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Finite Relativity

(Continued from 1986) S. H. Cullinane The relativity problem in finite geometry. Feb. 20, 1986. This is the relativity problem: to fix objectively a class of equivalent coordinatizations and…

Putting the "I" in "IT"

Jennifer Scott at IT Pro , Feb. 16, 2012, on Autonomy— Mike Lynch, founder of Autonomy  and vice president of information management at HP, took to the stage at his…

The Red Line vs. the Red Eye

Arthur C. Clarke— "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." "The HP/Autonomy  Debacle," by John C. Dvorak at pcmag.com on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012— "The whole Autonomy …

Hunting Goodwill

Jonathan Weil at Bloomberg.com yesterday on the HP-Autonomy  story— "The goodwill figure is especially telling."

Resisting the Bogus

From remarks by Wallace Stevens featured in recent Log24 posts: "The poet finds that as between these two sources: the imagination and reality, the imagination is false, whatever…

The Particulars of Language

This post is in memory of an English church musician whose death was noted here yesterday evening in a post titled "The Particulars of Rapture," a phrase from Wallace…

The Particulars of Rapture

"And forth the particulars of rapture come." — Wallace Stevens, "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction,"      Canto IV of "It Must Change," quoted here yesterday. A death…

Poetry and Truth

From today's noon post— "In all his poems with all their enchantments for the poet himself, there is the final enchantment that they are true. The significance of…

Speech

Speech by Wallace Stevens upon accepting an honorary degree from Bard College in 1951— (Click to enlarge.) Transcription of conclusion: "In all his poems with all their enchantments…

Sermon

Happy birthday to… Today's sermon, by Marie-Louise von Franz— For more on the modern physicist analyzed by von Franz, see The Innermost Kernel , by Suzanne Gieser. Another modern…