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Scratches to Sketches
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
New Zealand has Second Earthquake in Christchurch Area
The latest quake appears centered just southwest of the city near Prebbleton and measuring a magnitude of 4.7.
IMF Signals Possible Return to Controls Across Exchanges
When you know American and european financial policy will be lax, what is the alternative but to build up walls against it?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303496104575559991011808002.html?mod=djemITPE_h
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Monday, 18 October 2010
The Ubiquitous Nature of Time and the Perplexing Nature of Light
How does one travel through time?
Well, how does one travel anywhere? One needs a medium for any travel. Walking across a room doesn't seem like much, but it is rather extraordinary. To do it one must manipulate within what is called space. Perhaps, you don't manipulate within, but rather, manipulate what is space.
Did you ever consider that space is a translation of yourself, a translation permitted under the rules of the medium, fermions that we call space and which are manipulated by forces that we recognize as energy. What if space is moving and energy is constant within space? What if light energy is the force of something remaining still while all around it is moving? Does light move in time?
Space and time move, and because space creates time, it is space that is moving.
In my view, in my humble opinion, light does not move.
It is revealed as existing in space where space allows it to appear. You see light when you take the cloud of space away. Use light to travel through space and all is possible across all time and space!
What do you think? Are you in another dimension of understanding?
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Top European Blogs
More to choose from:
http://www.wikio.co.uk/blogs/top/general
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Are You Concerned About Your Information on Facebook? Alternatives?
Perhaps, this might work for those new to the web!
http://e-blogs.wikio.co.uk/internet-giant-facebook-creates-a-diaspora
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Fwd: Summer reading: discover European blogs!
Do you blog
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Laurent Delpit <laurent.delpit@wikio.com>
Date: 22 July 2010 11:27:26 GMT+01:00
To: ipadsketch@gmail.com
Subject: Summer reading: discover European blogs!
Reply-To: Laurent Delpit <laurent.delpit@wikio.com>
In July and August, British blogs are often on vacation or update less frequently... Why don't you take this opportunity to discover bloggers from Continental Europe?
At Wikio, a team of editors and translators have launched Eblogs, the European review of blogs, powered by Wikio. Every day, we select the best posts from 5 different countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Great-Britain - and we translate them into 5 languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, English).
Among the latest articles published, you may enjoy:
- Is Diaspora the next rival to internet giant Facebook?
- Italy: hands off the Nutella!
British bloggers listed in the Wikio Top 1000 bloggers list in each country can apply to be translated and published on our five sites. If you have not yet been contacted and if you're interested, send us a message ! You can also help us improve translations. If you spot an error, do not hesitate to report it.
Feel free to send us comments, suggestions, and your opinion at large!
See you on E-blogs!
Laurent Delpit,
Editor, E-Blogs UK
By the way, do you Twitter? I do @ EblogsUKIf you would like no longer to receive emails from Wikio, please click here.
Who is Guy Watts the Line Artist?
Yesterday, Guy Watts, a line artist, was selling his fine art work on the street in the English city of Bath. Yes, Bath! It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit of chill in the air, crisp, sharp and very much like Guy's line art.
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Friday, 15 October 2010
The Bad Example of American Economic Policies
America needs to make a more determined effort to control the excessive spending within it's borders and the stupid run away from saving and prudence. More money did not pave the way for success in Viet Nam and it won't pave the way for those suffering at the hand of excess and misguided economic policies.
For many decades US economist have preached restraint and paying ones way, but when the crunch came to follow that policy themselves they have entered the world of the 1930's with beggar thy neighbour policies and arguing about what other countries are doing because America has caused yet another economic crisis and looked the other way. How many economic crises do the lax procedures of US economics need to spawn.
The bitter exchanges with China should warn us all of a very harsh solution to the present economic crisis which is compounding into the major calamity it once promised to be because America is sucking away all the resources of others in order to save it's own skin. Does it not see where these policies will lead?
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
ARM ... A Good Platform for a Microsoft Pad
Some think it would be a good idea for Windows 8 to move in that direction:
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Obama: Homosexuality is not a choice
Obviously, this is a difficult stand to take, but I am convinced Obama is right on this one. The question is why some people are so against homosexuality and discriminate aggressively. We need to develop tolerance and keep open potentials for people with minority attributes:
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/UaXNbhOOxz4/
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Most Agree Canada's International Attitude Sucks ... I think mining companies don't help!
Is it Harper or is it international mining companies with the Canadian tag and whose record in labour relations, the environment and fair trade is somewhat appalling!? Why is Canada's reputation now shaped by people setting such a negative international example in so many areas? Think Canada, then try to understand the deficiencies of the behaviours of some industrial and political leaders!
http://www.economist.com/node/17254504
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What is in the Canadian Public Domain by way of Photos?
Have a look at this chart:
http://www.creativecommons.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pdregistryca-pd_flowchart.pdf
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What is ARM? Ever Wonder What Computer Goes Into Your iPad, Cell Phone, or Smart Surface?
Electronic engineers have webinars to educate producers and electronic component designers in the intricacies of ARM and other technologies:
http://www.eetimes.com/electrical-engineers/education-training/webinars/4204577/Early-access-to-ARM-Core-Technology-with-Fast-Models-from-ARM
You would be surprised how many companies derive a history with ARM technologies. An outcome is that we can all expect faster and more sophisticated iPads and other communication / computing gadgets! Have a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Apple.2C_DEC.2C_Intel:_ARM6.2C_StrongARM.2C_XScale
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
You would be surprised how many companies derive a history with ARM technologies. An outcome is that we can all expect faster and more sophisticated iPads and other communication / computing gadgets! Have a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Apple.2C_DEC.2C_Intel:_ARM6.2C_StrongARM.2C_XScale
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Politics and Election Promises
When you vote for someone and they win, the temptation is to think that because your person is the winner, the policy promises of that winner will be kept. That is a very naive assumption, and betrays a weak understanding of what politics is all about.
Even in the most favourable of circumstances the fact that your person is winner only increases the probability that movement will be made towards implementing the promised policy.
What people tend to forget is that an election is only one of the many obstacles in the process of implementing policy even if then promise is well intended. The problem with politics is that people make promises they can't keep. This happens for many reasons, but one should always ask the question of a politician in Bayesian terms. You will keep this promise under what conditions? What will you do if you for example your budget has to be trimmed?
The real problems can occur when politicians try to keep promises only to make matters worse, for example in giving free tuition only to have other matters under-financed. In the other words when you take into account the generality of political life consider your winner as only upping the chances of promises being fulfilled. Even when there is will, sadly, there may not be a way.
Example of UK Labour promises not being kept:
Broken savings plan promises in Canada:
http://marshallplan.ca/comments8.html
The shambles of African politics produce many broken election promises:
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_6541.shtml
The extreme expectations of American politics following the Obama win:
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=91286
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Male humour!
Is there such a thing as male humour? Well, there is a humour that men understand and fidget about because they are affected by it's logic more than women. Read and understand:
http://dubitoergo.blogspot.com/2010/09/meme-debunking-3-wash-your-damn-hands.html
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
The Tragedy of the Drought in Syria
My wonderful farmland is now all desert.
The above is a stark statement that many farmers in Syria are making following years of deadly drought that has decimated enormous areas of once productive farm lands.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html
Learn more about Syria
http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Syria.html
http://geography.howstuffworks.com/middle-east/geography-of-syria.htm/printable
There is a need to maintain and collect varieties of wheat so as to protect the source of future wheats that can be grown and to improve stocks and strains of wheat:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e08.htm
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
The Revolution in Television is ON!
Think TVs are clearer and brighter. That's only the start of the visual revolution under way. You might say that we have not seen anything yet!
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
The Threats from Anti-social Nations to Internet Security are Very Real
We often hear how some nations may use cyberattacks as a way to disrupt efforts of benign communication. Many times we have our computers fail without knowing why!
http://www.iiss.org/recent-key-addresses/iain-lobban-address/
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Who benefits from the present method for solving the enormous existing mismatch between spending and saving?
The economy has become an impoverishment trap for the majority.
It's not something that is difficult to figure out. Firstly, many people still have dwellings that are overvalued that taxpayers are funding. Secondly, the financial sector is receiving a windfall in capital and income from transfers to it and lower interest rates.
All in all, the speculators have had a windfall and the next generation of kids who don't inherit that windfall from their lucky parents, they, will pay for it through a massive transfer of wealth away from their bank accounts via taxes. In the end, the distribution of income will be skewed much further to those that control economies of scale.
People will get upset!
The imbalance has been struck and who cares as those in the minority that immediately benefit will prosper as will their progeny!
The others in the majority will just be outraged that we have let it happen this way and now!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2010/oct/13/boris-johnson-government-housing-benefit
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
So you thought there was no real long term recession, but wait education might be the answer .. Sadly no!
The enormous cost of bank liberalisation and demolition of British Building Societies as the prime lenders to the housing market is coming home to roost within the pillars of what makes a democracy work ... educational costs.
By making banks into building societies, or rather by not understanding the economics of and necessity for long term saving, and through the last decades mismatching of the costs of housing over time, our present generation of 'poor' economists have doomed another generation to the high costs of education and to a slower population growth rate. The latter is obviously a good thing, so there is no need to take sides, just observe the logical drift of the changes underway in so-called advanced economies.
But wait, perhaps universities where people go to learn will fade out of popular support and only the rich children will residence themselves in a university. It seems logical that universities as an institution are obsolete given the many possibilities of free education via the Internet. In fact, the www will, must, become the avenue of choice for the so called advanced economies. Not by fees will such education be provided but by volunteers.
That we are are witnessing the democratisation of education worldwide should be apparent as we begin to educate our grandchildren in China and India. The rush for cheaper education is on, and it will only be branding that attracts cost conscious kids to the likes of Oxford and Cambridge.
Do you not agree that logic says that by raising the cost of upper level schooling, we are giving away our competitive advantage of our educational systems to India and China? Before long Britain might as well send kids to school in India where the costs of education will be more affordable.
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
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