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November 21, 2015 by Phil Osborn
The Programming Grid is on fb:  https://www.facebook.com/Loscon/ Or, go here:  www.LOSCON.org My schedule as a panelist: FRI 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Marquis 2: Virtual Reality: Making an Unreal Life Occulus Rift, etc, challenges, personalizing VR, ethics and morality of VR Panelists: Keith Henson, Trina Phillips, Gene Turnbow, Willard (Phil) Osborn My comments prior to the con In a way, this is recent history with the Repeat button jammed down.   The MUDDs ...
May 25, 2015 by Phil Osborn
A used paperback book from 1970  - http://www.amazon.com/Explorations-hypnosis-Dave-Elman/dp/0840211430 - selling for $160 should convey something.  I bought my copy way back when from either Ayn Rand's organization or from the related organization of her former lover, the recently deceased Nathaniel Branden, whose unique contribution to moral theory is reflected in my other blog here entitled "On Morals."  Busy - Sorry... Back soon - at http://www.kurzweilai...
January 29, 2013 by Phil Osborn
The following is derived from my entry to the Robocall Challenge sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission.  The Challenge basically requests submissions of ideas on how to stop "robocalls," with a $50,000 prize for the winning submission.  I emailed them yesterday about publishing this, as they do not publically publish the full content of submissions on their site, while I would like to get some feedback, as, even if I don't win the challenge, I am still very motivated to so...