This is an apology to Dr Paul....I was involved in the frustrated and frantic attempt to try to advise Ron Paul on his debating skills. I've done some soul searching about this and realize I was wrong. I will never speak for others, only myself. I real... Read more »
Ron Paul’s Open Door, Interviewed by a 5th Grader!
When I saw the headlines and video clips where the media portrayed Ron Paul as shunning a NH voter at the crowded restaurant, it has prompted me to share an experience that others should hear. I am preaching to the choir when I tell you that Dr. Ron P... Read more »
What Fragmentation Means
Android, according to Eric Schmidt, is not fragmented, it's merely "differentiated". Others say Android, with multiple versions in use, is very fragmented. This article explains what the problem means to users.Read | Permalink Read more »
Disturbing Images From Iran You Rarely See
Santorum and others keep talking about the unborn ... and that is good. But what about those already born ... I guess they don't count - let's go bomb them. http://youtu.be/98j0I7e5OHE read more Read more »
The Flavor Map
Ever wonder why certain flavors work well in combination while others are just gross? Scientists Yong-Yeol Ahn, Sebastian E. Ahnert, James P. Bagrow and Albert-László Barabási published their findings in Nature: Here we introduce a network-based app... Read more »
River Of Blood Flows In China
When researching your local natural environs involves a DVD of The Shining…Via the International Business Times: The Jian River in Luoyang, China had become a “river of blood”…Locals were subject to the water’s eerie, bloo... Read more »
Action Needed – SOPA to be voted on this week! Wikipedia may black out
Hello, DP Liberty Fighters, We need your help again this week to contact your representatives and do what you can to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill that will most likely go to vote this week. As you know, this will censor the internet a... Read more »
New ‘Adware’ Apps Bug Facebook, Google
Facebook, Google, and Yahoo, among others, make their money by selling advertising. But some new apps add their own ads to what you see and those advertising dollars don't go to the big internet firms.Read | Permalink Read more »
Facebook acknowledges photo privacy bug
Photos marked "private" were actually visible to others because of a bug in a reporting tool. Facebook has now patched the problem.Read | Permalink Read more »
The Unsmiling Bodhisattva: Ending Our Silent Collaboration With the War Machine
Via Dig Within: The blog of Kevin Ryan:
Read more »Buddhist scholar Graeme MacQueen gave a talk that explained why Buddhists should take action to stop war and its causes. Unfortunately, even the most compassionate people in our western society often find justification for doing nothing while suffering grows around them. Many Buddhists are in that frame of mind and they justify their non-action by claiming that their responsibility is soley to avoid violence in themselves. But Professor MacQueen has challenged this stance, recalling Buddhist scripture and revisiting the concept of a bodhisattva.
As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” Similarly, Professor MacQueen asks in this talk if we have the right to “give away things that don’t belong to us … the earth … species … ecosystems … the futures of our children and other people’s children.” Through silent collaboration, that is what many people are doing today.
Graeme is…
