Secrets of living to be 200 years old
This article refers to ageing as not being an inevitable fact of life. It goes to describe the marvellous capabilities that some animals have to live, seemingly, forever. Yet, do we really want to? With all the problems we are having with over population, do we want to pursue the holy grail, and extend life to last hundreds?
We have … ⌘ Read more
The very last of something
There hasn’t been an article like this for a while, that fills me with such feeling of sadness, and emptiness. For as long as I can remember, a cartoon I saw as a child started my attraction for rhinoceros. Such lovely animals!
And now, the one pictured above (CB2/ZOB/Brent St … ⌘ Read more
What I thought when my plane crashed
From CNN Opinion, this\
article, written by Ric Elias I liked. I liked it
so much, I decided to keep it here, for when it is not longer available
at CNN. As I did with a previous\
article I kept from the WSJ, if CNN
does not likes what I have done, let me know and I will remove it, or
adapt it to a compromise. Please do not sue … ⌘ Read more
Ricky Gervais - Why I’m an atheist
This is an article
written by Ricky Gervais, for The Wall Street Journal back in 2010.
Reproduced entirely here, as SpeakEasy seems not to be keep articles
around long enough. If WSJ does not like what I have done, let me know
and I will remove it, or adapt it to a co … ⌘ Read more
Защо вестниците си мислят че “пластика” има нещо общо с кредитна/дебитна карта ? http://pressboard.info/article/127392
Швеция горят зайчета за отопление: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1944626,00.html
LWN.net article on NixOS
LWN.net has an article about NixOS
written by Koen Vervloesem. ⌘ Read more
Linux.com article about Nix
There is an article on Linux.com about Nix: “Nix fixes dependency\
hell on all Linux distributions”. ⌘ Read more
You are a prisoner, keep quiet!
U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons
The Bush administration has told a federal judge that terrorism suspects held in secret CIA prisons should not be allowed to reveal details of the “alternative interrogation methods” that their captors used to get them to talk.
The government says in new court filings that those interrogation methods are now among the nation’s most … ⌘ Read more
Write Articles, Not Blog Postings
Write Articles, Not Blog Postings – Jakob Nielsens Alertbox
Boy, do I agree with Nielsen on this one. I have been guilty of many of the things he points out. That is why I am scribbling less lately. And it will be much less in the future. Totally dislike the “tumbler” generation. Junk. ⌘ Read more
Neoseeker: IBM will not use Windows[…]
IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops - Neoseeker News Article: IBM switching to Linux desktops in Germany according to a Linux Forum 2006 presentation by their head of open source and Linux sales in Germany. ⌘ Read more
You can’t do that!
Technology, Technology news, Times Online
“I can’t believe that your company would allow people to make money from something that you allow people to have free access to. Is this really the case?” she asked.
“If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation, as it is difficult for us … ⌘ Read more
The Chocolate Imbecile
I can’t get it out of mind. How a person can be so idiotic? The major of New Orleans, Ray Nagin said, among other things:
“Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country”
[…]
“Surely he doesn’t approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses.”
[…]
“But sur … ⌘ Read more
BBC goes WoW again!
Although this new “interview” involves only Horde players, the latest BBC article about WoW is awesome and it gives some very sutil but good insides of the game.
I’ts popularity can be primarily attributed to its accessibility. The game is easy, plain and simple.
It’s more forgiving than most other online role-playing games on the market, and does not take as much dedicated playing or “grinding” to reach the top level. It appeals to a casual market and a broader spect … ⌘ Read more
BBC and WoW
From one article on today’s BBC Online news:
Occasionally gryphons and hippogriffs swept majestically overhead taking their riders to elsewhere in Azeroth or, as it is also known, the World of Warcraft (WoW).
At the edge of the computer screen chatter constantly scrolled past as other WoW players sought members forguilds, buyers for magical items, help with quests or engaged in idle banter.
Go and read: [A Walk in the World of Warcraft](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4294122.stm “ … ⌘ Read more
Downing Street Memo
I have known about this since it was released to the News media, but I haven’t comment about it here. I am providing a link to the contents of the Memo (pretty small read, I assure you) as they showed on the Times Online on May 1st, 2005. Draw your conclusions. I just want to quote a few parts of it. … ⌘ Read more
It is the Marketers fault!
While reading my daily doses of irrelevant information on Slashdot today, I saw that “ _…The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints that Microsoft misled consumers by running advertisements claiming Linux is 10 times more expensive than Windows…_” While they did not lied, they forgot to mention that the … ⌘ Read more