Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Eminem's major musical influences
The musicians who had a major influence on Marshall Mathers are Ice T, the Beastie Boys, LLCoolJ and Run DMC. Ice T was Eminems first musical influence. When his uncle Ronnie brought Marshall the tape of Ice Ts « Reckless » Marshall was so much impressed with Ice Ts music that he made up the…
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American Psycho Part II
Second travel through the mind of a psychopath killer. If you enjoyed « American Psycho part I » in the Devils Night album, you wont miss part II.
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Wal-Mart Begins RFID Rollout
This is big news – so many people have not even heard of RFID yet. This might turn out to be one of the biggest technologies of the next decade. Wal Mart plans to put them in every single container and shipment – it’s but a matter of time before there is an RFID tag…
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More pictures emerge – British troops urinating on Iraqi prisoner
More trouble for the coalition tonight as pictures emerge showing British troops beating a prisoner with rifle butts and then urinating on him. This does not look like the best PR for the coalition, after the 60 minutes program showing US troops involved in plainly sick behaviour. If I was an Iraqi I would be…
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Google's unusual SEC filing
This is one of the most curious things I have ever read – Everyone should have a read – what are these guys up to? Google’s SEC Filing. Here is an exerpt from this very unusual filing: DON’T BE EVIL Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better…
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Fistful of euros
The guys over at a Fistful of euros have added me to their blogroll, not sure how that happened. I have noticed people visiting from one of their other sites, Living in Europe aggregator. I shall have to reciprocate, and read them more often. On another note this has been my busiest month since I…
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Des Bishop
American comedian, but Irish resident, Des Bishop has a blog. I think he might need some help adding in some links to other blogs – and maybe a comments option rather than having to register for the forum. No email address either that I can see. And no Sitemeter… Anyways by linking to him now…
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E-voting climbdown
What a great day, to my absolute surprise the Commission on Electronic Voting has decided that the system is not reliable or secure. Martin Cullen featured on the News At One, and refused to resign over the issue. He brands himself an ‘innovator’ and tries to spin it so the whole thing does not sound…
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EU expansion a yawn in U.S: Roger Cohen
One of the most interesting pieces I’ve read on the subject this year – the apparent lack of interest in the US at the EU’s impending expansion. It is a significant development in global affairs – the EU will be a bloc with a population of almost half a billion people, bordering countries such as…
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Google to sell $2.7bn in shares
Well it has finally been announced, Google are floating. Here is my prediction: Hype and more hype, within 2 years the market will have changed entirely – and Google will be another player in a hugely competitive market. I can see its share value staying high for a while, but if it stays high too…
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