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GNU/Linux and Enlightenment Running On a Fridge
The fridge I will buy :D
via Slashdot: Linux by timothy on 11/24/10
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CHIP-8 emulation comes to Half-Life 2, you can finally retire your Telmac 18
The intel core i13 will only be released in the world of warcraft :P
via Engadget by Joseph L. Flatley on 11/15/10
20101122
Laser-Guided Slingshot is Do It Yourself Project
An improvement of the slingshot would be to leave the bolts free to rotate, add a servo mechanism in order to synchronize the laser with the movement of the bolts and fasten the bands tightly on the bolts in order to rotate the bolts according to their angle. \m/
via SlashGear by Evan Selleck on 11/22/10
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Premature ovarian failure
diluted saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it:
"I had my menopause at 28"
A new study hopes to offer help to young women undergoing the menopause
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/health-11784759
should see it:
"I had my menopause at 28"
A new study hopes to offer help to young women undergoing the menopause
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/health-11784759
20101119
Why should we invest more in space and marine exploration
Hi!
How y'all doing? I'm fine too, thank thee :)
In this post, I will argue on the need to invest more money in the exploration and colonization of the solar system (and beyond) and the depths of the sea.
Throughout history, human kind has been defined by expansion. With expansion I mean habitat expansion. This expansion is required or encouraged by:
Let's now see if the reasons for expansion are valid for our time:
Having discovered the whole world (as our satellites have proven), we must now turn to more difficult endeavors, in order to survive as a species (in the long run) and in order to avoid future financial crises and wars.
The last two can actually be connected ([1] [2] [3]) in the fashion that financial crisis causes war, which can be viewed as the solution for the crisis due to the development for war, during the war and after the war.
So, we should go forth and explore the far reaches of space and depths of sea. It is essential for our survival.
Ta ta,
elias a.k.a. diluted
How y'all doing? I'm fine too, thank thee :)
In this post, I will argue on the need to invest more money in the exploration and colonization of the solar system (and beyond) and the depths of the sea.
Throughout history, human kind has been defined by expansion. With expansion I mean habitat expansion. This expansion is required or encouraged by:
- Overcrowding
- Lack of resources
- Quests for glory (not the legendary Sierra game) and wealth
- Scientific (or just plain simple) curiosity and search for adventure
- Possibly other reasons that I cannot think of right now :P
Let's now see if the reasons for expansion are valid for our time:
- Overcrowding
- It's high time to find an escape from this discomfort except committing suicide (BioTek - Die Sect), killing each other and not giving birth to anything.
- Lack of resources
- We need more resources.
- Quest for Glory - Wealth
- Human nature
- Adventure - curiosity
- Human nature
Having discovered the whole world (as our satellites have proven), we must now turn to more difficult endeavors, in order to survive as a species (in the long run) and in order to avoid future financial crises and wars.
The last two can actually be connected ([1] [2] [3]) in the fashion that financial crisis causes war, which can be viewed as the solution for the crisis due to the development for war, during the war and after the war.
So, we should go forth and explore the far reaches of space and depths of sea. It is essential for our survival.
Ta ta,
elias a.k.a. diluted
20101118
Ireland bail-out talks in Dublin
4 down (Hungary, Latvia, Greece and Ireland), 23 to go :P (the UK received a bail-out in 1976, but that's history)
via BBC News - Home on 11/17/10
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Oh geeky tree, oh geeky tree, how square are thy branches
20101113
voting = lost cause?
Hi!
Should we vote? Who we should vote for?
As you probably already now, I'm not so much into politics.
I do support freedom coupled with kindness and all these traits that are required in order for people to live harmonically in groups without starting killing and eating each other (because of the freedom they enjoy along the inherent predatory instincts), but I also know that human nature prohibits us to be good with each other at all times (due to personal ambition, jealousy or whatever) and I believe that almost any political system would be acceptable by anyone, if everyone was fair, had noble motives, lacked vanity and envy and was kind at heart.
Since this is implausible, I sort of think that the world must make the leap towards direct (pure) democracy, where everyone (who is willing to participate) will have a right to vote for every decision of the world-country-city-village-group (this is more than feasible today using the freakin' net).
So, a first step in order to convert the political system here in Greece could be to actively deny to vote for anyone. Someone could argue here that a good protest vote would be to vote something other than the mainstream; I accept and respect that.
When a feeble (due to lack of voter support) government takes power, we'll start protesting and demand a brutal capitalistic flavor of direct democracy.
Our will be done afterwards.
Ta ta,
--
elias a.k.a. diluted
Should we vote? Who we should vote for?
As you probably already now, I'm not so much into politics.
I do support freedom coupled with kindness and all these traits that are required in order for people to live harmonically in groups without starting killing and eating each other (because of the freedom they enjoy along the inherent predatory instincts), but I also know that human nature prohibits us to be good with each other at all times (due to personal ambition, jealousy or whatever) and I believe that almost any political system would be acceptable by anyone, if everyone was fair, had noble motives, lacked vanity and envy and was kind at heart.
Since this is implausible, I sort of think that the world must make the leap towards direct (pure) democracy, where everyone (who is willing to participate) will have a right to vote for every decision of the world-country-city-village-group (this is more than feasible today using the freakin' net).
So, a first step in order to convert the political system here in Greece could be to actively deny to vote for anyone. Someone could argue here that a good protest vote would be to vote something other than the mainstream; I accept and respect that.
When a feeble (due to lack of voter support) government takes power, we'll start protesting and demand a brutal capitalistic flavor of direct democracy.
Our will be done afterwards.
Ta ta,
--
elias a.k.a. diluted
20101112
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