Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Nokia 6630 review
Well this won’t be a full review, just some thoughts on the phone. My 6630 is an Arab import, so the keypad is in two languages, and the actual phone software can be switched to Arabic, always fun sending Arabic texts that make absolutely no sense to people. The good thing about having an import…
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A Pain in the Walnuts
Diana has a stinging rebuke for the Freedom Institute in the ongoing debate concerning minimum wage and that girl being pade €1.08 an hour on Irish Ferries. The entire debate, including all the comments, is a very enjoyable read.
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Ructions in Georgia
Earlier this month, Eamonn put together a post along with a map of the Caucasus. He referred to an article in the Economist, a 3 page piece if I remember correctly, in which the details of criminal activity in the region were detailed. It is indeed a volatile region, but Georgia is definately a country…
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Rannie on TV
My point of contact this time last year in Toronto, a really cool guy who even met me off the train, and definately the best blogger in Canada, was on TV last week. There is a link to watch it over on his blog.
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An assignment from the Heritage Foundation
Kevin Drum has been given a curious assignment…in relation to an impending debate on an apparently growing number of scientists around the world who no longer believe that natural selection or chemistry, alone, can explain the origins of life. …please prepare suitably relevant definitions for the following words and phrases: *”Growing number” *”Scientists” *”Believe” *”Theory”…
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Joke of the day from Newsnight
I shall have to blog more jokes that I heard recently, here is one that might get a chuckle! Two men dressed in pilot’s uniforms walk up the aisle of the airplane. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a…
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Cruise missile row rocks Ukraine
Just in case anyone missed this story, it didn’t figure that highly in the news at the time. Ukrainian arms dealers smuggled 18 nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China in 1999-2001, Ukraine’s prosecutor-general has said. The Soviet-era Kh-55 missiles – also known as X-55s – have a maximum range of 2,500km (1,550 miles). They…
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Karlin departs
Karlin has returned to the States, is it just a coincidence that Data Retention was brought in just a week before she left? Hehe. I hope the weather is better out there Karlin!
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TSA Lied About Protecting Passenger Data
Dan Gillmor points out this rather curious story from the US, covered by Bruce Schneier. Choice quote: I’ll say it: the TSA lied.
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Study highlights global decline
This is all over the Internet, the BBC do a good job of rounding it up. The most comprehensive survey ever into the state of the planet concludes that human activities threaten the Earth’s ability to sustain future generations. The report says the way society obtains its resources has caused irreversible changes that are degrading…
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