Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Teleportation goes long distance
The BBC is reporting that physicists have carried out successful teleportation with particles of light over a distance of 600m across the River Danube. Here’s kind of how it works: Researchers from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Science used an 800m-long optical fibre fed through a public sewer system tunnel to…
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Georgia offers S Ossetia pull-out
Looks like Georgia may be getting cold feet, as the prospect of more conflict looms. But it appears that this might not be the end of things: Mr Saakashvili called his offer “the last chance for peace” in South Ossetia. A ceasefire deal reached last Friday has now been violated for five nights in a…
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Big names in the blogosphere: Theodore Dalrymple
Samizdata have the story: Theodore Dalrymple, sometime writer in the Spectator, is now blogging over at the Social Affairs Unit Weblog. The blog is another Perry De Havilland production. Nice work Perry. Dalrymple blogs under his real name, Dr Anthony Daniels.
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We're All Journalists Now
I missed this article by Dan Gillmor on Wired.com. As always Dan knows exactly what he is talking about here. A good interview and sounds like a good book.
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Happy blogiversary to Eric Zorn
Dan Drezner congratulates Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn on his 1 year blog anniversary. I never even realised the Chicago Tribune did blogs, so there you go. However Zorn’s blog appears not to have permalinks, which really annoys me. Zorn writes a column [Reg reqd] about his one year as a blogger, showing how blogging…
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Backlog
Lots of stuff to catch up on here guys, so hold onto your hats.
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Kim Mathers' detention time in Macomb County jail
The Star Magazine recently published an article informing the public about Kim Mathers detention time in jail. After two months of detention, Kim is feeling down. Shes been deprived of Marshall and Hailies visits. She feels abandoned and all alone.
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Saakashvili is heading down the wrong path: Eugene Mazo
Yet another piece in the IHT on the Georgian situation. Eugene’s advice to Saakashvili: For reunification to happen, Abkhazia and South Ossetia will have to be guaranteed utmost autonomy within the new Georgia, without it actually crossing the line to sovereignty. And Saakashvili will have to give up some of his ambitions temporarily in order…
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Bloggin'
Just a little wrecked today, so not too much posting going on.
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Scary teenage fans
When I became a fan of Eminem, three years ago, I never thought I could get some hate from other fans. I didnt realize at this time how many scary teenage female fans Marshall Mathers actually has.
Got any book recommendations?