joi, 24 decembrie 2009

Quick Tips

  1. When using Vidalia 0.1.15, Tor 0.2.1.19 and Privoxy 3.0.6, use the proxy 127.0.0.1:8118. The port 8118 is the default in Privoxy.

  2. In VirtualBox to access the shared folders:
    net use x: \\vboxsvr\shared /persistent:yes
    To remove such a shared folder:
    net use x: /delete

miercuri, 16 decembrie 2009

Philosophy through IT

I like to make my own philosophy. Because I am a programmer, I inevitable use terms from that area to describe some ideas or concepts. I want to put some of them here, more as an example and maybe later as a guideline in writing a book.
  • A context is an existential environment with a set of binding rules.
  • An environment is a space that may contain objects.
  • An existential environment is an environment that has a conglomerate of factors that supports existence.
  • Existence is a sequence of events in a time line, a space and abiding by a set of binding rules, thus existence is a sequence of events in a time line and a context.
  • An object is a conglomerate of elements that exist in a context and are tied together by a set of binding rules.
  • A persistence is an existence without a time frame.
  • A time frame is a well defined portion in a time line. 
  • An event is a manifestation in a time line.
  • A coincidence is an alignment of several events without a programmatic schedule.
Lets define the context eliminating the keywords:
A context is a space that may contain one or more conglomerates of elements presented within, tied together by a set o binding rules, that participate in a sequence of manifestations in a time line, a space and abiding by a set of binding rules, that has a conglomerate of factors that supports itself.
As you can see here, we have learned that the binding rules keep everything (elements, factors) together. Moreover existence and context are dependent one on another; existence without a context is just a time line (or time); context without existence is just a space. Thus we have learned what time and space are.

Now lets use these basic concepts to create some new ideas and explore if they are correct:
  • Life is a coincidence, while the universe is not.
Exploring the idea:

Life was possible because a sum of events aligned to make it happen. Because life manifests in a time line and an environment, if we assume the lack of a scheduling force, it is a coincidence. Arguably, but without any strong evidence, some assume the presence of a scheduling force (that is a deity) and thus the life is created by the force and not by random events that aligned successfully, resulting that the life is not a coincidence.
Universe is not a coincidence because it started simultaneously with the time line, therefore no events have been aligned for its inception. Arguably, if the time line existed before the universe, then the universe may be a coincidence.
If life is not a coincidence, then it's safe to assume that the scheduling force may interfere at any time in the sequence of events that forms it. But if we assume that this scheduling force exists, then we may safely guess that it appeared as a factor in the universe. This makes the scheduling force a persistent object.
Usually the scheduling force (deity) is thought to exist outside of space and the time line. This assumption breaks the definition of the existence and is impossible to demonstrate. Moreover, this assumption makes the scheduling force abstract (undefined).
It's therefore a matter of faith how people consider life and universe relative to coincidence.