In The Social Network movie, Justin Timberlake plays Sean Parker, the 34-year-old co-founder of Napster, The character tells Mark Zuckerberg that he needs to think big if he wants Facebook to succeed, “a million dollars isn’t cool You know what is cool?” Now Sean Parker has an[...]
Archive for May, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Israel and China
Israeli, Chinese Universities To Collaborate Tel Aviv – Two top universities from Israel and China announced Monday that they are starting a $300 million research project focused on… Read More »[...]
UW Study Shows Positive Basis for Discrimination
Forget hostility, favouritism leads to most discrimination Submitted by Jamie Williamson on Tue, 05/20/2014 – 08:51 Washington, May 20 : In what could expand the definition of discrimination, scholars have found that most discrimination is not caused by intention to harm people different from [...]
May 20th, 2014 - 7:44 am § in America
This is NOT Antisemitism?
Rapper Macklemore says his costume worn during a May 16 show in Seattle was not meant to stereotype Jews. Us Magazine (http://usm.ag/1hYuNDP ) Actor Seth Rogen – who is Jewish – didn’t shy away from commenting on the questionable getup, tweeting, “@macklemore, first you trick people into th[...]
China, Inc. vs. Microsoft
Beijing – China’s government says desktop, laptop and tablet personal computers bought for government use must use a different operating system from Windows 8. The brief statement gave no explanation. The government is the biggest buyer of computer software in China, so its purchasing de[...]
May 20th, 2014 - 6:49 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: What is it?
a. Latest Swedish sex toy b. New carpet cleaning robot c. Spy drone for use in urban areas d. Harvard attempt at a robot e. First toy from ChinaLabs[...]
May 20th, 2014 - 5:00 am § in Misc.
President Romney:Piracy on the Wane?
A Somali pirate near a hijacked Taiwanese vessel: there has not been a successful hijacking since May 2012, says the UN. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP[...]
May 19th, 2014 - 9:32 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Republican Candidate Runs to the Left?
Last Friday Michelle Darnell, 44, a paralegal in Kirkland who works on foreclosure cases for people who are losing their homes, filed to challenge state Rep. Cyrus Habib (D-48, Kirkland) for the state senate seat being vacated by Rodney Tom, the maverick, conservative Democrat who turned control o[...]
May 19th, 2014 - 12:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
A Model For Creating Leading Universities
Berkeley Blog: Seeking an alternative to the World Class University model John Douglass, senior research fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education | 5/14/14 | 3 comments | Leave a comment The concept of the World Class University is cited across the world, but it represents a paradigm that is n[...]
The NBA believes in Money Over Everything
Although I do commend NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for making the decision to ban Donald Sterling, I hate to say it, the decision to ban Sterling had everything to do with money and very little to do with racism. The Clippers have surpassed the Lakers as the best team in the 2nd largest market in [&[...]