Wirelesstentasche.

  • 2016-01-17

When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.

Nikola Tesla: When woman is boss. Colliers, January 30, 1926.

Phyton.

  • 2016-01-16

You know you went to ILLC when you look for old python code examples in a folder named "philosophical logic".

Educantiterrorism.

  • 2016-01-15

To comprehensively defeat terrorists, we will have to neutralize the appeal of their extremist ideology and combat the ignorance and hopelessness on which they thrive. This is not just a military battle, it is an intellectual one.

King Abdullah II of Jordan: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril

Bushmocrazy.

  • 2016-01-14

In subsequent conversations with fellow Arab leaders, including President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, I learned that they had had very similar discussions with members of the Bush administration. “What happens the day after you remove Saddam?” they had asked. The inability of the administration to give a concrete answer left us all very uncomfortable.

Part of the problem with the Bush administration was its cookie-cutter approach toward the concept of exporting democracy, which basically came down to holding elections. To my mind, developing an effective democracy is a journey. Voting in the absence of a widespread acceptance of democratic values and the existence of an independent judiciary can be a disaster. Democratic institutions are strengthened by the presence of a strong, effective middle class and reputable governing bodies.

King Abdullah II of Jordan: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril

Expertism.

  • 2016-01-13

An expert is someone who doesn’t want to learn anything new, because then he would not be an expert.

Harry S. Truman