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The World in 7 Pictures

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:31:42 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso

Clip Source: ww2.nutechs.com

Only in China

Only in Hawaii

Only in India

Only in Mexico

Only in Texas

Only In Thailand

Only In America

Tags: pictures, funny, humor, world

Freeware library

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:52:04 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.giveawayoftheday.com

Freeware library

Looking for quality free software? Go no further! Freeware Library is the perfect place for you to download free software from. Here you can find and enjoy free programs from virtually any category. We check all software carefully for viruses, trojans, spyware etc., so you can rest assured that all programs are pure freeware and safe to download and install.

Tags: software resources

Top 8 inspirational quotes

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:47:11 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: quotations.about.com

1) Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

2) Luigi Pirandello

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.

3) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

4) Zig Ziglar

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

5) T. S. Elliot

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

6) Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

7) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

8) Peter F. Drucker

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

Tags: quotes, people, life, inspiration, love

50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seen

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:30:30 GMT

clipped by: luci_m

Clip Source: moronland.net

50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seen

A set of 50 advertisements that stand out from the rest. Each of these is unique and creative. Collected over a 5 month period.

50, 49 Braun Shavers

48, 47 The Washington Zoo

46, 45 Honda Auto Parts

44 Animal Rights

43, 42 Eukanuba Pet Food

41, 40, 39 Chambre 69 Dildos

38 Durex Lubricant

37, 36 Club Med Vacations

35, 34 Music Inside

33, 32 Ariel Bleach

31, 30, 29 An Art Studio

28, 27 Blood Donations (in India, I believe)

26 Anti Smoking

25, 24 Animal Rights

23, 22, 21 HUMO Magazine

20 Post-It Notes

19 Generic Condoms

18 Sony PSP

17 Cooking Utensils

16 Milk

15 BMW Mini

14 Relpipe Pipes

13 Car Wax

12, 11 Telefonica Long Distance Calling

10 Perrier

9 Tampax Tampons

8 City Sport (anti-steroids

7 Some Type of Orange Juice

6 Mercedez

5 Wonderbra

4, 3, 2, 1 A set of ads for Puma Store:

Tags: advertising, media

Open Source alternatives to well known software

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:23:18 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: osalt.com

Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software

Find alternatives for Visio -> Dia, OpenOffice Draw or Kivio

Or for iTunes -> Amarok or Banshee

Check-out Microsoft Access, Photoshop or Norton Ghost on you own.

Recently added commercial software: PowerDVD and WS_FTP.

Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products. And remember that open source software is also a freeware alternative.

1. Dia
2. OpenLaszlo
3. OpenOffice Draw
4. Inkscape
5. Gimpshop
6. KompoZer
7. Skencil
8. CamStudio
9. Mozilla SeaMonkey
10. Scribus

1. Visio
2. Norton Ghost
3. Illustrator
4. Photoshop
5. Nero Burning Rom
6. Access
7. Dreamweaver
8. MSN Messenger
9. Premiere Pro
10. Money

Tags: open source, alternatives, software

Socrates and the Test of Three

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:32:51 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: www.radiowavex.com

Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor.

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Three?"

"That's right," Socrates continued "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.

Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my stu dent going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and left, ashamed.

This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was banging his wife.

Tags: rumors, socrates, advice, humour, humor, philosophy

History of Religion in 90 seconds - Geographical Evolution (Flash)

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:35:27 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks: similar to the "Map of War" in the Middle East

Clip Source: mapsofwar.com

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

* Download .swf (?)

*View Full Screen

Tags: history, religion, flash, geography, map, evolution, faith, christianity, islam, buddhism, hinduism, judaism, visualization

11 most important philosophical quotes

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:27:14 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: be sure to visit this amazing site

Clip Source: www.neatorama.com

11 Most Important Philosophical Quotations.

1. “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates (470-399 BCE)

2. “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” – William of Ockham (1285 - 1349?)

3. “The life of man [is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679)

4. “I think therefore I am” – René Descartes (1596 – 1650)

5. “To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” – Bishop George Berkeley (1685 – 1753)

6. “We live in the best of all possible worlds.” – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716)

7. “The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.” G.W.F. Hegel (1770 – 1831)

8. “Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith – when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith – this [is] subjectivity … at its height.” – Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)

9. “God is dead.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)

10. “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.” – Albert Camus (1913 – 1960)

11. “One cannot step twice in the same river.” – Heraclitus (ca. 540 – ca. 480 BCE)

Bonus: Fake Your Way Through a Conversation (with Correct Pronunciation!)

Tags: quotes, philosophy

Nice list of free (OSS) programs for windows

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:46:43 GMT

clipped by: l1wulf
clipper's remarks: The usual suspects are on this list, but there are a good number I never heard of or completely forgot about. Overall, it's a pretty good list.

Clip Source: www.thesimpledollar.com

30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows

Recently, I received a fresh new laptop from Dell. Upon receiving it, I did the traditional “installation of Windows from scratch” on it to remove a lot of the garbage that is preinstalled on Dells. Then I got really busy installing tons of great software that takes care of pretty much every software need I have. Not only was all of the software free, every piece of it was open source, which means that the code is peer-reviewed; no spyware here!

What follows is a list of thirty pieces of software that are the cream of the crop of open source software for Windows. Not only is every piece of it free, almost all of them directly replace expensive software packages.

Tags: oss, open source, free, applications, list

Ten common self defeating beliefs

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:57:48 GMT

clipped by: deanknows
clipper's remarks: I think I have pretty much all of these beliefs.

Clip Source: web.archive.org

Here are just a few of the self-defeating beliefs that lead to depression, anxiety or anger. Are any of them are similar to the way you sometimes think and feel?

Ten Common Self-Defeating Beliefs
emotional perfectionism	I should always feel happy, confident, and in control of my emotions.
emotophobia	I should never feel angry, anxious, inadequate, jealous or vulnerable.
conflict phobia	People who love each other shouldn't fight.
entitlement	People should be the way I expect them to be.
low frustration tolerance	I should never be frustrated. Life should be easy.
performance perfectionism	I must never fail or make a mistake.
perceived perfectionism	People will not love and accept me as a flawed and vulnerable human being.
fear of failure	My worthwhileness as a human being depends on my achievements (or my intelligence, status, or attractiveness).
fear of disapproval or criticism	I need everybody's approval to be worthwhile.
fear of rejection or being alone	If I'm alone, then I'm bound to feel miserable and unfulfilled. If I'm not loved, then life is not worth living.

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Tags: beliefs, psychology, depression

Top 10 Greatest Film Speeches and Monologues

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:10:12 GMT

clipped by: Cyber_Ryuapu

Clip Source: www.altiustutasarim.com

1. Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now (1979):

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2. Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men (1992):

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3. Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront (1954):

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4. Samuel L Jackson, Pulp Fiction (1994)

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5. Michael Douglas, Wall Street (1987)

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6. Peter Finch, Network (1976)

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7. Ewan McGregor, Trainspotting (1996)

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8. Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry (1971)

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9. Richard E Grant, Withnail and I (1987)

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10. Mel Gibson, Braveheart (1995)

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Tags: movies, speeches, monologues, top ten

Evolution Animation GIF

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:05:21 GMT

clipped by: kdupuis
clipper's remarks: cool!

Clip Source: www.random-good-stuff.com

Evolution Animation GIF

Tags: photos

Create a back-up copy of your immune system

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:54:28 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Imagine having a spare copy of your immune system on ice, ready to replace your existing one should you fall victim to AIDS, an autoimmune disease, or have to undergo extensive chemotherapy for cancer.

An Anglo-American company called Lifeforce has received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration to do just that. The firm collects 480-millilitre samples of blood from healthy individuals, extracts the white blood cells and stores them as an insurance policy against future disease. The service comes at a price, though: around $800 for taking the initial sample then $25 per month for storing the cells at -196 °C. "That sample would have the complete repertoire of all your white blood cells," says Del DelaRonde, co-founder of Lifeforce in Newport, UK.

“Whole new armies of white blood cells could be grown in the lab and reinfused into the patient”

Last month, Lifeforce also won permission to expand its UK operations.

Tags: science, technology, immune system, back up copy, lifeforce

Babies not as innocent as they pretend

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:45:17 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn to deceive from a far younger age than anyone previously suspected.

Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help to train them for more complex deceptions in later life.

Until now, psychologists had thought the developing brains were not capable of the difficult art of lying until four years old.

Following studies of more than 50 children and interviews with parents, Dr Vasudevi Reddy, of the University of Portsmouth's psychology department, says she has identified seven categories of deception used between six months and three-years-old.

"It demonstrates they're clearly able to distinguish that what they are doing will have an effect. This is essentially all adults do when they tell lies, except in adults it becomes more morally loaded."

Tags: science, research, babies, pretending, lying, evolution

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking - 6 Rules

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:10:40 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes

Clip Source: www.csicop.org

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking

The six rules of evidential reasoning are my own distillation and simplification of the scientific method. To make it easier for students to remember these half-dozen guidelines, I've coined an acronym for them: Ignoring the vowels, the letters in the word "FiLCHeRS" stand for the rules of Falsifiability, Logic, Comprehensiveness, Honesty, Replicability, and Sufficiency. Apply these six rules to the evidence offered for any claim, I tell my students, and no one will ever be able to sneak up on you and steal your belief. You'll be filch-proof.

Falsifiability

It must be possible to conceive of evidence that would prove the claim false.

Logic

Any argument offered as evidence in support of any claim must be sound.

Comprehensiveness

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be exhaustive -- that is all of the available evidence must be considered.

Honesty

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be evaluated without self-deception.

Replicability

If the evidence for any claim is based upon an experimental result, or if the evidence offered in support of any claim could logically be explained as coincidental, then it is necessary for the evidence to be repeated in subsequent experiments or trials.

Sufficiency

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be adequate to establish the truth of that claim, with these stipulations:

the burden of proof for any claim rests on the claimant,
extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence, and
evidence based upon authority and/or testimony is always inadequate for any paranormal claim

James Lett

Tags: thinking, knowledge, skeptic, skepticism, logic, evidence, science, philosophy, falsifiability