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September 28, 2009

TheScian SF Contest deadline extended to Sunday, October 4

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Alright. Now, you have no excuses. Send it in before I come and snatch it. Here is the link to go to, if you have not heard about the contest....

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September 22, 2009

Links from the other half, and me

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Since I am not posting much on the blog, the wife suggests I leave a few links she supplies. So here they are:- http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article22217.ece Since Indian rural workers under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme do not get their wages in...

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September 13, 2009

Norman Borlaug has died

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via BBC. Norman Borlaug is the Father of Green Revolution whose research has saved many many millions from starvation. To me, he defines effective compassion like no other. It is a shame his work is not as well known...

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September 7, 2009

Links

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Paul Krugman on How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? in today's NY Times. India's Moon Mission is over, somewhat prematurely--on 28 August, after nearly 10 months in moon orbit, Chandrayan-I stopped talking and ISRO had to declare the mission...

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September 5, 2009

To My Friends, a poem by Primo Levi

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A poem from the book I am reading at present. The Mirror Maker by Primo Levi. I had an epiphany few weeks back--an epiphany that I was unable to describe--, an epiphany that I have now found the words for...

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September 2, 2009

CCTV as Security theater

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From the beebs: Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch...

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September 1, 2009

A short list of things nobody knows

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A very limited list of things that nobody knows (as compiled by yours truly, a very limited human). As you may notice, most of the list treads close to things that may be broadly classed as epistemological questions. Do extend...

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