Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Dr Sugata Mitra put a pc with a high-speed internet connection into a wall, making it freely available to slum children in India without any explanation.
The experiment had some unexpected, and fascinating results.
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
It's fascinating to hear that very little actual research shows any decline in music sales - the only people saying that it does are the music industry themselves and they are hardly to be believed without any question. Ars Technica asks:
Does file-sharing hurt the music biz?
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
After the September 2006 coup in Thailand their constitution now brings up a 404 Not Found error.
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
Andrew Sullivan, a US marine compares his experiences of the first Gulf War and how Iraqi prisoners were treated - and expected to be treated - to the situation now. Read on:
Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: What We've Lost
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Friday, September 15th, 2006
BBC News reports that a (leaked) Intelligence report caused a letter of complaint from the IAEA to the House of Representatives in the USA. This reminds me of various other attempts by America to deliberately distort the IAEA's findings :/
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US Iran report ...
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