Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Chapter One A SQUAT grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY. The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north. "And this," said the Director opening the door, "is the Fertilizing Room." Bent over their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent-minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration. "Just to give you a general idea," he would explain to them. "To-morrow," he would add, smiling at them with a slightly menacing geniality, "you'll be settling down to serious work. Meanwhile, it was a privilege. Tall and rather thin but upright, the Director advanced into the room. "Bokanovsky's Process," repeated the Director, and the students underlined the words in their little notebooks. Mr.
Rudyard Kipling: If
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LSD - Needlessness - 65797
Citation: Ganja_Dragon. "Needlessness: An Experience with LSD (ID 65797)". Erowid.org. Dec 9, 2010. erowid.org/exp/65797 Two hits of acid, reportedly weak ones, consumed. mm, gelatinthings. They taste funny. I'm hungry. Yay! Something is... off. Why am I choosing these strange, non-rounded times to write my entries, now? Motion is as it is supposed to be, but my ultimate perception of it is defying explanation. As the effects intensify, I am forced to grin at the possible futility of logging my experience. The computer screen appears to have turned a mild, but no less dazzling array of colors. What I am appearing to experience is a complete and utter defiance of every physical law I was told was fundamentally irrefutable. I think I'm still making sense, but I am... not entirely sure of this anymore. I was completely and utterly enthralled and entertained by nothing. ...no. What upsets me is not the pointlessness of it all-- no. Needlessness. There was never any need for it. Never. Why?
Stanislav Petrov
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; born c. 1939) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 26, 1983, he was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile was being launched from the United States. Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm,[1] and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war. Investigation later confirmed that the satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned.[2] The incident[edit] Had Petrov reported incoming American missiles, his superiors might have launched an assault against the United States,[5] precipitating a corresponding nuclear response from the United States. Petrov underwent intense questioning by his superiors about his judgment. He received no reward. See also[edit]
grimmtmp from cmu.edu - StumbleUpon
This book contains 209 tales collected by the brothers Grimm. The exact print source is unknown. The etext appears to be based on the translation by Margaret Hunt called Grimm's Household Tales, but it is not identical to her edition. (Some of the translations are slightly different, the arrangement also differs, and the Grimm's scholarly notes are not included.) The etext received by the Universal Library did not include story titles. Note that these tales are presented more or less as the Grimms collected and edited them (and as Hunt saw fit to translate them). NEW: There is now a more accurate version of the Hunt translation posted by William Barker.
answers your Kindle Fire questions | E-book readers
No matter how inexpensive Amazon.com makes its , it's no good to you if it doesn't do what you want. In this blog post, I'm rounding up all the questions I've received from CNET readers about the Kindle Fire and answering them to the best of my knowledge. If you see something we missed, be sure to keep the conversation going in the comments section. Should I be worried about how the Kindle's Silk Browser uses my data? Not particularly. Furthermore, sites secured with SSL (such as banking sites or any URL prefixed by HTTPS) automatically bypass Amazon's cloud acceleration. More information can be found at the Electronic Frontier Foundation site. Can I connect the Kindle Fire to my computer to transfer media? Yes, the Kindle Fire can connect to any Mac or PC using a Micro-USB cable (no cable is included, though). Do I need a paid Amazon Prime account? Nope. Whether you're new to Amazon or an existing customer, you'll be treated to a free month of membership in the Amazon Prime service. Yes.
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Makes you think – The way you think about time has a big effect on your behavior
by Marshall Brain | June 23, 2010 This is a fascinating video that looks at the different ways that human beings perceive time and the effects that these perceptions have on our behavior: The video starts by identifying six ways to perceive time: 1) Looking at the past as “the good old times” (past positive) 2) Looking at the past as a time filled with regrets and failure (past negative) 3) Present Hedonistic – focused on maximizing immediate pleasure and minimizing immediate pain 4) Present Fated – things happen because of my conditions 5) Future oriented, working to succeed in the future. 6) Future oriented, focused on an afterlife Some fun facts that come from the video: - “Protestant countries have higher gross national products than catholic countries.” - In some countries (e.g. - You can measure the pace of life in different cities. Starting around the 6 minute point there is a really interesting section on the effects of video games on thinking.
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