Schopenhauer's Relationship with Aesthetic Contemplation and Asceticism

• October 22, 2003
• James Skemp

Starting from the truth that "the world is my representation" [3], Arthur Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation lays down what Schopenhauer believes the world is. After determining that the world is not only representation, but also will, he goes on to discuss how this all works together, and how other philosophers work into this system. For this paper, I will be focusing on the relationship between aesthetic contemplation and asceticism within this work.

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On Arnold Schwarzenegger Having Become Governor of California

• October 13, 2003
• James Skemp

Unless you've been lying in a coma, or spending an extraordinary amount of time playing such games as Sid Meier's SIMGolf™, SimCity 3000™ Unlimited, Age of Empires II, Solitaire, etcetera, or, if you're just reading this (perhaps) long after I've written it, you probably heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger (see Running Man, Terminator, Terminator 2, Terminator 3, Kindergarten Cop, Total Recall, etcetera) has become, according to the masses of Californians that went out to vote, the next Governor of California, taking the place of the recalled (the second in the nation) Governor, Gray Davis (I personally keep thinking it should be Gary, but... interesting name I suppose). There's a lot going on with this, Arnold becoming the next Governor, and I've put off writing this page for that reason, as well as for a few other reasons... Anyways, even though I live in Wisconsin, I figured I'd tackle a few of the things that I've thought whilst paying attention to this. Here goes :)

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Using Disk Investigator to Regain Files

• October 9, 2003
• James Skemp

I've already discussed Disk Investigator in some detail (see Overview of Disk Investigator). However, what I really want to have is an example of the great use Disk Investigator is. In order to do this, I'm going to set up an example - an example of a situation that is not too uncommon - in order to show just how powerful it is. I urge you to follow along, with my example, on your own computer.

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Hegel and Plato's Principle of Activation: The Dialectic

• September 29, 2003
• James Skemp

According to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the dialectic "is in general the principle of all motion, of all life, and of all activation in the actual world", as well as "the soul of all genuinely scientific cognition." [1: 171] In other words, Hegel believes that the dialectic is the soul - the spirit one may say - of scientific cognition, or thought, as per the second quote. Because of this, if one wants to perform science, if one wants to study, and understand, the world around oneself, the dialectic must be used, and understood.

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JRSs Terragen Water Window Guide

• September 17, 2003
• James Skemp

Description: Information regarding the Water window in Terragen™. Written during the release of 0.9.08, but, information should apply to various versions. This article is available in PDF format only. Read the article.

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A Response to Marilyn Adamson's Article Titled 'Is There A God?'

• August 27, 2003
• James Skemp

"Just once wouldn't you love for someone to simply show you the evidence for God's existence? No armtwisting. No statements of, "You just have to believe." Well, here is an attempt to candidly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists." [1] Sounds like an interesting, and bold, statement. After all, people have been attempting to prove God's existence by use of reason almost as long, and as much, as they have been using force to.

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WinMX Help: How to read those Double-Byte filenames, User ID's and Messages

• August 20, 2003
• James Skemp

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Please take your questions to Google.com and Windows online help.

WinMX Help

How to read those Double-Byte filenames, User ID's and Messages

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JRSs Terragen Atmosphere Window Guide

• August 9, 2003
• James Skemp

Description: Information regarding the Atmosphere window in Terragen™. Written during the release of 0.9.08, but, information should apply to various versions. This article is available in PDF format only. Read the article.

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JRSs Terragen Terrain Genesis Window Guide

• August 9, 2003
• James Skemp

Description: Information regarding the Landscape window in Terragen™ - specifically the Generate Terrain option. Written during the release of 0.9.08, but, information should apply to various versions. This article is available in PDF format only. Read the article.

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12 Monkeys: A Timeline of the Events of the Movie

• June 28, 2003
• James Skemp

Notes: See also my paper titled Pulp Fiction: A Timeline of the Events of the Movie. I brought you the timeline for Pulp Fiction (see my paper titled Pulp Fiction: A Timeline of the Events of the Movie), now I bring you the timeline for the movie 12 Monkeys, another interesting, and time-wise 'weird', movie. As I see it, it's something like this. Well, first, note that this is the timeline in terms of real time, not in terms of movie time.

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