For those concerned about recent developments in OLPC land, here is a
candid reflection on the bodies involved that you probably will not have
missed. But in case you were otherwise occupied with minutiae...
Caution: If you read it, read it all, lest the point be missed...
http://radian.org/no
Here's the NYT URL:
http://tinyurl.com/4nn5xh
On May 14, 2008, at 6:59 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:
> More on this on the Tuesday Science section of the NYT.
>
> Owen Densmore wrote:
>> Here's the economist article Robert referred to:
>> http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=
More on this on the Tuesday Science section of the NYT.
Owen Densmore wrote:
> Here's the economist article Robert referred to:
> http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11288385
>
> This is one class magazine, IMHO
>
> -- Owen
>
>
> =
Here's the economist article Robert referred to:
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11288385
This is one class magazine, IMHO
-- Owen
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Depends on the sub-atomic particles. I'm in the midst of his latest
book (simultaneous with Rigden's 'Hydrogen'), and have vowed to finish
it sometime. It looks like biologists can indulge in teleological
arguments, but physicists (and, heaven forfend, mathematicians) may
not. One wonders w
I picked this up from an Economist article on the current "Maker Faire"
phenomenon: Addie Wagenknecht is going to be selling kits for constructing
multi-touch surfaces. Seem to be rather cheaper than Microsoft's proprietary
Surface
http://nortd.com/touchkit/faq.html
Robert
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And this from Stuart Kauffman in the current New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19826556.000-perspectives-why-humanity-needs-a-god-of-creativity.html
I must confess to being a little disappointed in this article - once again,
it's got the Aunt Sally figure of the ultra-re
See the Bruce Sawhill reference in
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200805/dayjet - Robert
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Don,
The desire to help is what makes us people. So much aid for getting people
over short term crises leads to destabilizing their communities, though. I
wonder, how do you know what aid is really going to be coordinated to avoid
the worst of the common mistakes of upsetting natural balances far
