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| Friday Sep 21, 2001 | The history and structure of the Chinese and Japanese languages offer a sharp contrast to the Indo-European languages of most of Europe and the Americas, although they can leave some students quite bitter.
to Linguistics by pjammer |
| Thursday Sep 20, 2001 | The
Institute for Propaganda Analysis would like you to think about what
people are feeding your brain. If text isn't your thing, their propaganda
gallery has some classic cold war videos. to Media by braino |
| An ex-PSYOP
member talks about his job.
to Warfare by braino |
| Wednesday Sep 19, 2001 | Wanna be a federal air marshal? to Transportation by tregoweth |
| World New York assembles some of the best writing on the web about New York City, as well as other great cities.
to News by borges |
| Tuesday Sep 18, 2001 | In the world of William Gibson, the AI programs like Wintermute are listed in a registry and wired to kill switches--in case they become too powerful. In current times, web robots, like WebReaper, are listed in a registry and wired to kill switches--in case they become too powerful.
to Computing by enigma |
| While the practical creative kids were graduating from Duplos, Lincoln Logs, and Brio sets to Legos and Erector sets; those of us with tastes towards abstract geometry were getting tired of Tinkertoys and were discovering the more mathematical toys such as Tensegritoy, K'Nex, Zome, Hoberman Toys, Roger's Connection, and Polydron. And now a newcomer with a radical idea -- Atollo, which can build complex geometric shapes from just two simple pieces. to Toys by onigame |
| The comics communities have responded in various ways to the September 11th attacks, with a variety of editorial cartoons, tributes to the dead, and frightening stories of near-misses. to Comics by crikey |
| Monday Sep 17, 2001 | Just when you thought remote control devices couldn't get any creepier; enter the Robo-roach.
to Zoology by fool |
| "Operation Noble Eagle?" Who
makes up these names?
to Warfare by braino |
| The U.S. Department of Energy is selling videos
of historical nuclear weapons test films. Each title includes a
summary and MPEG and Real video clips. to Warfare by braino |
| A Bush family chronology
from 1914 through 1994 is part of Far More Than You Ever Wanted To
Know About The Bush Family. It covers highlights of the family's
financial and political history from Nazi
Germany through Saudi
Arabia with stops at failed oil companies, bailed out banks, and
Central American countries along the way. to Politics by braino |
| Sunday Sep 16, 2001 | Real Time Battle and Robot Battle are just two of many games in which the object is not to do battle with the competition directly but instead write little programs that fight each other on a virtual battlefield.
Core Wars, one of the oldest of these games, has spawned an entire subgenre in which fighters are evolved
genetically instead of being written by hand -- programs writing programs for fighting programs inside programs.
to Computing by joshua |
| Impropaganda
Review explains and exposes public relations
front groups -- those official sounding organizations like
the "Pork Board" or the "National Apple Institute" that are really
funded by private industry. Their FAQ on
researching front groups links to online databases of PR firms,
research groups, and scientific funding.
to Media by braino |
| Taking a critical standpoint towards mass-media is generally a wise decision, if one wishes to keep a level head during stressful times. Not only has CNN failed to mention some rather interesting background info on America's most wanted Terrorist, now claims are circulating that the footage of people dancing on the streets of Palestina is, in fact, 10 years old.
These claims have
been proven to be incorrect as well as recanted by their origin, and apparently the disappearance
of said footage can be accredited to Palestinian
authorities threatening camera crews.
Nontheless, keep this media giant's flawed
record in mind
when watching the
news.
to Media by wheezer |
| At about the same time Commander Randall G. Bowdish wrote Information-Age
Psychological Operations, members of the Fourth Psychological
Operations Group were working for
CNN and NPR. Bowdish writes: "The power of TV and radio to
influence behavior has not been lost on military PSYOP
personnel. During Operation Uphold Democracy, radio and TV programming
was used in a carefully crafted interagency campaign "to prepare
Haitians for democracy's restoration and the imminent arrival of US
forces." Although it would be imprudent to claim a causal link, the
mission was a resounding success-with PSYOP playing a major role."
to Warfare by braino |
| In a world of nasty germs, Mutually Assured Destruction,
and prophetic doomsaying; a
reasonable request may be your only chance to speak up. to Communication by overload |
| Saturday Sep 15, 2001 | There is more to this tragedy than you are likely to learn from television.
We need to understand the context
of this impending "War on Terrorism."
to Politics by asosa |
| Friday Sep 14, 2001 | Universal Studio's Josie And The Pussycats features brand logos in nearly every shot. The director's commentary includes a long claim that this isn't product placement, because they didn't receive a penny. Universal has big-money promotion deals with most of the companies featured in the film. The theme of the film is "deceiving and manipulating teenagers is morally wrong." ...inside joke? to Movies by cricket |
| Enterprise, Star Trek series V, debuts September 26th. So get your geek on: download the tv promos, scope the latest crotch candy and check out the theme song from the commercial (Wherever You Go by The Calling). Paramount has been getting a lot of mileage out of their "new" design for the Enterprise, but Hello! I think we know an
Akira Class when we see one! (Akira Class designed by Alex Jaeger for the film 'First Contact' (1996) and appeared in episodes of Voyager and Deep Space Nine.)
to Television by cricket |
| The Terrorism Research
Center, Inc. is a private terrorism analysis group. If you're
looking for information on prime World Trade Center attack
suspects, their online searchable log of
terrorism
related news stories goes back to 1999. Geeks may also
be interested in their
information
warfare portal (although this
looks prettier). to Society by braino |
| Netfree aims to bring
free
networking to a person near you. It's not entirely free,
but it's cheap enough that anyone with a soldering gun and
a few bucks should be set. Its current project is to refine the
designs for
an
inexpensive free-space optical transceiver. In other
words, 115kbps (and later 10mbps) over your average laser
pointer. to Internet by braino |
| Thursday Sep 13, 2001 | Another way you can help is by
donating computer equipment and services, since the Red Cross is having a tough time dealing with this enormous task with only paper based systems.
to Technology by laurel |
| Feeling ineffective? Wish there was something, anything, you
could do to help? There
sure is. to Health by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Sep 12, 2001 | The newest album by the rap group
The Coup
has an.. unfortunately
timed
cover design
(album
review in Wired).
to Music by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 | If you're worried about the safety of your loved ones tonight, please visit the Safe Millennium database. to Web by kade |
| Please help the Red Cross by donating
blood or sending cash. Type "O" blood is badly needed.
to Health by fatherdan |
| Monday Sep 10, 2001 | Learn to sculpt
and work
with concrete.
to Art by gator |
| Sunday Sep 9, 2001 | There are lots of
funny tales about job
interviews, but nothing beats The Waffle
Woman.
to Humor by moose |
| Saturday Sep 8, 2001 | Steve Ballmer. CEO. Athlete. And now, International Rock Star. to Business by mrbill |
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