December 29, 2004
Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami
The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
animation of the Indian Ocean tsunami waves
Phuket Tsunami Photo Gallery by hellmut issels at pbase.com
The Command Post - Global Recon - Earthquake: How to Help [Updated Extensively 12/28]
December 28, 2004
December 23, 2004
December 22, 2004
University challenge to freedom of speech - and Welsh jokes
Key points• Student magazine taken to task for mocking the Welsh
• Charlotte Church described as "caterwauling"
• Magazine staff to be sent on "cultural diversity training"
Scotsman.com News
Link thanks to Cliff.
The significance of null
"Beginning this July, 11 medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, will publish only those clinical studies registered in a publicly available database prior to being conducted. By doing this, these journals' editors hope to keep clinical-intervention sponsors--such as pharmaceutical companies--from suppressing negative results. And this move may also make studies that find no post-intervention improvements more readily accessible to both researchers and the public."Full text:
American Psychological Association
December 21, 2004
Scared of Santa photo gallery
"Nothing says Happy Holidays like a photo of sweet little toddlers screaming at Santa. The first 25 photos in this gallery are from the Chicago Tribune's "Scared of Santa" contest in 2003. All the rest of the photos were submitted by SouthFlorida.com readers this year. Enjoy!"Scared of Santa photo gallery
10 Things We Learned About Blogs
"Radio had its golden age in the 1930s. In the 1950s, it was television's turn. Historians may well date the golden age of the blog from 2004—when Merriam-Webster.com's most searched-for definition was blog. How long can it last? Who knows? Here's what we discovered about the new medium this year"TIME Person of the Year 2004: 10 Things We Learned About Blogs
Person of the Year 2004
"For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year"TIME Person of the Year 2004: George W. Bush
Cream of the crop
"With the web still expanding, we have taken the opportunity to ask Online's readers, contributors, and some of the Guardian's journalists to suggest the 100 most useful sites."Guardian Unlimited | Online | Cream of the crop
December 19, 2004
December 17, 2004
The first rule of Pillow Fight Club - Tell Everyone
Pillow Fight Club II - The rematch of the century.
"Can I be honest? No one's going to offer you an office job. There's too much competition. Why don't you fight? I read somewhere you're a very good fighter."
For an excuse to get out and have some fun
Monday 20th December 18:09pm , "Pillow Fight Club"
Traverse over to http://www.mobile-clubbing.com/pillow.html for full instructions.
#1 The first rule of Pillow Fight Club
- Tell Everyone so pass this on now -
December 16, 2004
Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass
"Abstract: The exponential dependence of resistivity on temperature in germanium is found to be a great big lie. My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time."Kovar/Hall
