January 2011
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“Mankind will never see an end of trouble until… lovers of wisdom come to hold...”
– Plato; The Republic (via garethalteran)
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““All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish...”
– Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, pt. 1, “The Author’s Profession of Faith” (1794)
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WikiLeaks spin-off OpenLeaks is now live. →
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Sheldon: What is the best number? By the way, there's only one correct answer.
Raj: 5,318,008?
Sheldon: Wrong! The best number is 73. [Short silence] You're probably wondering why.
Leonard & Howard: No no, we're good.
Sheldon: 73, is the 21st prime number, it's mirror 37 is the 12th and it's mirror 21 is the product of multiplying, hang on to your hats, 7 and 3. Did I lie?
Leonard: We did it! 73 is the... Chuck Norris of numbers!
Sheldon: Chuck Norris wishes! In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001, exactly the same. All Chuck Norris gets you backwards is Sirron Kcuhc!
Raj: Just for the record, when you enter 5,318,008 in a calculator, upside down it spells BOOBIES!
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“Sometimes I feel like America is just in a holding pattern. We’re basically...”
– Amanda Marcotte (via josephine)
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Fact Checking Rep. Ryan's State Of The Union... →
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Algae grown in Pecos for fuel →
While the Pecos center houses just a few researchers and some graduate students, Texas A&M sees algae for fuel as a potentially lucrative business for the area. Brown said that, in the future West Texas could be full of producers around a centralized processing facility. Plans call for production systems up to 2,000 acres to someday be located in the Permian Basin. Texas A&M...
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“I think the world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief...”
– Physicist Steven Weinberg on the conflict between religion and science (via sixtyforty)
X 10…
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“Scientists and engineers are celebrities in most countries. They’re not seen as...”
– Danger: America Is Losing Its Edge In Innovation | Norman Augustine, Forbes (via pantslessprogressive)
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“There is no such thing as a stupid question. Many people say that, but it really...”
– Carl Sagan
(via fuckyeahspace)
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“If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via ageofreason)
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“Keith Olbermann is leaving MSNBC, the “Countdown” host announced on his show...”
– Keith Olbermann, MSNBC part ways
(Emphasis added above.)
I wouldn’t be surprised if Olbermann’s was the first of many such dismissals, as contracts allow. MSNBC clearly doesn’t want liberals watching its network anymore — and sorry Rachel, but I’m going to oblige the network. — Ryking
(via...
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Why you should always encrypt your smartphone |... →
vb:
A great article from ArsTechnica as to the legal issues surrounding mobile phones which are often a trove of information that can incriminate you.
Not that I’m a criminal, far from it, but I do like to know what my rights are given a situation as I do believe that from time to time the police do abuse their power.
Of particular note about simply having a passcode lock on your phone...
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“The planet’s rising temperatures mean California is at greater risk of a...”
– California’s ‘Big One’ could be massive ‘superstorm’ that floods state: scientists (via ryking)
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Early warning signs of FASCISM
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jjkz:
LAURENCE W. BRITT
Based on research of seven fascist regimes including Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy.
Okay this is exactly what I have been talking about. This should be frightening to you. You should be freaked out. You should be thinking about what you can do to stop this before it’s too late. And if you conclude that there is nothing more we...
Pretty fascinating article by Chris Hedges about... →
thatsglobalizationbitches:
“Would we be, as Orwell wrote, dominated by a repressive surveillance and security state that used crude and violent forms of control? Or would we be, as Huxley envisioned, entranced by entertainment and spectacle, captivated by technology and seduced by profligate consumption to embrace our own oppression? It turns out Orwell and Huxley were both right. Huxley saw the...
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“The offshore bank account details of 2,000 “high net worth individuals” and...”
– Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks (via ryking)
OH Hell YES!! I’m all about hearing the deets on this!!
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“It is not their love for us but their lack of faith that prevents today’s...”
– Nietzsche
(Submitted by helplesscase)
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