What’s faith got to do with it?
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Posted on 2011-09-19T12:28:42+0000
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them well. So how do we navigate a world of endless choice?
Andrew S. Tanenbaum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum (sometimes referred to by the handle ast)[1] (born March 16, 1944) is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is best known as the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his ...
Hasnain says:
This guy had too much time on his hands. Four of my courses this semester have his textbooks assigned...
Posted on 2011-09-13T13:43:52+0000
An American jihad
23-year-old Salman Hamdani was initially considered a terrorism suspect. But the truth was something else entirely.
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This appeared today in the print copy of the express tribune's Sunday magazine special on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Posted on 2011-09-11T08:09:51+0000
Virtual watchdog: Internet users banned from browsing privately for ‘security reasons’
PTA intends to curb communication between militants.
By the Waters of Babylon
The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east. It is forbidden to go to any of the Dead Places except to search for metal and then he who touches the metal must be a priest or the son of a priest. Afterwards, both the man and the met...
Introduction to Databases - Stanford University
A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Databases" will be offered free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011. Students will have access to lecture videos, receive regular feedback on progress, and receive answers to questions. When you suc...
Essex police charge man over water fight planned on BlackBerry Messenger
A 20-year-old is due in court after police discover plans for a Colchester water fight circulating on BBM and Facebook
Hasnain says:
You're telling me they used the riots as an excuse to monitor all social media communications.. and the first thing they do is stop a WATER fight? seriously?
Posted on 2011-08-15T20:05:27+0000
TechCrunch | Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5B, Says “Android Will Stay Open”
Google just announced that it is acquiring Motorola Mobility. The search and online advertising company is buying the company for approximately $12.5 billion (or $40 per share), in cash. The price represents a premium of 63 percent to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares last Friday. Google...
What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.