Posts from — September 2007

SLCC 2008 – Location Selection Narrowing Down!:
Yeap, it’s getting closer to the time where we all know where we’ll be when next year! Check out this post on the 2007 blog for the specifics as well as a heads up on a survey that will also be posted soon!
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Tampa…. or Raleigh… I’d rather not, though I’d get to see friends… I’d not like to go to SLCC in august at either location…

U Sank My Carrier! | Wake Up From Your Slumber:
He was given nothing but small planes and ships-fishing boats, patrol boats, that kind of thing. He kept them circling around the edges of the Persian Gulf aimlessly, driving the Navy crazy trying to keep track of them. When the Admirals finally lost patience and ordered all planes and ships to leave, van Ripen had them all attack at once. And they sank two-thirds of the US fleet.

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the doctrine of big beaten by the small.

The Raw Story | Olbermann: Bush adminstration use of bogus terror threat is ‘most overt accusation yet’:
Former US Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein joined Keith Olbermann to discuss recent charges that the Bush administration employed false intelligence to convince lawmakers they should temporarily expand domestic spying powers under the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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umm the president shouldn’t lie to congress or his people. I mean come up… why did he create false evidence or have it ready? Rumormongering is likely only the smallest part.

1000STORIES:

A German documentary filmmaker and new-media artist, with the support of the Goethe-Institut New York, will be traveling through the United States by motorcycle from October 1 until November 15, 2007, and he wants to understand the American way of life.
He wants to know what makes Americans tick, so he s looking for people who are typical of the United States – whatever you think typical means. It could be you or someone you know. Once his trip starts, he will write about his experiences, collect stories, and conduct interviews, posted daily as a video weblog, or “vlog,” at 1000stories.com.

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this sounds like it will be a great project, i home many typical american’s get involved.

» Protect your network against fiber hacks | IT Security | TechRepublic.com:
For less than $1,000, an attacker can purchase the hardware necessary to tap into a fiber run. The tap consists of bending the fiber to the point that it leaks light.
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sweet!

Run away the ray-gun is coming : We test US army’s new secret weapon | the Daily Mail:
This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain.

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this is not OK, this is not OK at all. this is at best a device to dispurse crowds, and at worse a torture device. it is a device of unlimited potential as a torture device. unlimited, unbearable pain? that is just wrong.

Spikning – Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin:
Spikning är en akademisk ritual i samband med framläggandet av en doktorsavhandling. Tre veckor före disputationen skall avhandlingen offentliggöras, från denna tidpunkt skall lärosätet tillhandahålla avhandlingen så att den som önskar kan läsa den för att kunna komma med kritik under disputationen.

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a brilliant way of making your doctoral work public from Torill

TED | Speakers | Andrew Mwenda:
Andrew Mwenda: Journalist

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Intentions are usually problematic… people act under good intentions at all times.

Even GWB thought he was doing the right thing, remember that, good intentions are not always the best thing. Mr. Mwenda speaks about the problem of foreign aid and the problem of structural motivation and economics. I think he nails the african situation on the head. I like his example of if you have 10 ph.d.’s they will never be as effective as an entrepreneur in the market. I’m not sure that’s true, but I think it is closer to true than not.

Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections — Koninklijke Bibliotheek:
This database contains descriptions of all medieval western manuscripts written in Latin script and produced up to c. 1550 now preserved in public and semi-public collections in the Netherlands. These include the collections of libraries, museums and archives, as well as the collections of monastic orders and some other private institutions that are open to researchers.

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this is really handy for a wide variety of scholars. it has quite a few things by erasmus, which is one of those people that i like to read.

Humtalks: Smart people on cool topics:

this site has humanities talk, there are also business, politics and science. free online videos…