“The Sun is God,” were the last words of J.M.W. Turner, an 18th century artist whose perspective drawings came to my attention last year. The Tate has an online archive of 90 works that stand out not only as pedagogical diagrams, but works of art.
A lot of these examine the shadows cast by spheres and conic sections:
Our beloved brother, son, friend, and partner Aaron Swartz hanged himself on Friday in his Brooklyn apartment. We are in shock, and have not yet come to terms with his passing.
Aaron’s insatiable curiosity, creativity, and brilliance; his reflexive empathy and capacity for selfless, boundless love; his refusal to accept injustice as inevitable—these gifts made the world, and our lives, far brighter. We’re grateful for our time with him, to those who loved him and stood with him, and to all of those who continue his work for a better world.
Aaron’s commitment to social justice was profound, and defined his life. He was instrumental to the defeat of an Internet censorship bill; he fought for a more democratic, open, and accountable political system; and he helped to create, build, and preserve a dizzying range of scholarly projects that extended the scope and accessibility of human knowledge. He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place. His deeply humane writing touched minds and hearts across generations and continents. He earned the friendship of thousands and the respect and support of millions more.
Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney’s office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims. Meanwhile, unlike JSTOR, MIT refused to stand up for Aaron and its own community’s most cherished principles.
Today, we grieve for the extraordinary and irreplaceable man that we have lost.
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Aaron is survived by his parents Robert and Susan Swartz, his younger brothers Noah and Ben, and his partner Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.
Aaron’s funeral will be held on Tuesday, January 15 at Central Avenue Synagogue, 874 Central Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois 60035. Further details, including the specific time, will be posted at http://rememberaaronsw.com, along with announcements about memorial services to be held in other cities in coming weeks.
Remembrances of Aaron, as well as donations in his memory, can be submitted at http://rememberaaronsw.com
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I had a trainer in the Indian Military Academy, the man taught me how to walk like a man. His second name was Karamchand. A Subedar Major with the Guards.
He had a funny accent - as rookie arrogant idiots, we used to laugh at his yells - “Gentlemen Cadets - front roll till your back hits the head” etc.
After a day or so with him, we stopped taking him seriously - as if our parents got the consent to fornicate from Her Majesty.
He yelled at our faces - yelled enough to wake the 1000s acre campus
“When I’m talking - fucking look into my eyes, listen to what I say. Irrespective of the way I say! YOU FUCKS are going to be Officers of the glorious Indian Army - leading a thousand soldiers to victory or death - It’s NOT HOW YOU SAY, In war the real measure of leadership is ‘WHAT YOU SAY“
That changed everything. Years gone by.
Then I met a new bunch of people - the ‘Grammar Nazis’ in the social networks and interest networks. Trolling away to death of how a person talks - judging the way a person pronounce a word, calling them ghati etc.
Well - the second bunch is those accented chaps from the Bombay/Delhi circuit who gets a ‘funny’ boner when talking to somebody like me - Oh yes, my English is heavily influenced by my mother tongue, even after a decade of ‘globalization’ I still ‘preserved’ my mother-tongue. {and by globalization, I did not mean ‘gelf’}
So - If you are a grammar nazi by birth/or by schooling; please keep it to yourself. Listen to what I’m talking & whether it’s making sense given the context of the discussion or not.
Also - please remove that ‘Grammer Nazi’ thing from your twitter profile; it’s kind of lame (lamer than writing ‘rebel’)
Personality has nothing to do with linguistics. Personality is something more. You can also achieve the highest levels of ‘personality’ by just having an ambition and working towards it like a mad man.
Also, my Prime Minister said: “Theek Hai”. And your hero man’s ex-best friend said “Keep Calm”. Also, it’s ‘grammar’ - theek hai?
