Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Russian TV broadcasts siege video
The BBC are streaming a copy of a video recorded inside the school at Beslan, probably early on in it siege. It seems to depict the number of explosives present, and how many hostage takers/murderers in the gym.
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Jiang said to offer to quit army post
Jiang Zemin, China’s military chief and senior-most leader, has told Communist Party officials that he plans to resign, prompting an intense and so far inconclusive struggle for control of the armed forces, two people with leadership connections say. Jiang’s offer to relinquish authority as chairman of the Central Military Commission potentially gives Hu Jintao, who…
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New oil proves elusive, and alarm bells ring
Jad Mouawad writing in the New York Times discusses such as facts as: According to Wood Mackenzie, an energy research firm, six of the 10 largest oil companies have cut their investments in exploration since 1998. Together, the world’s leading companies spent $8 billion drilling for oil last year; in 1998, they spent more than…
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Georgia asks for TV crew release
So amidst all the tragedy in North Ossetia, a Georgian film crew was captured by…the Russian Security Services? Surely not during the funerals of hundreds of Ossetian, slaughtered as they were by terrorist murderers? Yes, and the FSB are acting pretty strange about it too. Putin seems to be gunning for a showdown with Georgia…
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Using GMail to Blog
Ah what a great twist in the tale of blogging. Using the 1000Mb of free Google Mail storage to host your own blog. Wonderful. I have a GMail account, just not really bothered about using it.
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Get it right!
An interesting interview with philosopher Jamie Whyte, discussing logic, logic and more logic. Thought-provoking to say the least.
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Knockmealdown Mountains, Co. Waterford
I quite like this lake up in the Knockmealdown mountains, it is a pretty peaceful place. And I really like how these pictures are turning out. Apologies to those on dial-up, this picture is 250k in size. View image
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In the Caucasus, another crisis threatens: Neal Ascherson
Neal Ascherson writing in the IHT discusses the other problem in the Caucasus: Abkazia. While the world’s media has been focused on the school siege in North Ossetia, and the related Chechen problem, is has paid almost no attention to the brewing problems in either South Ossetia or Abkazia. Neal writes in depth about the…
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Wikipedia != Authoritative?
Slashdot covers some recent controversy about how reliable Wikipedia is. I have often wondered just how accurate some of the coverage is, and the fact that five errors inserted over five days and all of them stayed there until they were removed by the author at the end of the experiment, is pretty damning. But…
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Dubai's blue skies and white elephants
Peter Day for the BBC has a good long article on current goings on in the Gulf city of Dubai. Readers may know I have visited there on a few occassions, and plan to do so again this month. He covers it all pretty well, I am looking forward to seeing the new archway almost…
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