.


* Almost all of my sentences begin with 'so' or 'anyway.' ( <-- I still hate putting the period inside the quote.)

This made me laugh:



"Note- glass half full." Ha!

It reminds me of the guy several years ago who was selling a nickel (possibly a quarter) on ebay. I think I won it for $1.25. As a bonus he included a drawing of a monkey.

Update, just minutes later: The awesome cup has already been removed from craigslist. I'm not sure why, though. It didn't break any of the rules. Sometimes beauty can be so fleeting.

Update, the next morning: I posted on CL that I wanted the cup. My post was removed (again, not sure why as no rules were broken), but I got this email from the cup owner:

Sadly, due to overwhelming demand the red cup has been spoken for and a select few individuals are in a heated bidding war. If you are still in the market for something awesome I will be cataloging my collection within the next few weeks and everything must go. I have decided to move on to collecting more “Rad” items, as I see a future in such antiques that Awesome could never offer despite my overwhelming love for the genre.

Too funny.