Author: buridan

we're #1 Virginia Tech | Invent the Future

Virginia Tech | Invent the Future : Virginia Tech ranks #1 (again) in college and university vanity license plates Hokie Nation has taken to Virginia’s highways. . . and they have the license plates to prove it. —— this is sort of like “we’ll always have paris” where… you’ve never been to paris.

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midland… yep

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston […]

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The Claremont Institute: The Era of Big Ideas is Over

The Claremont Institute: The Era of Big Ideas is Over: Do liberals think that conservatives’ fundamental ideas are wrong? Or do they think that having fundamental ideas is wrong? In the intramural debate over liberalism’s meaning and future these questions have become contentious. But whether this is a real debate between distinct alternatives or just […]

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RIAA wants the Internet shut down

RIAA wants the Internet shut down: RIAA wants the Internet shut down ONE OF THE lawyers involved in defending cases bought against people by the RIAA claims that if the music industry wins a crucial case, the Internet will have to be switched off. ——- switched off? hah!

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Reforming U.S. Patent Policy – Council on Foreign Relations

Reforming U.S. Patent Policy – Council on Foreign Relations: The conversation on American competitiveness is often intertwined with the conversation on innovation. The liberalization of trade and the increasing influence of emerging markets such as China and India have meant that U.S. innovation is now competing globally. This global competition has raised awareness and concerns […]

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Doom on the $100 Laptop

Doom on the $100 Laptop: Who needs textbooks when it’ll run Doom? Engineers from the One Laptop Per Child Project have posted videos of themselves playing the videogame Doom on the new children’s laptop. Up next: the Darfur game? ======== had to see this coming…. from education project to edutainment project to…..

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Ride that Line

Ride that Line: There’s cool little app that seems to have invaded office cubicles everywhere – Linerider. It’s incredibly simple to use but the results can get as complicated as the limits of your imagination – and the physics of the thing is what really makes it a fun toy. —– I’ve posted it before, […]

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Step-by-Step IPP based Print Server using CUPS

Step-by-Step IPP based Print Server using CUPS: This tutorial describes how to install a Linux print server with CUPS. Read More ——- Handy

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Imperial History

Imperial History: —— middle east history by maps and empires.

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Half million Chinese now make a living from the acquisition and sale of WoW gold

Half million Chinese now make a living from the acquisition and sale of WoW gold: Inside World of Warkcraft Gold Farm, Future of Work. Amazing. And don’t miss the video below if you have not seen it. “an astounding half million Chinese now make a living – about $100 a month – from the acquisition […]

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