Friday, August 24, 2007

“It doesn’t matter if you are the greatest guitar player in the world, if you’re not enlightened, forget it.” — Joe Ross quoting George Harrison.

“Washington is this strange place where the copyright industry has the rule makers in its pocket. Washington is also where the rules made by those rule makers will continue to restrict the ability of the Internet to be something that you, your company and I can use for something other than a Disney or carrier controlled Tivo.” — Scott Bradner, Network World, March 2007.

Al Gore is a hero. And it’s not because he looks good in blue spandex wearing his underwear outside his pants. That would actually be disturbing. He is a hero because Google’s trend line for US searches on the term “global warming” shows a doubling in 2006. — Robin Chase, GoLoco

We have grown up taking for granted the vast interlinked networks that bring electricity, water, gas, and cable TV to our homes and that allow us to be in personal contact with others almost anywhere in the world by telephone, e-mail, and other communications means. The Internet, especially the World Wide Web (www), is thoroughly ingrained in our everyday lives. The defense of our nation is heavily dependent on electronic networks for communication, command and control, collaborative decision making, intelligence gathering, and other critical functions. — Board on Army Science and Technology (via kc claffy, muni wireless presentation)

The survey concluded that “high levels of organic atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health, such as low homicide rates, low poverty rates, low infant mortality rates, and low illiteracy rates, as well as high levels of educational attainment, per capita income, and gender equality. Most nations characterized by high degrees of individual and societal security have the highest rates of organic atheism, and conversely, nations characterized by low degrees of individual and societal security have the lowest rates of organic atheism. In some societies, particularly Europe , atheism is growing. However, throughout much of the world – particularly nations with high birth rates – atheism is barely discernible.”
Gadling on Phil Zuckerman’s survey, quoted by Steve Crandall, physicist and ferret lover

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