MIT Fights for Clean Power With Holy Grail of Fusion in Reach In the first part of a week-long series at the breakthrough university, our resident geek looks down the belly of extreme machines with forces some 100,000 times stronger than the Earth’s—and forecasts the future of efficient energy. By Erik Sofge Published on: [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Future of Fusion and Clean Energy Power – MIT Week – Popular Mechanics
Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
app – India test-firing of nuclear-capable missile to start arms race
Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
India test-firing of nuclear-capable missile to start arms race KARACHI, Feb 27 (APP): The test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile by India on Tuesday “is going to start a new arms race in the region”.This was stated by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir.He was talking to media on the occasion [...]
Israel threatens to unleash ‘holocaust’ in Gaza – Times Online
Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Israel threatens to unleash ‘holocaust’ in Gaza (Havakuk Levison/Reuters) Matan Vilnai issued the threats after an escalation in rocket fire from the Strip James Hider, of The Times, Jerusalem An Israeli minister gave warning today that the army may unleash a “holocaust” on the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily [...]
Z Magazine – We Own The World
Posted in My Thoughts on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We Own The World Adapted from a Z Media Institute talk, June 2007 January, 01 2008 By Noam Chomsky printer friendly version Chomsky’s ZSpace page You all know, of course, there was an election—what is called “an election” in the United States—last November. There was really one issue in the election, what to do [...]
Stock exchange for ‘grid’ computing?
Posted in My Thoughts on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stock exchange for ‘grid’ computing? You might soon be selling your spare computer power over the internet, or perhaps buying in extra resources to solve a tricky problem. In either case, network administration used to be a stumbling block – until European researchers developed a successful free-market approach to grid computing. As you read [...]
Can There Be an Islamic Democracy?
Posted in Essays on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Review Essay by David Bukay Middle East Quarterly Spring 2007 Are Islam and democracy compatible? A large literature has developed arguing that Islam has all the ingredients of modern state and society. Many Muslim intellectuals seek to prove that Islam enshrines democratic values. But rather than lead the debate, they often follow it, peppering their [...]
On Liberty
Posted in Essays on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Liberty By John Stewart Mill ”Strange it is, that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free discussion, but object to their being “pushed to an extreme;” not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that [...]
Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolity – The Denver Post
Posted in My Thoughts on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolity With the verdict overturned, two attorneys must pay the others’ fees. By Mike McPhee The Denver Post Article Last Updated: 02/25/2008 02:53:25 AM MST A federal judge recently got so infuriated by the conduct of two highly regarded trial attorneys that he overturned a jury’s $51 million verdict, [...]
Israel News : Republican Jewish Coalition responsible for mailing anti-Muslim film
Posted in My Thoughts on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Republican Jewish Coalition responsible for mailing anti-Muslim film Filed under Israeli politics, Anti-Semitism, Islam, Islamic history and culture, Christian Zionism, Jewish diaspora, Opinion Editorials, Jewish organisations worldwide, Islamophobia, Israel’s borders, Palestinian politics, Religious extremism, US elections, Christian Fundamentalism – on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – By: Beliak, Rabbi The Republican Jewish Coalition is responsible [...]
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Planet-hunters set for big bounty
Posted in My Thoughts on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Planet-hunters set for big bounty By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News, Boston Scientists say there may be many more worlds in our galaxy Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our galaxy, a study has found. New evidence suggests more than half the Sun-like [...]
