{"id":50836,"date":"2002-05-18T21:53:19","date_gmt":"2002-05-18T21:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/items\/date\/2002\/05\/18\/thoughs-and-empires\/"},"modified":"2002-05-18T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2002-05-18T21:53:19","slug":"thoughs-and-empires-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2002\/05\/18\/thoughs-and-empires-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughs and empires\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fast update on life…<\/p>\n

Well, disaster has been narrowly averted. In a miracle of 42nd street<\/p>\n

proportions an previous investor in dotPublishing has graciously lend us some<\/p>\n

enough money to keep the doors open for a while. This has significantly<\/p>\n

increased our chance for survival. The "Tiem to Live" clock has been reset at<\/p>\n

40-45 days… we had hoped to shoot for 60+ but the bills thatn need to be paid<\/p>\n

that haven’t int he last too months are a little to insistent for that after we<\/p>\n

really worked it all out.<\/p>\n

We are working with an investment professional now, and will be expanding<\/p>\n

that outreach this coming eek to prepare the way for the additional funding we<\/p>\n

need – as well as expanding the circle of people we are in discussions with.<\/p>\n

I’ll post more about how we are handling this as we go on.<\/p>\n

Some other things…<\/u><\/p>\n

* Go check out the<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

review and discussion over at Kuro5hin.org<\/a> about a book called "Not Harmful<\/p>\n

to Minors". I won’t repeat the information here in the interests of space and<\/p>\n

time. It’s worth checking out, and worth thinking about this all before the<\/p>\n

witch hunts get any more bizarre.<\/p>\n

* Take a minute and read this article on<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

why the Empire just isn’t such a bad thing<\/a> in the<\/p>\n

Star<\/p>\n

Wars<\/a> universe.<\/p>\n

\n

"What’s more, it’s not clear that they should be "protecting" anyone.<\/p>\n

The Jedi are Lucas’s great heroes, full of Zen wisdom and righteous power.<\/p>\n

They encourage people to "use the Force"–the mystical energy which is the<\/p>\n

source of their power–but the truth, revealed in "The Phantom Menace," is<\/p>\n

that the Force isn’t available to the rabble. The Force comes from midi-chlorians,<\/p>\n

tiny symbiotic organisms in people’s blood, like mitochondria. The Force, it<\/p>\n

turns out, is an inherited, genetic trait. If you don’t have the blood, you<\/p>\n

don’t get the Force. Which makes the Jedi not a democratic militia, but a<\/p>\n

royalist Swiss guard." – <\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

full article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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