U.S. Government Sues to Block AT&T T-Mobile Merger Lenin made a powerful argument against capitalism. The Russian predicted that corporate self interest would dictate a concewntration of the media … not justn intgo one monoploy but nto an oligopoly of shared interests that would snake de[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creativity’
I Nominate Huntsman to Replace Biden
Huntsman Takes On The GOP Field and Obama! Says Republican Opponents And President Obama Didn’t Show Leadership On Debt Deal … Makes Specific Criticisms Of Romney, Perry, And Bachmann … ‘This Is A Center Right Country. I Am A Center Right Candidate.’[...]
June 25th, 2011 - 9:41 am § in America
Does Art Need the Turing Test?
Wiki: The Turing test is a test of a machine‘s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior. A human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which tries to appear human. All participants are separated from one another. If the judge cannot reliably te[...]
May 31st, 2011 - 7:44 am § in America
Gehry Melts Manahattan?
Reminiscent of the transforming architecture in the movie Inception, Frank Gehry’s Beekman Tower in New York appears to be in motion. The trademark morphing, rippled effect of Gehry’s work is stamped on the 1.1 million square foot Beekman Tower anchoring it as one of the tallest buildings in[...]
May 18th, 2011 - 11:06 am § in America
HUMOR: American Exceptionalism
Is this funny? I dunno. Funny thing, under Merecedes, Chrysler seemed to morph its designs to look like American versions of the Mercedes. Personally, as a consumer, I would rather see more Ferraris and Alfas “built in the USA).[...]
May 12th, 2011 - 9:56 am § in America
Ave Challenge
hint: 1996 Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Once worked for Atari You HAVE used his invention.[...]
How Apple Destroyed Democracy
from RealClearPolitics Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), who admits to owning an iPad, blames the Apple Inc. product for “eliminating thousands of American jobs.” “A few short weeks ago I came to the House floor after having purchased an iPad and said that I happened to believe, Mr. S[...]
April 29th, 2011 - 8:12 am § in America
Pennsylvania to Drill for Gas on Campuses!
EDINBORO — Gov. Tom Corbett told the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees that the state’s universities could ease their financial woes by tapping into Marcellus shale deposits beneath their campuses. Speaking at Edinboro University during his first visit to northwestern Penn[...]
April 24th, 2011 - 5:57 pm § in America
TREME … back tonight on HBO …
Ed. BRS and I have not missed an episode. This is GREAT TV! Mr. Gray’s review understates what we feel …… from the PI, by Lester Gray excerpted. TREME: HUMANITY AMONG THE RUINS ….. Then Katrina turned the benighted into the ineffably tragic…… In a dystopian landsc[...]
April 17th, 2011 - 10:06 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Philadelphia Orchestra Declares Bankruptcy
Google: The acclaimed Philadelphia Orchestra said Saturday it would file for bankruptcy. It is the first major US performance ensemble to do so during the nation’s current economic turmoil. It is believed they are filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy that would allow them to continue with certain [...]