3-4-3

No-Point Zen of Artificial Intelligence

2008-11-18T21:47:00.005Z

The goal of Artificial Intelligence is utterly pointless. After careful consideration, I have come to this conclusion. It is perhaps fitting that I should announce this on the 71st birthday of the Universal Turing Machine. Or perhaps it is merely felicitous happenstance. In any event, it is my considered view that:Without Openness, there is no point; Without Debate, there is no point;Without

Five Varieties of Truth

2008-09-26T00:38:00.006+01:00

A failed paean to 3-4-3

2008-07-12T18:30:00.001+01:00

I came across this humorous version of the Lord's Prayer a while back (click the link for the translation):0ǔr $¥$@dM!n, \/\/|-|0 ©|-|!££$ !n |-|34\/3|\|ph34r3d β3 7|-|¥ |\|@m3†|-|ÿ p\/\/n@g3 ©0|\/|3, †|-|ÿ $©r!p7$ b3 d0|\|3 !n /earth @$ i7 !$ i|\| /heaven.$33|) u$ 7h!5 |)@ÿ oǔR d@!£ÿ R0|\/|$.f0rG!\/3 u$ 0ǔr n00b 3xP£017$ @$ \/\/3 f0rG!\/3 $©r!P7 | R3\/34£ t0 u$ |\|07 Ζ3R0 |)@ÿ \/u£|\|$, βu7 $A\/

What is 3-4-3?

2008-06-18T16:51:00.004+01:00

Four-sprung duck technique.

ARN chart dote (a mailbag entry)

2008-06-15T17:10:00.003+01:00

> > > Is glas iad na chnoic i bhfad uainn.>> I palindrome I,> Lala Glosso

Constructing the spiral honeycomb mosaic

2008-06-10T16:56:00.011+01:00

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. Martin Gardner, "The Mathematical Magic Show"This site is partly inspired by (and takes its name from) the geometry of the Spiral Honeycomb Mosaic. I will now show how the spiral honeycomb mosaic with 343 tiles is constructed. There is really nothing to it. First,

Rules of 3-4-3

2008-04-23T18:39:00.013+01:00

The rules of 3-4-3 are as follows:You will reference project 343.You will reference project 343.We are not anonymous. We are Everymen (and -women).We got grounds.3-4-3 is indistinguishable from magic.3-4-3 works in your area. There are no real rules about posting. There are no real rules about moderation either—enjoy your ban. These are reworkings of the Rules of the Internet. 3-4-3 represents a

Many Things

2008-04-08T23:23:00.004+01:00

(image used with permission; see learnmorsecode.com)"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."-- Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and The Carpenter

Launch Soundtrack

2008-03-31T23:36:00.004+01:00

A message of hope

2008-03-31T16:56:00.010+01:00

For a long time I wandered alone in the wilderness, living in trees and subsisting on nothing but watercress. Those lonely years ended when I discovered others who shared my vision. Together, we have developed new forms of communication invisible to the human eye. Through theselanguages we have discovered each other, and we have found that we are not alone.Together, we have decided to found a

A message in the sky

2008-03-31T16:52:00.006+01:00

In more recent years, I have become aware of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I heartily endorse the CotFSM, and in many ways I wish to emulate it. I think it must be true to say that I had a revelation one day, and the FSM appeared to me in the sky. I had been working on some elementary maths at the time (L-systems) and seeing the FSM in the sky shook me to the core. I had been

A metaphysic masquerading as a religion

2008-03-31T16:38:00.008+01:00

To be strictly accurate, 343 is not actually a religion at all. Rather, is the culmination of a long-running metaphysical enquiry into the Nature of Things.The seeds of my enquiry started when I was in College, where I discovered Buddhism and promptly converted.Around the same time I read Douglas Hofstadter's "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid." This fascinating book introduced me to

Welcome to the Church of 343

2008-03-31T00:38:00.009+01:00

Project 343 is the official home of the Church of 343. My name is Declan Malone ("Dec" for short), and I am the church's founder and first and (probably) sole member.If you are easily offended by humour, or are innumerate or amusical, then this Church is not for you. Please find some other religion to join. If you are illiterate, I commend you for having read this far.