tiny stones dumped down your chassis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8330633.stm

Someone old once told me that the research that used to take him a month to do with a card catalog can now be done in 3 minutes. Personally, I think he was underestimating Google.

One day I'll be old and tell someone that the research that used to take me a month to do on Google can now be done in 3 minutes. Personally, I hope I'll be underestimating whatever fantastical new technology has sprung up by then.

This is delightful to me because I can not wait to see What Comes Next, but also incredibly depressing because my viewing window on Human History is almost assuredly (c'mon Kurzweil & de Grey) so itsy-bitsy.

The conventional wisdom on mortality is that the refusal to accept it is a sign of pathology. Maybe it was true in the past; maybe it's still true in the present. I don't care. It's never sat well with me. And it won't be true in the future.

brb takin' mah fish oil