Technology is cool

There is this AIM Buddy named Moviefone. His knowledge is pretty much restricted to movies but check out this conversation:

Me: yo

moviefone: Hi there. I'm the new Moviefone bot! I can find movies for you anywhere in the country in a fraction of second. All you have to do is give me part of the title, an actor or director's name. I can also send you alerts when your favorite films are opening. Type privacy anytime to review the policy. Type any movie you want to see or menu to get going.

======= Movie of the Week =======
Saw III - Movie Site

Me: What is clint eastwoods new movie?

moviefone: - Movies for Today
1 -F- What Is It?
2 -N- Flags of Our Fathers
3 -F- What Just Happened
4 -P- A Fistful of Dollars
5 -F- Letters from Iwo Jima

P=Past, N=New, S=Soon, F=Future

Type # next to movie to see showtimes, M to go back to the Main Menu or anything else to search again.

Me: 2

moviefone: Enter a valid 5 digit zip-code.

Me: 06106

moviefone: - Showtimes for Today
Flags of Our Fathers [opened on 10-20-06] is playing at

1 - National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Buckland Hills
12:20PM 12:50PM 3:30PM 4:00PM 6:40PM 7:10PM 9:35PM 10:05PM
2 - Showcase Cinemas East Winsdor
12:50PM 4:00PM 7:10PM 10:05PM
3 - National Amusements Enfield Cinemas 12
12:50PM 4:00PM 7:10PM 10:05PM
4 - Crown Palace 17 & Odyssey Theatre
1:15PM 3:00PM 4:15PM 6:30PM 7:20PM 9:30PM
5 - Destinta Theatres Metro Square 12
3:10PM 6:05PM 9:00PM

Type number to see all the movies playing in that Theater.

Me: thx bra

moviefone: anytime

Weird Al Hits Top 10

The artists he parodies come and go, but Al just gets better:

Bush won't take responsibility for his own incompetence

One of the best videos I've seen in a while:



This one is also pretty telling.

Free Will Rant (In Progress)

In a 1928 speech to the German League for Human Rights, Einstein summarized his dismissal of free will in these terms:

I don’t believe in the freedom of the will. Schopenhauer’s saying, that a human
can very well do what he wants, but can not will what he wants, accompanies me
in all of life’s circumstances and reconciles me with the actions of humans,
even when they are truly distressing. This knowledge of the non-freedom of the
will protects me from losing my good humor and taking much too seriously myself
and my fellow humans as acting and judging individuals.

Neuroscience...