August 2008
45 posts
“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what...”
– Alan Coren
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...”
– Plato
“Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.”
Pope of the Superchristies →
“Shots down and kluster is a great idea….”
– Blurizio
“The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to...”
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Dig Deeper, Reach Higher, Be Great →
Here at FastCompany.com, we run across a lot of innovative software and technology, so much so that you can become jaded if you aren’t careful. So when I come across a new piece of technology that I think is really timely, cool and awesome, I definitely want to spread the word. Kluster is one such product.
Simply put, Kluster allows for intelligent brainstorming and decision-making in a...
A robot with a biological brain →
University of Reading scientists have developed a robot controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. And this is a world’s premiere. Other research teams have tried to control robots with ‘brains,’ but there was always a computer in the loop. This new project is the first one to examine ‘how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how a brain stores specific pieces of...
National Security Decision Memorandum 292 →
U.S. - Iran Nuclear Cooperation
April 22, 1975
The President has decided that in negotiating an Agreement on Cooperation in the Civil Uses of Atomic Energy with the Government of Iran, the U.S. shall:
Permit U.S. material to be fabricated into fuel in Iran for use in its own reactors and for pass-through to third countries with whom we have Agreements.
Agree to set the fuel ceiling at a...
“…and thus begins the Jesus year”
Project FUBELT
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about.
September 11, 1973 - Augusto Pinochet led a coup against the democratically elected government of Chile to establish a military dictatorship that would last for 15 years.
September 11, 1998 - 25 years after the coup in Chile, the National Security Archive declassifies US government documents “detailing decisions and...
“Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime”
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“Kluster is awesome, for those of you that dont know about it, check it out.”
– Jmorales273
Virtual creatures and robots take on 'a life of... →
The software that controls the virtual creatures is an artificial neural network which is roughly modelled on the brain.
Prof Ralf Der at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and the team at Edinburgh’s School of Infomatics has applied the software to simulated animals and humans that are not given any explicit instructions on how to move. Nor do they know...
“We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehyrdated babies.”
– John McCain
Government 2.0: A Theory of Social Government →
In the realm of developing and nurturing a social network of government employees and non-governmental entities, social software also has numerous applications. Sites like kluster can enhance communication and not only help to promote organization within an amorphous and changing coalition, but also help groups discuss problems and arrive at actionable conclusions.
“The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the...”
