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Month: June, 2006

Public restrooms are uncomfortable enough…

28 June, 2006 (12:07) | Mindless Links | By: radiantmatrix

I’m guessing Thailand has problems with people hanging out in the restrooms? In any case, I think they’ve solved the problem.

Flying Chair Screen Saver

22 June, 2006 (12:05) | Mindless Links | By: radiantmatrix

Remind yourself that wherever you are, Steve Ballmer might throw a chair at you. This screen-saver will help

BumpTop 3D Desktop Metaphor

22 June, 2006 (11:54) | Random Thoughts | By: radiantmatrix

Read my remarks and thoughts about this:

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The Difference Between Theory and Practice

22 June, 2006 (09:24) | Random Thoughts | By: radiantmatrix

  • Jim Huggins:

    In theory the difference between practice and theory is due to practical considerations that theorists find it impractical to fit into their theories.

    In practice, theory uses the practice of theorising about practical matters, while not noticing that the theoretical method practically distorts the theory beyond application to practice.

    Theoretically then the practical facts are that the theory is in practice good for predicting what happens in theory, but impractical as a theory with direct implications for practice, except where theory states that the practice is sufficiently close to the theory to make any difference for all practical purposes theoreticaly zero.

    In practice this does not happen very often.

  • Yogi Berra (or perhaps Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut):

    In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.