Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Smart bug
When I sat down at the computer this morning, I saw what appeared to be an extra cursor. After moving the real cursor around, I realized the extra was a tiny winged insect sitting on the screen. Sometimes an insect will respond to the cursor moving under its feet, but this one didn't.
My crappy camera picked up the effect: note the exact angle of the bug that caused the initial illusion.
The bug appears to be inside or behind the cursor, making the cursor seem transparent when it's actually opaque.
While playing with the bug, heard something on BBC about Satan's new euthanasia law in Britain. Made me think: Doctors are eager to administer a 'lethal cocktail' to innocent people but doctors have firmly refused to administer a 'lethal cocktail' to murderers. Pretty good definition of evil. Enthusiastically killing the innocent, refusing to punish the guilty. Loving premeditated murder, hating justice. As I tried to look up some stats or quotes to form a blog item, I hit a search page with lots of titles about "Assisted dying".
Bug flew away instantly.
Smart bug.
¶ 2:35 AM 
The bug appears to be inside or behind the cursor, making the cursor seem transparent when it's actually opaque.
While playing with the bug, heard something on BBC about Satan's new euthanasia law in Britain. Made me think: Doctors are eager to administer a 'lethal cocktail' to innocent people but doctors have firmly refused to administer a 'lethal cocktail' to murderers. Pretty good definition of evil. Enthusiastically killing the innocent, refusing to punish the guilty. Loving premeditated murder, hating justice. As I tried to look up some stats or quotes to form a blog item, I hit a search page with lots of titles about "Assisted dying".
Bug flew away instantly.
Smart bug.
¶ 2:35 AM
