Archive for January, 2006

Tragedy of Commons

Posted on January 30, 2006. Filed under: Social |

Having a commons (publicly-owned property) sounds like a great idea, so why do stories about the commons – the ocean, rivers, and air – so often turn tragic? Why are so many species facing extinction? Why are so many resources being depleted?
The American buffalo, Asian tigers were hunted nearly to extinction. Why? No one [...]

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Einstein and Relativity

Posted on January 23, 2006. Filed under: Science |

Pirelli Relativity Challenge is an award for the best multimedia work that explains special relativity theory to the layperson, to mark the centenary of the publication of the Special Relativity Theory.
The Winning Entry: Al’s Relativistic Adventure Or here
Other Entries which are equally good and enlightening:
Putting Einstein to Test Or here
The Great Relativity Show

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Data is the Next Intel Inside (Web 2.0)

Posted on January 19, 2006. Filed under: Web |

That is what Web 2.0 is all about. The next generation of Web developers realize that it is the auction listings that make EBay so successful, the user reviews that are the unique value of Amazon.com. In Web 2.0, user is the partner in software development process.
A collective intelligence is achieved when a critical [...]

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Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators

Posted on January 18, 2006. Filed under: Business |

“Think of everything you do in your organisation and put it into three boxes: Managing the present (Box 1), selectively abandoning the past (Box 2) and creating the future (Box 3),” he says.
“Organisations spend a whole lot of time on Box 1 and assume it is strategy they are working on. Strategy, however, is really [...]

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who is quatrochhi??

Posted on January 17, 2006. Filed under: news |

India representative of Snamprogetti, a Milan-based Italian multinational company.
Swedish company Bofors — facing stiff international competition — had paid more than $50 million in bribes to secure a contract for the sale of field guns worth $1.4 billion to the Indian Army.
suspects include Rajiv Gandhi, Quatrochhi, an Indian arms agent called Win Chadha and [...]

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MonaLisa

Posted on January 17, 2006. Filed under: wonder |

Mystery behind the enigmatic smile of MonaLisa
MonaLisa@Encyclopedia
Secret revealed by Professor Margarest Livingstone of Harvard University report in BBC News, 2003
Face tracking software to find the true feelings of Monalisa Techreport

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