I grew up reading a ton of old school sci-fi so this is particularly profound and funny to me. It's probably why I switched to the high tech and low life of cyberpunk stories.
Good point rika. This is anthropomorphic view of our own ancestors and you might as well link mental illness to all forms of graphical expression ranging from bathroom stall graffiti to modern art. The only similarity I see is that these drawings were done on a wall. We draw because we can.
I totally forgot about the Wolfram/Alpha project so thanks for this post! To be fair, blogs probably aren't a good source for this answer engine anyway. While bloggers are good at accumulating info on narrow topics of interest, sharing links and even creating some useful content/media... they're the last place I would go for basic, reliable, verifiable data or information. Anyway, I'm off to play with this thing. =D
Bought two items and got the LOL Cats book, squirrel underpants and Mental Floss mag. The mag is cool and I'll find something interesting to do with the underpants but I'm not into LOL Cats so anyone who truly wants it can have it if they pay for shipping. (It should be around $10 to anywhere in the US with a USPS flat rate box.) As for the autograph of Alex? I'll save that in case he becomes famous (or infamous) and sell it on eBay. =D
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