November 21, 2010
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“Thus there are are five factors from which victory can be known:
“One who knows when he can fight, and when he cannot fight, will be victorious.
“One who recognizes how to employ large and small numbers will be victorious.
“One whose upper and lower ranks have the same desires will be victorious.
“One who, fully prepared, awaits the unprepared will be victorious.
“One whose general is capable and not interfered with by the ruler will be victorious.
“These five are the Way (Tao) to know victory.
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October 19, 2008
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I generally like to talk about games, but I enjoy reading nearly as much as playing games. So hey, here comes a book report.
I’ve been reading “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. It recently came out on paperback (I hate buying hardcover books, they’re too expensive and they eat up more shelf space) and it’s a book that I’ve wanted to check out for a while. I was told the premise of the book was a huge “what if” scenario if humans stopped existing on Earth. Although, out of 19 chapters, the first six mainly deal with how humans got to be where they are now (evolution through primates, and so on). Typically at the end of a chapter Weisman touches on which plants take over, which animal populations die off or take off, which human constructions fall apart, which is the good stuff for me.
Throughout most of the book, Wiesman introduces some situation, talks to an expert about that situation and tried to get them to explain what would happen if humans were gone, then follows up with his own imaginary story telling of the events that would play out.
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