Mr. Ato » Ranting http://www.mrato.com Politics, culture, ethics and more from the 24th century Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:26:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Two Years Later And I’m Back In the Virtual Saddle http://www.mrato.com/2011/11/23/two-years-later-and-im-back-in-the-virtual-saddle/ http://www.mrato.com/2011/11/23/two-years-later-and-im-back-in-the-virtual-saddle/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:26:08 +0000 MrAto http://www.mrato.com/2011/11/23/two-years-later-and-im-back-in-the-virtual-saddle/ I started this experiment several years ago thinking I could keep this up as well as teach classes. I can’t. As it turns out I just don’t have the time. Even with a dozen AI’s, a virtoClone of my personality and a dozen or so students that want to do anything for my approval, I just didn’t seem to find the time to write. I mean, it is practically a dead art. Who writes anymore? Cerebral inserts are just quicker and more powerful.

Yes, I know there is a large group that would object with that. I know that reading is still something enjoyed by many. But honestly, it’s a slow waste of time. And that is coming from a history professor. Granted, the last 300 years have mostly been a technology wave, but history nonetheless.

I hope to be writing more. Perhaps just whatever comes to my mind going forward. Cheers!

]]> http://www.mrato.com/2011/11/23/two-years-later-and-im-back-in-the-virtual-saddle/feed/ 0 Another summer and i’m going to vegas! http://www.mrato.com/2009/07/07/summer-in-vegas/ http://www.mrato.com/2009/07/07/summer-in-vegas/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:24:45 +0000 MrAto http://www.mrato.com/?p=209 Hello Sentients! Sorry for the disappearance act. Finals came and this semester was a tough one. It’s finally over and your blogging professor needs a vacation. I may just spend some of that time on here talking about some neat historical facts of the 21st and 22nd centuries. Of course, my specialty is in Earth history but there’s a wealth of subject matter out there that covers the last 300 years.

One question I was recently asked was, why do we even need historians? It’s somewhat true I hate to admit. Most of the history in the last few hundred years has been recorded on vids and stored in the Nets. You could watch any number of historical events that have been recorded and never need to visit a historian. I suppose my answer to that is, interpretation. You can watch a video of something but that doesn’t mean you know what it means. Perhaps my profession should be renamed ‘interpreters’ instead of historians.

But I digress. What I really wanted to talk about was I am off to Vegas baybay. vVegas that is. I really can’t afford a trip out to the Nevada desert but I can plug into my home vat bay and enjoy a few months out in vVegas. I can’t wait. Of course, for extended stays in a vat bay you have to have a med tech come out and plug in all your diodes and what not. So my wait is a few more hours I think.

So that’s it for now. Just a quite note that yes I am still alive and yes I am back to bloggin after a long spring semester! Lets hope I win big at the tables!

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