Hmm, this is going to end badly...
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Friday, August 12, 2011
PC makers demand more Intel cash to build $999 ultrabooks | Electronista
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/11/pc.builders.doubt.they.can.match.11in.air.on.price/
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Your Picks: Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books
I found the following story on the NPR iPad App:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books?sc=ipad&f=1008
NPR - August 11, 2011
More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Over on NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, you can find one fan's thoughts on how the list shaped up, get our experts' take, and get a chance to share your own.
A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.
So, at last, here are your favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. (And a printable version, to take with you to the bookstore.) [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
The Lord Of The Rings
By J.R.R. Tolkien • Paperback, 1178 pages
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Rick Perry
Two days after Rick Perry's prayer fest on the US economy, the DOW falls mor than 600 points. Coincidence?
Monday, August 08, 2011
There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored | Nina Power | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett point out in The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, phenomena usually described as "social problems" (crime, ill-health, imprisonment rates, mental illness) are far more common in unequal societies than ones with better economic distribution and less gap between the richest and the poorest.
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Article: printers
printers
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/05/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-printers/
(Sent from Flipboard)
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
Article: Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio
Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio
http://www.newser.com/story/125032/jeffs-panting-sex-tape-played-for-jurors.html
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Article: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/survey.html
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011
New Statesman - Faith no more
http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world
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Check out: 'You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation
By Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2300550?wpisrc=sl_ipad
You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation
By Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2300550?wpisrc=sl_ipad
"The rule of law is actually much more resilient than many cynics thought and many people would have predicted on 9/11. ... On 9/11, had you said to somebody that the United States is not going to get away with doing whatever it wants to respond to this attack, you would have been laughed at. Who was going to stop us? ... I think that is actually the mindset that unfortunately operated. I don't see much of a box that John Yoo or Alberto Gonzales created for the president, unless the box has infinite lines. Alberto Gonzales said the Geneva Conventions are quaint, obsolete, irrelevant, and don't apply. John Yoo said that law doesn't apply when the president is acting as commander in chief. As commander in chief he can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to commit torture. He can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to wiretap people without judicial approval. ... Where is the box? If international law doesn't bind, if constitutional law doesn't bind, if the president is able to do whatever he wants?
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Monday, August 01, 2011
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