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Epicurian System of Philosophy

Epicureanism is a philosophy based upon Epicurus teachings. The basis for the philosophy was in materialism, or the idea that the only true existence is in atomic matter, which would sharply contrast idealism.  Epicureanism philosophy died when Constantine approved Christianity.  One of the more famous modern day Epicurean idealists was our own, Tomas Jefferson, whose own tombstone states that he was for Religious Freedom, which may suggest, that he was not much of a Christian.

I do not think Epic Guide subscribes much to this philosophy, however, one of the main Epicurian tenants was that Epicurus and his followers shunned politics, which Epic Guide parallels in many ways.

• http://www.twinleaf.org/articles/jeffersonia.html
• http://www.monticello.org/reports/people/short.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurian
• Epicurus Greek Guy
• Epicharmus, other  Greek Guy

Anno Domini

Jeremy, here’s my response to your comment.

“Anno Domini (“In the Year of the Lord”), abbreviated as AD or A.D. defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth (or actually Incarnation) of Jesus of Nazareth.

This Christian era is currently dominant all around the world in both commercial and scientific use.

Presently, it is the common, international standard, recognised by international institutions such as the United Nations and the Universal Postal Union.
This is due both to the tradition and to the fact that the solar Gregorian calendar has long time been considered to be astronomically correct.

Further more, a monk invented the calendar, therefore, why should people strip the meaning out of the original work to suit their purpose? The original works include A.D. /B.C. If someone wants to rename it, they should make there own calendar.

The Anno Domini system was developed by a Scythian monk named Dionysius Exiguus in Rome in 525, as an outcome of his work on calculating the date of Easter. Byzantine chroniclers like Theophanes continued to date each year in their world chronicles on a different Judaeo-Christian basis — from the notional creation of the World as calculated by Christian scholars in the first five centuries of the Christian era. These eras, sometimes called Anno Mundi, “year of the world” (abbreviated AM), by modern scholars, had their own disagreements. No single Anno Mundi epoch was dominant. One popular formulation was that established by Eusebius of Caesarea, a historian at the time of Constantine I. The Latin translator Jerome helped popularize Eusebius’s AM count in the West. Another formulation, dominant in the East during the early centuries of the Byzantine Empire, was developed by the Alexandrian monk Anninus.

Epicurus of Samos – Greek “Epic” Philosopher

Epicurus was a Greek philosopher credited with the founding of Epicuranism, one of the most popular schools of Hellenistic Philosophy. Epicurus lived in Athens from 341-270 before Christ. Epicurus’ school was considered on the of the three dominant schools in Hellenistic Philosophy along with Stoicism and Skepticism.

• http://www.epicurus.info
• Other Epic Guides – Epicharmus of Kos

Family Walks on All Fours, May be Evolution ?

Oh boy, I’m excited know, we found the missing link, we are all monkeys!! Well at least the press is a bunch of monkeys. Here’s a story about 5 children, out of 19 that can’t walk upright. The parents are already closely related, so add 1 and 1 together, your going to have problems. I can’t believe that scientist that haven’t seen or heard about this are all ready stating that they must have missing genes or have mutated. This may be a case of natural selection, but a gene regression seems a bit far out. Even if these poor people can’t walk, whether it’s due to physical or mental problems, doesn’t mean they are the missing link. I guess we could surmise in the other direction, that people that can’t walk but use wheel chair are a link to the future, and more advanced than those who can walk.

Humans are not built to walk as quadrupeds, our hips, hands, leg length and the fact that we don’t have a tail, might suggest that we walk upright, and always have. I know scientist have been looking for missing links since the 1800’s but seriously, none have ever been found, and these unfortunate people are not them. Lets us leave them alone to live out their lives in peace.

Read some of these articles and tell me the media isn’t stretching on this.

• Family Walks on All Fours, May Offer Evolution Insight, Experts Say
• Human quadrupeds discovered in Turkey
• Human quadrupeds discovered
• Human quadrupeds in Turkey

What is Origami without paper?

I have been reading though Technorati, wondering what this “Origami” tag is. So I did some research and figured it out, and it may become a household name (or not).

So what is Origami? Origami is Microsoft’s new portable computer, sort of. Microsoft is not a hardware company so it designed the specs and farmed out the design to manufacturers, supplying its software, a modified version of XP Windows. Microsoft is clearly trying to enter into the handheld world to hold on to its operating market share, not to make the best product on the market. Reviews seem to bash the product, saying it will never handle the software that Microsoft intends it to use.

• Origami looks paper-thin
• Is Microsoft’s Origami Just a Paper Tiger?
• Introduced at CeBIT, the new mobile PC form factor, formerly codenamed “Origami”

Epicharmus of Kos – Greek “Epic” Comic

Epicharmus was a Greek philosopher and dramatist who is credited as being one of the first comic writers. He is often called Epicharmus of Kos and lived circa 540-450 before Christ. His comic writing from was the origins of “Doric Comedy”; meaning the Greek dialect and also meaning Dorian mode, which is a music theory based on intervals of tones followed by whole tones. He also is credit with Sicilian comic forms, which refers to Italian, or the Sicilian Islands.

In his early life, Epicharmus worked as a poet, and his topics ranged from exhortations against intoxication and laziness. He can be quoted,

“Judgment, not passion should prevail.” – Wikipedia – Epicharmus

More on Epicharmus of Kos

• http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/ridgeway004.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicharmus
• Other Epic Guides – Epicurus of Samos – Greek “Epic” Philosopher

The Guppy Epic

We thought that all little boys need a bit of responsibility. So we bought our 1 year old boy a fish tank and three guppies on his birthday. One girl Guppy and two boy guppies. The Guppy’s had a nice tank and apparently no supervision, so the reproduced. A Guppy has live babies, so one day we had about 10 more. At some point, the boy created the “Great Guppy Tsunami”, only 3 babies survived. So we were down to 6. The wife didn’t like our yellow boy guppy, so down the drain he went. Eventually all the guppies dies, except a young girl and boy. We thought the boy guppy may have been gay, but after two years later, they finally got it on and had a batch of 12 little guys. Then, no less than 3 weeks later, the proud parents had another school of baby guppies, 20. So now I have decided to thin the herd. The 20 babies will be on there way to the corporate head quarters of RedFusion Media, where they will have the best view in downtown Redlands. I really wanted to have a “Blob Fish” in the office, but I can’t seem to find one. Since neither of the other two Epic Guide writers can seem to post anything of meaning, the guppies got posted. If you want to name the guppies, leave a comment.

Posting Bonds. Drug Bust.

Game of Shadows : Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

I think people know where I stand about liars, and I don’t stand next to Barry Bonds, Good Bye! Honestly, it was a matter of time before Bonds burned to the ground. It was his own fault, he was too good of a player before steroids which caught people attention when he ballooned up like Mo Vaughn. He was always a prick, which doesn’t go with the juice. I say every one should buy the book, hopefully it’s not to late to shame the cheater out of baseball before he brakes another record.

“Do you believe Barry Bonds, or the book? I believe the book. I think Bonds is — or was — a human Walgreens, a grotesque and insulting example of better baseball through chemistry. And I think he should slither away, joining Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro in forced baseball exile.” – By Gene Wojciechowski ESPN\

Nintendo and Old Farts

Nintendo has been beat up over the last few years, with Sony Playstation and Microsoft XBox, so they came up with a new idea, market to old guys. Nintendo has created a line of games that stimulate old people’s minds, so they wont go crazy in old age.

“I don’t want to end up some crazy old man,” Mr. Shishido explained at a crowded Tokyo electronics store after trying the game on display. “I want to play a little every day before going to bed.” The Hindu Paper

Nintendo the company is old, that’s why they like old timers, started in 1889, I think that was before microchips. Here’s part of there story,

“Nintendo was founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in, Washington.” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

World Baseball Classic – Korean Power House

Korea is off to a hot start, going 3-0, but has anyone noticed that the 30 man roster of the Korean team has five guys names “Lee” and four guys name “Park”. How do we know who’s on first anymore? If you thought that was interesting, you’ll notice that they have seven guys name “Kim”, that’s just crazy? Are they all brothers? They do have a token “Bong” on the team, and that should make some high Americans giggle.