Archive for June, 2005

Matrix and Brain Downloads

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A couple of months ago, the Japanese entertainment giant Sony has patented an idea for transmitting data directly into the brain, with the goal of enabling a person to [...]

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Blue Brain

An effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire human brain, right down to the molecular level has been launched by IBM and a Swiss university team. Called the “Blue Brain” project, it will involve building a custom-made supercomputer based on IBM’s Blue Gene design.
The hope is that the virtual brain will help [...]

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Sabbah Live on BBC

This item was filled under [ Good News, Internet 'n Computers, Media, Too Much Free Time ]

Update:
Rescheduled. The Arab Bloggers interviews was rescheduled to some other day. This is what I was told by the coordinator, two hours before the kick off of the program. Today was a special “day for Iraq” and they dedicated most of the program for interviews from Iraq.
Once I get the reschedule I will let you [...]

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Checkpoint Syndrome

This item was filled under [ Culture, Palestine, Politics ]

Translated from Hebrew to English, this is a must read book for anyone who wants to understand what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about!
Thanks to our friend “Scott” for putting this up and hosting a PDF form for downloaded here (right-click, select “Save”)
The intro from the editors:
This book: “Checkpoint Syndrome”, was written by a young [...]

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The Dead Sea - A Sea that is Sadly “Living” up to its Name

This item was filled under [ Good News, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Prediction, Regional ]

A couple of weeks ago, the news headlines mentioned lightly the new “Israel, Arabs agreement to save Dead Sea:“
Jordan , Israel and the Palestinian Authority said they had agreed terms for a feasibility study on transferring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, to save the world’s lowest sea from vanishing.
The two-year study, [...]

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Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries

This item was filled under [ Culture, Knowledge Management ]

In case you missed it, this is the list of the “Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries”, you should really take a look. Of course, the list was compiled by “a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders.”If anyone hasn’t already read any of these (like me) add them [...]

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Sabbah Fulminates

This item was filled under [ Media, News You Can Do Without, Politics, USA ]

Slate, a division of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, say that “Criticizing the U.S. media for ignoring this story, Sabbah’s Blog’s Haitham Sabbah, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, fulminates…” while referring to my post: “Ask your (USA) media why they are silent on the AIPAC espionage story.“ Well, God Bless you, [...]

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Boosting Science in the Region

This item was filled under [ Egypt, Good News, Palestine, Regional, Science and Technology ]

Two good news from the M.E.:
The first one is related to Israeli-Palestinian scientific cooperation which got boost by UNESCO, which has pledged US$100,000 to allow the Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO) to begin implementing 30 new research projects involving both Palestinian and Israeli scientists. However, IPSO will need US$2.5 million each year if it is to [...]

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Ayatollah Fatwa Online!

Want to have breast implants but worried they may not be so pleasing to God? Wondering if the marketing campaign devised to boost your business is spiritually sound? If you are a Shia looking for guidance, what you may find useful is your very own online ayatollah - a sort of electronic agony aunt with [...]

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