5 Nov 2009
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It is a commonly held myth that the ancient Romans had rooms called vomitoria for the purpose of, well vomiting. The myth holds that the Romans would have lavish banquets and the guests would indulge in excessive amounts of food … Continue reading
4 Nov 2009
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Check it… Apple Corps is making the entire Beatles’ catalog available on an apple shaped USB stick in a limited edition release of 30,000. These are the same remastered Beatles tracks that were released on CD back in September but … Continue reading
4 Nov 2009
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Here is little piece compiled from various authors. Those who assume (often unconsciously) that it is impossible to achieve their life’s desires-and, thus, that it is futile to fight for themselves–usually end up fighting for an ideal or cause instead. They … Continue reading
4 Nov 2009
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Arizona State University Physics Professor and The Physics of Star Trek author Lawrence Krauss wrote an excellent piece for Scientific American on how the empowerment of women through education yields fundamentally positive results for society. The empowerment of women addresses … Continue reading
3 Nov 2009
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From Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. The Clanker Powers: Germany is a massive military machine with weapons aimed outwards to all surrounding countries. It points threateningly at Britain, not so much as a sign of direct aggression, but more as an … Continue reading
3 Nov 2009
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Nice find… The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people … Continue reading
2 Nov 2009
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