Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Earthquake in Asia
A pretty massive earthquake – Glenn has a roundup of local bloggers to go check out. Here are the seismic readings.
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Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas to everyone out there in the blogosphere!
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Bear on Blogs
N.Z. Bear of Truthlaidbear.com with his first article at TCS. A good look at how traditional journalism and blogging are becoming more complimentary.
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Mosul attack
The US military is now saying that the attack in Mosul was a suicide one. This post by a US military chaplain in Mosul details the aftermath. A warning to readers, it does contain some graphic descriptions of injuries. With this kind of first hand account, I am beginning to wonder what the world would…
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Foreign Policy Hacked
Looks like Foreign Policy has been hacked… …in fact its a new worm that uses Google…
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Only in Ireland
New Irish blog with a hilarious and great set of photos….only in Ireland indeed.
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Britain's Highest Court Overturns Anti-Terrorism Law
What now for the detainess in ‘Britains Guantanamo’? These look like some pretty dangerous individuals, but is it really necessary to have this level of security?
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Giant Mars rover will search for life
Some great science to look forward to on Mars in 2009, if the massive thing successfully lands! NASA is planning a rover with three times the mass (600 kilograms) and twice the number of instruments (10) as those currently on Mars, the long-lived Spirit and Opportunity. These use remote sensing and instruments that can scratch…
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Climate change hits bottom line
It seems that even insurers are getting worried about global warming, I’ll quote the whole thing: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has announced that 2004 is expected to be the fourth warmest year worldwide since records began. And the insurance industry says this year will face unprecedented claims for damage from weather-related disasters. Both sets…
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Virtual island sells for $26,500 in cyber assets
This story appeared on Slashdot and New Scientist. If the momey can be exchanged for US dollars, did he really ‘buy’ anything at all? And it seems he could end up making a profit, by selling off assets. That is if the game is successful. And if it’s not he could just convert the money…
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