The G8, the group that houses the eight most powerful countries in the world, is meant to (in theory) get the most powerful heads of state together for them to discuss the present and future of the world in which, like it or not, they have a decisive influence on. But lately, there has been […]
Web Site Charts 3 Months of Violence
In the beginning of 2007, more precisely on Jan. 31, a month after Rio de Janeiro went through one of its most violent episodes, a Web site (in Portuguese and some English) was created out of sheer outrage by a few "cariocas" — born in Rio — who simply couldn’t stand the situation anymore. The […]
On the Long-awaited Cusp of a New Generation in Computing
In February of 2007, D-Wave Systems, of Burnaby, Canada, successfully demonstrated the world’s first quantum computer, to much fanfare. Known as Orion, this 16-qubit adiabatic quantum computer is designed to be scaled up to a 1024-qubit model by mid-2008 that can very quickly compute a very specific sort of problem using somewhat different properties of quantum […]
Bollywood Scores ‘Hat Trick’
While the Cricket World Cup tournament is in full gear, where hat tricks are imminent, Indian film director Milan Luthria is up to scoring another sort of ‘Hat Trick.’ In his new movie, Luthria’s concept of hat trick is not getting three wickets in three consecutive balls as in cricket, but about 3 successes of […]
Grand Unified Theory of Weirdness
I have been an avid reader of the Rigorous Intuition blog for some time now. It is always thought provoking. While trying to make a comment today about a post and the comments about it, I found I couldn’t. Having spent some time on it, I thought someone ought to read it. It seems to […]
Cake Decorating Ideas
If you are interested in learning more about cake decoration, you may want to spend some time on the Internet and World Wide Web. When it comes to cake decorating ideas, there are an ever growing number of websites in operation today that can and do provide you with a wide range of information about […]