September 15, 2006

I’ll Ask The Wizard For An Artist’s Hands

Here’s a picture I’ve always wanted to see:  The human body parts that a computer replicates arranged as a computer.  Replace the monitor with an eyeball, the keyboard with a mouth (and have letters on the teeth!), ears for speakers, a hand for a mouse and the hard drive replaced with a brain.

I’d pay money for that picture.

September 12, 2006

The Magic Coin

I have a magic coin. Whenever I ca-

I thought you didn’t believe in magic.

Alright, nanotechnology then.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” eh?

Sure, what the hell.

I have a magic coin. Whenever I can’t come to a decision, it always knows the right answer.

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September 11, 2006

Heiroglyph Grades or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Pictures

How is it that teachers can possibly hope to evaluate grades on a purely one-dimensional scale? Surely a brilliantly written but woefully short paper about Proust cannot be considered strictly worse than an average exposition regarding a local football game. To assign the former a lower score than the latter is unfair, as it fails to capture the advantages and disadvantages of each paper. Clearly, a more complex system is required.

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September 10, 2006

Not a sitcom though. Those are really lame.

I’ve always wanted to create a cyberpunk comedy of some sort.  The medium doesn’t matter – television, comic books, literature, it’s all good.   It’s just something that hasn’t been done yet.

The problem is, of course, that cyberpunk has an inherently dark nature.  And darkness doesn’t usually lend itself to comedy, especially not in the HGttG style.  But it could definitely still work.

September 7, 2006

Term Limits

Here at Cyberpunk Hero we used to be against term limits.  Why the hell shouldn’t we be allowed to elect whomever we want, whenever we want?  It seemed absurd.

But the reason for term limits is the same reason behind a lot of the seemingly absurd laws – restrictions on government power.  That’s why the President can only be elected twice.  That’s why we have three competing branches.  That’s why we vote on our leaders.

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September 6, 2006

Soul-Sucking School Stupidity

We all remember how the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment is used to stop prayer from being mandatory in public schools, right?

Did anyone bother to read the other parts of the amendment?

Because the way I remember it, that’s the same amendment that guarantees the right to free expression. Something notably lacking in the American public school system.

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September 4, 2006

Return of The Good, The Bad and the Badass

With the beginning of September also comes the Cyberpunk Hero exclusive article: The Good, The Bad and the Badass.

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September 3, 2006

N-n-n-names!

I love names.

Names are so cool. We use them all the time, but we don’t stop to think about how complicated they are. And that’s what makes them so cool. They’re abstract, but easy.

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August 31, 2006

The Perfect MMO

Here’s the perfect guide to making the perfect MMORPG:

Include everything.

I want to be a cyborg elf from Mars with a T-Rex for a pet. And I want to kill ninja androids who use lightsabers and magic.

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August 30, 2006

Diggity, Digg, Digg, Dug!

Once again, welcome to our continuing weekly series, Digg Of The Week!

This week’s Digg? Digg Trademark Fun!

Unfortunately, this week provides us with another load of gibberish.

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