War is For the Helpless The emptiness in youAimed the mindless missileTowards me Like it would somehowFill the bottomless voidOf your soul I curled as you hurledWithdrew into myselfInto the gentle...
Science and technology researcher Eric Drexler, on his new blog Metamodern.com, comments on the history and evolution of the Scientific Method. Hypothesis followed by experiments has been a mainstay, even a dogmatic paradigm in Science. However, with today's computing...
opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 126 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The human brain naturally produces and processes compounds closely related to those found in Cannabis sativa, better known as marijuana [see "The Brain's Own Marijuana," by Roger A. Nicoll and Bradley E. Alger. These compounds are called endogenous cannabinoids or...
created by mabone | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 465 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Arbiter: 1. a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.2. a person who has the sole or absolute power of judging or determining.This is an article about how human nature and the Network Age are forcing the corporate media to bend to our will, and...
opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 362 views | 35 recommendations | 11 comments
"Rights-free zones: illegal and unjust
Mukul Sharma
The Guantanamo model signifies the abandoning of basic principles of human rights. It de-legitimises us.
“O Father, this is a prison of injustice.
Its iniquity makes the mountains weep.
I have committed no crime and am...
A fundamental shift in the way biologists view and understand how our genetic code works is underway. This comes a few decades after molecular biologists first produced a coherent model for how genes are...
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"SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates addressed thousands of computer security specialists gathered at a San Francisco conference, calling for a "powerful paradigm" to thwart online...
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"Early in 2006, before the general Internet-using public was aware of what I began referring to—in editorials, blog entries, and SYS-CON’s Internet TV webcasts—as “The AJAX Moment,” there was a strong sense among industry insiders that AJAX-like approaches, if not...
"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries?
Contents
1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006--------------------------------------
2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...
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"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries?
Contents
1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006--------------------------------------
2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...
created by anilarora | 3 years ago 1435 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments