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Jacques the Fatalist and his Master ( French : Jacques le fataliste et son maître ) is a novel by Denis Diderot , written during the period 1765-1780. The first French edition was published posthumously in 1796 . But prior to this it was known in Germany, thanks to Schiller's partial translation of the work in 1785 (which was retranslated into French in 1793) and Mylius's complete version in 1792. The main subject of the book is the relationship between the valet Jacques and his master (who is never named). The two are traveling to a destination the narrator leaves insistently vague, and to dispel the boredom of the trip Jacques is compelled by his master to recount the story of his loves.
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Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic , and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie . Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with Jacques le fataliste et son maître ( Jacques the Fatalist and his Master ), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding novels and their structure and content, while also examining philosophical ideas about free will . Diderot is also known as the author of the dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau ( Rameau's Nephew ), upon which many articles and sermons about consumer desire have been based.
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Radiohead hands out free newspaper promoting King Of Limbs - HitFix.com
The band has released the first edition -- its only edition -- of the Universal Sigh newspaper, which is less an actual newspaper than a 'zine in tabloid form with newsprint. It arrived today overseas and will be handed out in select locations and cities tomorrow in the U.S. in promotion of the second-round release of the band's latest "King of Limbs" album. Universal Sigh is not the "newspaper album" that will apparently come with the deluxe order of "King of Limbs," but is its own entity and website , to which fans can post pictures of themselves holding the thing. Contained are drawing, pictures, stories and poetry.
Drum kit jeans let you catch a beat while out on the street | Tecca
A 17-year-old music lover named Aseem Mishra has created a mobile drum kit that fits undetected inside a pair of jeans. The pants are filled with sensors that can detect how hard each area, or "drum," is hit, producing an entire range of sound in the process. In an interview with the BBC the young inventor demonstrates how the musical denim works.
The best CD case ever: A functioning theremin !
The CD insert is actually a circuit board that lists all the tracks and artist information – cool enough, but there’s more. This circuit board has a headphone jack on it and a light sensor, and it acts as a fully-functioning theremin ! To work it, you press a button with one hand, and wave your other hand in front of the light sense. It’s expensive ($50), but he also has a mini-edition for significantly less.Great Dictator Video
Millionaires and local activists have joined forces across Britain to fight proposals for scores of huge incinerators that have ignited a new planning row with the Government. The building of energy from waste (EfW) plants, some capable of burning up to 90 lorry loads of rubbish a day, has set councils against each other and drawn ministers into parish conflicts. Parents and pressure groups have allied themselves to, among others, a pop star and television presenter in the fight against the incinerators, which are designed to reduce the need for landfill but have been criticised for their “devastating” presence in local environments. There are 30 EfW incinerators in the UK and 80 are believed to be planned. The skirmishes highlight the conflict between two of the Government’s key policy objectives — the move away from landfill for household and commercial waste and localism, the process of allowing decisions to be taken at the nearest point to the people affected.
Knights of Malta elect Englishman as new leader -Times Online