100-Dollar-Laptop: Negroponte sharply criticizes Intel - with good reason. The way business is being attempted there is outrageous. This is probably the biggest danger for OLPC: the arrogance and selfishness of the capital-driven society of the rich countries.
Archive 21. May 2007
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described - Torture. Plain and simple torture - especially the "Water Board" method is nothing more than a simulated execution. And this is applied - approved by the government - in a supposedly democratic state that makes such a fuss about its constitution. Because non-Americans are probably subhuman. Or something. Probably I'm just anti-American again. Just like ABC News, which as a well-known anti-American propaganda channel is not trustworthy anyway. Which is why their report on torture by the CIA can simply be ignored.
Diamonds Tell Tale Of Comet That Killed Off The Cavemen - Were Stone Age cultures set back in their development by a comet impact? Interesting stuff.
The Cerne Abbas Giant - the Brits. They were probably always a bit strange.
The Red Hot Erlang Blog - interesting blog software in Erlang. One should take a look at it, some of the features look nice.
Uffington White Horse - and there are horses too. A 3000-year-old image, and they still measure the size in feet.
Wilmington - why wander to the Andes, when gigantic ground "drawings" are so close at hand?