Thought I'd also dump some news all y'all's way. Lots of stuff to read about this week. Some fun, some not so fun, but hopefully all informative. Keep your eyes peeled, and your ears open.
America's got a new group of people promoting themselves in the wake of the 'One nation, under God' row. Seems like some people just feel it encroaches on their rights for some segments of American life to be remotely spiritual. In response, these groups are banding together to show their solidarity for the separation of Church and State.
On that note, it might also be interesting to mention that the Jehovah's Witnesses have a peculiar practice of protecting their sex offenders. I don't know much about their religion, or if this is a wide-spread practice, but it seems a little odd to me. Don't you think?
The Los Angeles Times had an interesting article on digital buddies (registration required). I once took a class on user interfaces, agents, and artificial intelligence, so it's amazing that some of what I learned is actually quite true in this instance. As far as how language and context alters your perceptions of an artificial agent is concerned, you could be speaking to a computer everytime you message someone. Creepy...
One more pretty cool bit. TNN will be producing and airing new episodes of "Ren & Stimpy" soon, under the direction of the original creator and with a more 'mature' tone. Read about it. I remember watching that show and either being totally freaked out, or just laughing like crazy from the randomness. Not exactly contagious as it is infectious, I really liked that show.
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