Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Caribbean phone wars hit Trinidad
If you have been following the travels of former Esat BT/Esat Digifone owner Denis O’Brien you will be aware that he has been investing heavily in the Caribbean. It seems that Digicel is causing something of a problem on some of the islands: Historically, C&W has had a virtual monopoly in Britain’s former Caribbean colonies…
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Georgian jailed for Bush attack
What would have been the consequences had the grenade gone off? A Georgian man has been sentenced to life in prison for throwing a grenade at a rally attended by US President George W Bush in Tbilisi last May. Vladimir Arutyunian was found guilty on charges including terrorism, treason, attempted assassination and the killing of…
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Blair threatens UN action on Iran
The question is, how will the new Israeli Prime Minister react to Iran’s behaviour – whoever he may be.
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New blog
Richard Waghorne of the Freedom Institute has started a new blog over on blogspot, go have a look – looks good!
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History essay questions
1. Discuss the concept of “contemporary history” proposed by Geoffrey Barraclough’s An Introduction to Contemporary History. 2. Discuss Mark Mazower’s analysis of the challenge to democracy in the 20th century in his Dark Continent. 3. Discuss the impact of Eric Hobsbawm’s marxist views in his history of the 20th century, Age of Extremes. 4. Discuss…
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Oil-cooled PC
This is definately a new one on me, a PC cooled not by a fan, but by cooking oil. What will they think of next.
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Poor student…
Does anyone know of any nice jobs one can do while studying? No jokes please! lol
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Give me Warp 5 Scotty
Slashdot have a link to an interesting Scotsman article, brace yourself: AN EXTRAORDINARY “hyperspace” engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by the United States government. The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric…
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Pat Robertson does it again
Hot on the heels of his ‘lets kill Chavez’ remark, Robertson has another stonker: And now Ariel Sharon, who was again a very likeable person, a delightful person to be with. I prayed with him personally. But here he is at the point of death. He was dividing God’s land, and I would say woe…
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Creative on Podcasting
It seems that Creative have redefined the term podcast, I wonder why. About podcasts and video blogs Podcasts, short for Personal On Demand broadCast, are audio files you can download into any MP3 player or computer. These audio files are broadcasted over the Internet automatically to subscribers of specific podcast channels. Video blogs are similar…
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