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3D sim of Pyramid construction
This is pretty neat: http://khufu.3ds.com/introduction/Read more... ) -
Robot ethics
Real life robot laws in South Korea
Not likely to be necessary at all for a long time, even for safety and legal concerns (human ethics cover those since humans build and program the robots), but I guess maybe they're hopeful about AI. -
Psiphon vs. internet censorship
A University of Toronto group has developed a program called Psiphon that will allow people living in countries with internet censorship (China, Iran, UAE, etc...) access to all the internet's treasures, and the other stuff. News article here. -
US Election
As another US election approaches, the polls and predictions begin... -
Euro 2008 qualifiers
Today in the qualifier matches:
Germany beats San Marino 13-0
France gets revenge for the World Cup, 3-1 against Italy
Euro 2008 qualifier tables at WikipediaThe Czechs don't seem in as tough a group this time. They're with Germany and, funnily enough, Slovakia too, who they beat 3-0 today. Poor Scotland; they've had a nice start, but they're ( Read more... ) -
I cringe when I hear myself say it...
The War on Terror™ meets the War on Drugs™?
I really hope not, in the sense that I hope things in Afghanistan go far better than the War on Drugs™ especially, but I just couldn't help thinking it. -
Not as subtle as Arafat
Yasser Arafat was always fairly skilled at walking the line between seeming too soft or too hard, so as to gain favour with either the international community or Palestinian public opinion. Hamas, on the other hand, look like they're going to be pretty single-minded:
No recognition of Israel - Hamas
...as details of the deal have emerged early ( Read more... )