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Insanely Witty Stupidity

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Insanely Stupid Quotes:

We can do anything we like as long as it is UNIMPORTANT.

- Theodore Kaczynski

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Woman was God's second mistake.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

More Quotes from Idealistic Pseudoscientists

Welcome to Insanely Witty Stupidity

The primary goal of Insanely Witty Stupidity is to entertain users. It serves mainly as a "hobby" site for its maintainer (artist-hacker-philosopher Michael Atkins). On the site, you'll find books and short stories, artwork, free software (software that serves a user rather than controlling him/her), blog-style commentary about the website and other interesting things (Witty News), tools for browsing the web (see below), random thoughts about politics and science, and more.

What Does Insanely Witty Stupidity Have to Offer?

There are ongoing book series (Case's Cases and Hailey's Follies), short stories or "novella" (L.I.N. & Chuck), oddball custom software (like the Candice project), weird art projects, and more (see links above). They are not updated very often. But, they are alive and well. And, progress will continue as long as the ruling elite allows. Updates about Insanely Witty Stupidity series are discussed pretty regularly in the Witty News column. And, changes are documented in the website's changelog (see below).

What Is Free Software?

The true purpose of software is hacking, not office work. Hacking is not security breaking (despite an unsavory reputation it has been appointed by unknowledgeable journalists). It is only creativity employed to make better use of everyday things. For a more detailed analysis, read Richard Stallman's article about hacking vs. cracking.

Free software may be something non-hackers have never heard of. Simply put, it provides some of the best tools a developer can produce for solving a problem (the goal of any software suite). By contrast, non-free software typically limits a user's problem solving to a simple set of tools that are not adequate for the job. For example, compare Microsoft's text editor "Notepad" to GNU's text editor "Emacs".
Witty News

2023-05-07:

I finished the third chapter of "The Critical Mass of the Hybridized Rodent"... read more

2023-04-12:

But honestly, I like to wait until I have some significant progress to report... read more

2022-12-27:

Personally, Mary Jane be droppin' my potassium levels too much... read more

Old News
Maintenance:
cat.php (a PHP script that allows users to view files on Insanely Witty Stupidity before they are processed by an Apache daemon)
ls.php (a PHP script that allows users to list Insanely Witty Stupidity's contents)

Miscellaneous:
Bookmarks (Insanely Witty Stupidity maintainer Michael Atkins' personal bookmarks page)
Changelog (Insanely Witty Stupidity's "official" changelog)
DuckDuckGo Portal (a portal for searching the world wide web (does not use encryption, yet))
Google Portal (a portal for being bombarded with CAPTCHAs and hunted by unsavory advertisers)
Manual (Insanely Witty Stupidity is so complicated, it needs its own manual)
Random Number Generator (a random number generator implemented using PHP)
Witty News (news and commentary from Insanely Witty Stupidity (mostly related to the site))

* Assume content on this website (and ALL websites) is for adults only. If that's a problem for you, hide in a corner until someone tells you what to do.

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Insanely Thoughtful Articles:

2023-05-08:

Just a reminder-- the data you share using the world wide web becomes part of the public domain. If you (stupidly) upload images of your private parts, any person can extort you at any time. This includes SMS "text messages" (yes-- also implemented using the world wide web) and html IRC (or "social media" services as people are strangely calling them) such as Facebook and Instagram. And, remember-- the person you send the data to is not (necessarily) the only person who can see it. Most likely, thousands of other people can as well. And then, any of those people can threaten to expose your data and demand a ransom. But also, fear of having parts of your anatomy revealed to the public-- not worth your life.

Lots of people got peepees. ;)
See Article

2023-04-10:

Oh, myyy-- if Greg Popovich could apply a similar focus to the fundamentals of human rights that he gives to the fundamentals of basketball, then maybe he could coach a winning game of politics.

A gun in the hand is worth two in a crook's. ;)
See Article

2023-04-10:

If you don't believe "teenagers" are adults (who deserve the same knowledge and rights that any other adult is privileged to have), then I would appreciate it if you could take the time to read about this thirteen year old who stole a car in California this past weekend. A couple of key questions come to mind (for me): "If this person was trained as a driver (and trusted with the responsibility to operate a vehicle), would the outcome have been the same?" and "If people had confided in this person to accept the reality of life and death (and bothered to teach about them), would he have made the same decisions?"

Empathy makes fools of us all.
See Article

Older Articles

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