Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The cost of Palladium
The Germans are worried about the costs of Palladium. New to you? This ZDnet article will give you the info. Microsoft will have to change their pricing structure if descent like this is to be stopped.
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Solana on EU and Turkey
My arch nemesis since the day he was appointed as High Representative of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Javier Solana is someone have come to dislike within the EU, he is an example of a person who seeks a greater EU, and was never elected to make decisions for me, or any…
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How to irritate an irate author
The Reg is carrying a very funny story concerning some people who decided to manipulate Amazon’s system. When you are looking at a book to purchase you are also shown what people who bought that book also purchased. In this case the book is heavily anti-homosexual, but some people decided to change things around. I…
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Hell-Mars idea
Was Mars once like the Earth, or was it a hellish inferno like Venus? Well new theories are put forward often, and this is another.
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ADSL2 and how it affects broadband
For those of who who can avail of it xDSL technologies are quite handy for providing faster internet access. With ADSL 2 you will be able to use the Internet at much faster speeds, and without the loss in distance that would occur with standard ADSL.
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Does Carter deserve Nobel peace prize?
Tariq Ali writes an interesting critique of Carter that is well worth the read. He goes through other notable folk who failed to be awarded the coveted Nobel prize, and goes on to ask some legitimate question on whether Carter is deserving of it.
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DVD + VCR (VHS) – The acronyms continue
Yes they are closer to getting every letter in the alphabet after ‘DVD’. Not only do we have DVD RW, DVD +RW, DVD RAM, DVD R +RW, and god knows how many more, now we will have a DVD player with VCR so we can watch films while recording from the TV. Wow.
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SETI@Home to take a closer look
SETI have decided to look again at their 100 most promising signals. I am a firm advocate of further investigation of space, and more space exploration – I hope SETI find something!
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And solar sails will get us there
And in case you were wondering, we will be able to get to other planets by using solar sails. Duncan Steel writes in today’s Guardian that this much talked about, and very often written about technology will be utilised in the test probe Cosmos 1. Appropriate that it is named after Carl Sagan’s riveting book…
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Educate the world?
Interesting appeal in the Herald Tribune today. They hope that by having civic education and democracy thought in all primary and secondary schools that this would help improve things overall, and with regard to terrorism too. I wish they thought people in democratic countries like Ireland – then maybe people would be politically motivated and…
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