Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Peace epidemic?
Dan Drezner links to an article by Fred Kaplan in Slate. Kaplan questions the veracity of claims in the Human Security Report that the world has become a more peaceful place since the end of the Cold War. Kaplan is unconvinced: All the report’s graphs end in 2002, the final year for which the authors…
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Two arguments
I liked this quote: One arguments holds that the market is essential to individual freedom or to respecting people’s self-ownership. Forced redistribution of resources away from the outcome resulting from individual exchange violates people’s freedom to do what they like with what is theirs. Another, quite distinct, argument claims that the market gives people what…
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Smallest Earth-like planet found
It’s just a matter of time before a smaller one is found… An international team of astronomers has found the smallest Earth-like planet yet outside our Solar System. The new planet has five times the Earth’s mass and can be found about 25,000 light-years away in the Milky Way, orbiting a red dwarf star. ……
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Bug me not
Tired of having to fill out registration forms to access content, like that on the New York Times? I like this handy extension for firefox that uses a database of registration details to save you having to remember yours. Just right click on the form and it will fill it in itself. Bugmenot rocks.
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Lack of posts
Apologies for the lack of posts, some exams coming up this week. Posting will resume as normal thereafter.
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Putting Windows XP on Intel Macs
It looks like some people are making their new Apples into temporary lumps of plastic by trying to install Windows XP. Now a bounty is being offered for the first person to boot Windows XP onto an Intel Mac.
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Ads testing
I know at least some readers dislike ads placed on my entries, so please forgive the extra ad placements while I test out layouts and CTR’s.
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Celebrity Big Brother
Yes I watch it, and I really do dislike Pete Burns. And how entertaining is George Galloway in a leotard dancing around like a robot? Yes, very!
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Upgraded
I received an email from BT Ireland saying my broadband would be upgraded on Monday 23rd, looks like they did it already though. Getting download speeds of about 220k/sec. ‘Tis nice after being so long on dial up all those years ago.
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Medieval Irish warlord boasts three million descendants
I meant to blog this last week, so I am just sticking it in the archives. Up to three million men around the world could be descended from a prolific medieval Irish king, according to a new genetic study. It suggests that the 5th-century warlord known as “Niall of the Nine Hostages” may be the…
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