The Undiagnosed “Cancer” that Has Killed Capitalism (3)
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In the 1920s, Henry Ford perceived a fundamental flaw in capitalism and when he suddenly started paying his auto workers the then extremely generous sum of $5 per day. A unilateral raise of this magnitude was shocking at that time. Ford did this so that his employees would have enough money to buy his Fords. Ford had recognized a fundamental fatal defect of capitalism: Capitalist Employers throughout the capitalist market can not pay their employees ...
Chesspark Design Details Part 1: Why XMPP? (2)
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I’ve been asked several times to talk a bit about how we built Chesspark, how it uses XMPP, and what various lessons we learned along the way. This is way too much for a single blog post, so I’ll be doing a small series of them on Chesspark’s design. To kick things off, let’s discuss why someone would want to build a game system on top of XMPP in the first place. Why XMPP? It ...
The Game of Go (1)
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Game of Go It is amazing how simple rules can result in breathtaking complexity. This post is about such another game : Go Chances are, you have already seen people play the game. I had seen it first in ‘Fist of Legend‘, Jet Li’s adaptation of the ‘Fist of Fury‘. It is so old that it was mentioned in the ‘Analects of Confucius‘( 479 B.C ). In fact, the American Go Association cites this is ...
"I'll Get Osama". "Top Priority" Obama Vows (1)
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Get Osama bin Laden! That's President-elect Barack Obama's mission, he said last night in his first interview since winning the White House. "It is a top priority for us to stamp out al Qaeda once and for all," Obama told CBS's "60 Minutes."
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Senate Preview and Theory, 2010 (1)
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Promoted. -Patrick In 2004, the Republican Party gained 4 Senate seats in the election. There were 34 senate elections, and we won, 19-15. In the midterm elections, 2010, we will have the opportunity to either make up our deficit, or let the Democrats have a supermajority. Here is a breakdown of Senate seats up for re-election, and the margin of victory of the winning party in 2004: Alabama, (R) Shelby won by 36% Alaska , ...
The Net Generation: The kids are alright, OK? (1)
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In the latest edition of The Economist, there is a news of a massive research project recently completed on how the Net impacts kids. It’s well worth reading, and supports the conclusions my co-author, Nikki Bush and I put in my latest book, “Future-Proof Your Child“. The net generation The kids are alright Nov 13th 2008From The Economist print edition WORRIES about the damage the internet may be doing to young people has produced a ...
Bulgarians Promise to Host Kamsky-Topalov (1)
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Chessdom has the goods. The president of the Bulgarian chess federation, Stefan Sergiev, has responded to Ilyumzhinov's ultimatum about the Kamsky-Topalov candidates match. 1. The Bulgarian Chess Federation confirms its wish to host the semi final match for the World Title in chess between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky. We are extremely surprised why the financial arrangements for the match have been change without sufficient arguments. It is in the best interest of chess and ...
Kramnik Post-Match Interview (1)
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Check out the Ninja message boards for Russianbear's translation of Yuri Vasiliev's Sport Express interview with Kramnik, which took place in Bonn after the match. (Please reference and link when you steal it.) Some highlights: Kramnik: At this time, Anand is the model of preparation, he is the best in the world! And when two equally matched opponents face off, that becomes a decisive factor. Vasiliev: In game 10, when the game was waged on ...
Цитата #400936 (2)
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<vampir> складывается такое ощущение, что первые три класса общеобразовательной школы у ребенка, проходят в виде соревнования между родителями - кто лучше клеит, рисует и лепит...
