See this at: nobelprize.org| Added on 10/06/06

Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honors. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They... See more

Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honors. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They received the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Prize, giving as his reason the situation in Vietnam. See less

See this at: graphic-design.com| Added on 10/04/06

[Editor's Note: Folks, we regularly get two or more requests from readers for any help using Photoshop to convert a photo to a sketch -- pencil, charcoal, conte, or other mediums. This is by far the very best tutorial we've seen to date -- bar none!... See more

[Editor's Note: Folks, we regularly get two or more requests from readers for any help using Photoshop to convert a photo to a sketch -- pencil, charcoal, conte, or other mediums. This is by far the very best tutorial we've seen to date -- bar none! When we saw this technique in the Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook we knew at once we had to share it with you! Thanks to O'Reilly Publishing we're able to bring the technique to you in its entirety! ] Tim Shelbourne writes... Ask any artist and they'll tell you that all the tubes of paint in the world cannot replace the simple pencil when it comes to artistic potential. Through the centuries, the litmus test of an artist's ability was demonstrated best through the medium of drawing. In days of yore, student painters spent years drawing with graphite to hone their skills. The so-called "Sketch Filters" in Photoshop consistently yield very disappointing results; re-creating the quintessential sketch demands a little more inventiveness and an... See less

See this at: enigmaco.de| Added on 09/14/06

Flash Simulation of the famous ENIGMA cipher machine by Frank Spiess

Flash Simulation of the famous ENIGMA cipher machine by Frank Spiess See less

See this at: eskimo.com| Added on 09/05/06

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. Henry Spencer Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. Kernighan & Plauger, The Elements of Programming Style. It's hard enough to find an error in your code when... See more

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. Henry Spencer Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. Kernighan & Plauger, The Elements of Programming Style. It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free. Steve McConnell Code Complete If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilisation. Gerald Weinberg Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined. Kreitzberg and Shneiderman Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don't improve it. Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often. What you eat before you step onto the scale determines how much you will weigh, and the software... See less

See this at: tools.wikimedia.de| Added on 08/28/06

This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most. Statistics have been running for 2 days. This tool is still being tested. Some of the results may be false or misleading!

This tool shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most. Statistics have been running for 2 days. This tool is still being tested. Some of the results may be false or misleading! See less

See this at: money.cnn.com| Added on 08/28/06

See the full list and photo gallery: The Next Net 25

See the full list and photo gallery: The Next Net 25 See less

Highlights: There's the frenzied startup action, the rising rivers of VC cash, even the occasional bubble-icious long-term stock prediction (Google $2,000, anyone?).

See this at: alexa.com| Added on 08/26/06

* Argentina * Australia * Austria * Bahrain * Belgium * Brazil * Bulgaria * Canada * Chile * China * Colombia * Costa Rica * Croatia * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Denmark * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * Egypt * Estonia * Finland * France * Germany *... See more

* Argentina * Australia * Austria * Bahrain * Belgium * Brazil * Bulgaria * Canada * Chile * China * Colombia * Costa Rica * Croatia * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Denmark * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * Egypt * Estonia * Finland * France * Germany * Greece * Hong Kong * Hungary * India * Indonesia * Iran * Ireland * Israel * Italy * Japan * Jordan * Kuwait * Lebanon * Lithuania * Malaysia * Mexico See less

See this at: time.com| Added on 08/14/06

50 Coolest Websites How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web... See more

50 Coolest Websites How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips. Think we missed one? Send us your thoughts and we'll post a selection of your comments online. There's always next year. By MARYANNE MURRAY BUECHNER See less

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See this at: grupthink.com| Added on 08/08/06

Help us discover the weirdest, funniest, craziest, and most bizarre entries that the people's encyclopedia has to offer. Don't forget to include a URL in the summary!

Help us discover the weirdest, funniest, craziest, and most bizarre entries that the people's encyclopedia has to offer. Don't forget to include a URL in the summary! See less

See this at: theglobeandmail.com| Added on 08/05/06

From Friday's Globe and Mail Simon Pulsifer has never really blended in with the crowd. In kindergarten, he began building elaborate, fantastical buildings out of Lego, already bored by the construction plans on the back of the box. In Grade 8, he,... See more

From Friday's Globe and Mail Simon Pulsifer has never really blended in with the crowd. In kindergarten, he began building elaborate, fantastical buildings out of Lego, already bored by the construction plans on the back of the box. In Grade 8, he, attired as Stalin, and other friends re-enacted the Yalta conference on the balcony of a friend's house. In university, he became the Trivial Pursuit champion at his college, and even won when the whole residence took him on. Today Mr. Pulsifer, 24, is known internationally as the world's most prolific author on the on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia, with 78,000 entries edited and 2,000 to 3,000 new articles to his name. He can't remember the exact number. "I'm always doing something for Wikipedia, even when I'm not writing entries," he said from his home in Ottawa. "I'm always planning and thinking about how I can make the site better." See less

See this at: electronics.howstuff...| Added on 07/31/06

Right out of the box, an iPod can hold, organize and play most people's entire music collection. It can also act like a calendar and a clock, and newer models can play videos and a few simple games. But some people want more from their iPods.... See more

Right out of the box, an iPod can hold, organize and play most people's entire music collection. It can also act like a calendar and a clock, and newer models can play videos and a few simple games. But some people want more from their iPods. Intrepid technophiles have found ways to hack iPods, giving them the ability to do much more than play music. In this article, we'll explore why iPods can be hacked, which hacks are our favorites and where to go to learn more. We'll start by looking at what it means to hack an iPod. An iPod is a lot like a tiny computer. A fifth-generation (5g) iPod Video has: * A screen * A hard drive * A processor * Memory, including ROM and RAM * Video and audio chips * An input device (a click wheel) * A power source (a rechargeable battery) See less

See this at: irandefence.net| Added on 07/20/06

Anyone have ahmadinejad's youth pics?

Anyone have ahmadinejad's youth pics? See less

See this at: alan.blog-city.com| Added on 04/07/06

Last night I went to the BayCHI lecture at PARC given by Marissa Mayer (Product Manager for Google). A very well attended (standing room only session), Marissa took us through a presentation geared around the user experience at Google and the... See more

Last night I went to the BayCHI lecture at PARC given by Marissa Mayer (Product Manager for Google). A very well attended (standing room only session), Marissa took us through a presentation geared around the user experience at Google and the efforts/lengths they go to. Some interesting facts came out: * The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. Infact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life. * Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked 'Whats up?' to which they replied "We are waiting for the rest of it". To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker. * One of the biggest leap in search usage came about when... See less

Highlights: My blog is worth $68,309.34.

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What happens if Microsoft had designed the Ipod?

What happens if Microsoft had designed the Ipod? See less

See this at: tvturnoff.org| Added on 04/16/06

TV-Turnoff Network recently launched RealVision, a program that gives people the REAL facts about television. These fact sheets must be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it for free by clicking here.

TV-Turnoff Network recently launched RealVision, a program that gives people the REAL facts about television. These fact sheets must be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it for free by clicking here. See less

See this at: apostrophe.fsnet.co....| Added on 04/04/06

The Apostrophe Protection Society was started in 2001 by John Richards, now its Chairman, with the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark in all forms of text written in the English language.

The Apostrophe Protection Society was started in 2001 by John Richards, now its Chairman, with the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark in all forms of text written in the English language. See less

See this at: en.wikipedia.org| Added on 01/10/06

The omnipotence paradox is a paradox arising from the attempt to apply logic to the notion of an omnipotent being. It appears when one asks whether or not an omnipotent being is able to limit its own omnipotence. Whether one answers "yes" or "no",... See more

The omnipotence paradox is a paradox arising from the attempt to apply logic to the notion of an omnipotent being. It appears when one asks whether or not an omnipotent being is able to limit its own omnipotence. Whether one answers "yes" or "no", one appears to contradict oneself. Since the Middle Ages, philosophers have phrased the paradox in a variety of ways, the classic example being: See less

See this at: en.wikipedia.org| Added on 10/25/05

The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle in game theory involving probability that is loosely based on the American game show Let's Make a Deal. The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall. In this puzzle a player is shown three closed doors; behind... See more

The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle in game theory involving probability that is loosely based on the American game show Let's Make a Deal. The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall. In this puzzle a player is shown three closed doors; behind one is a car, and behind each of the other two is a goat. The player is allowed to open one door, and will win whatever is behind the door. However, after the player selects a door but before opening it, the game host (who knows what's behind the doors) must open another door, revealing a goat. The host then must offer the player an option to switch to the other closed door. Does switching improve the player's chance of winning the car? The answer is yes — switching results in the chances of winning the car improving from 1/3 to 2/3. The problem is also called the Monty Hall paradox, in the sense that the solution is counterintuitive, although the problem does not yield a logical contradiction. See less

See this at: indianexpress.com| Added on 10/25/05

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20: Let's begin at the very end: Pandit Kunjilal, self-styled astrologer, is alive and well and living in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. At precisely 4 pm, Kunjilal (according to Star News’ correspondent) coughed. He drank some water and... See more

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20: Let's begin at the very end: Pandit Kunjilal, self-styled astrologer, is alive and well and living in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. At precisely 4 pm, Kunjilal (according to Star News’ correspondent) coughed. He drank some water and as Sahara’s correspondent reported in offended tones, ‘‘suddenly rose one hour early’’ from his certain death. Asked to explain the postponement of his date with darkness, the smiling media star of the day replied that it was all due to good wishes, p... See less

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See this at: orwell.ru| Added on 10/25/05

In a cold but stuffy bed-sitting room littered with cigarette ends and half-empty cups of tea, a man in a moth-eaten dressing-grown sits at a rickety table, trying to find room for his typewriter among the piles of dusty papers that surround it. He... See more

In a cold but stuffy bed-sitting room littered with cigarette ends and half-empty cups of tea, a man in a moth-eaten dressing-grown sits at a rickety table, trying to find room for his typewriter among the piles of dusty papers that surround it. He cannot throw the papers away because the wastepaper basket is already overflowing, and besides, somewhere among the unanswered letters and unpaid bills it is possible that there is a cheque for two guineas which he is nearly certain he forgot to pay into the bank. There are also letters with addresses which ought to be entered in his address book. He has lost this address book, and the thought of looking for it, or indeed of looking for anything, afflicts him with acute suicidal impulses. He is a man of thirty-five, but looks fifty. He is bald, has varicose veins and wears spectacles, or would wear them if his only pair were not chronically lost. If things are normal with him he will be suffering from malnutrition, but if he has recently had... See less

See this at: en.wikiquote.org| Added on 10/25/05

* "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence." (1968) * Source: Used in How do we tell truths that might hurt? in Selected Writings on Computing:A Personal Perspective. * "APL is a mistake,... See more

* "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence." (1968) * Source: Used in How do we tell truths that might hurt? in Selected Writings on Computing:A Personal Perspective. * "APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums." (1968) * Source: Used in How do we tell truths that might hurt? in Selected Writings on Computing:A Personal Perspective. * "FORTRAN, "the infantile disorder", by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use." * Source: Used in How do we tell truths that might hurt? in Selected Writings on Computing:A Personal Perspective. * "In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they can share each other's... See less