India out of Davis Cup

"Romania retained their place in the Davis Cup World Group after forging to an unassailable 3-1 lead in the play-off with India here on Sunday. With a 2-1 overnight advantage victory was assured when Romania’s Victor Hanescu defeated Prakash Amritraj, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1....

Steal this Film Part 2 - Distribution, media, copyrights, piracy - this film ...

"Steal this Film Part 2 is not simply just about piracy and copyright infringement. Even more so, it is an interesting look into how media and information have historically been shared and distributed. It doesn’t surprise me that the “Gatekeepers”, or the people...

Fiji's doublespeak battle for hearts and minds played out through press

Survivor Snafu?? - Last night (Sunday), during the Survivor Cook Islands Finale on CBS, Jeff Probst announced that the 14th season will be held in the Fijian Islands ... I wonder if they know what they are in for. This may really become a NEW type of "Survivor". Here, in this...

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Reading Dissident Web Sites

POLL ---- Who should be prevented from reading, or allowed to read, dissident web sites?

Paris museum is no work of art: At the new Branly, Nouvel's concept obscures ...

It's the Musee du quai Branly, or, in English, the Museum on the Branly Embankment. It stands on the Left Bank of the Seine here, just a bit downstream from the Louvre.It's the new building everyone says you've got to see when you visit this legendarily beautiful...

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

rifidborgs have feelings too

A spychip is what some people call an RFID chip. Such people are usually bigots who discriminate against rifidborgs.

Over 500,000 copies are sold throughout the world EVERY YEAR

George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". What is the secret of this book that makes people all over the world keep buying it, year after year, after year? That 500,000 copies sold every year, only counts the English language translation. This book is translated into...