Saving the world as we know it

·         “Normally we would storm a house killing everyone inside, whereas here we have to storm the house and keep everyone alive,” said one commander. “It’s not an easy job.” Psychologists on hand for army’s nightmare eviction of settlers.

·         Each month, the Internet Archive collects the equivalent of one Library of Congress, says Kahle. The collection, available at www.archive.org, has already surpassed one petabyte. That's a million gigabytes. Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe talks about it in Saving the world as we know it

·         “Great spirits have always faced violent protest from mediocre minds”  (Albert Einstein)

 

·         كلنا ظواهريون!! – تركي الدخيل

·         لنختلف مع حكومتنا من القدم حتى مفرق الرأس، لكن اعتقادنا بأن الإرهاب هو البديل الأنسب للحكام والحكومات، يعني حالة مماثلة تماماً مع من يخصي نفسه ليعاقب زوجته لأنها لم تحسن إعداد وجبة غدائه!. – تركي الدخيل

·         يقول تركي الدخيل في مرحاض يمنح مليوني ريال!!:
أما الإنجليز فيبدو لنا ان مترجماً أطلعهم على بيت أبي الطيب فظنوه يضطرد مع العرب جميعاً على الدوام عندما قال:
وما قتل الأحرار كالعفو عنهم        فمن لك بالحر الذي يحفظ اليدا
لكننا نذكرهم بالبيت الذي يليه وهو ما لم يترجمه لهم صاحبهم إذ قال المتنبي:
إذا أنت أكرمت الكريم ملكته         وإن أنت أكرمت اللئيم تمردا

 

 

The following are from subscription websites, they should be available for a few days only for non-subscribers:

 

·         Inside a Major London Mosque, Extremism Shows Tenacity

·         Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby co-invented the computer chip, arguably one of the most important inventions, ever. Kilby passed away a few weeks ago in Dallas, and he is remembers in At the End of an Era, Two Tech Pioneers Are Remembered.

·         Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, invented the “The first electrical switch made entirely from carbon nanotubes”, will it end up being for this century what the transistor was for the last?

·         “It's tough to watch your parents age and lose the ability to manage their own affairs. It can be even tougher to step in and help them out -- especially when it comes to money” So what should you do?  HILARY STOUT and ANDREA PETERSEN  of the Wall Street Journal address the issue in The Parent Trap

 

 

 

Final note: I’ll be leaving to London tomorrow night inshallah, and then to Boston on Friday morning. Therefore, I’ll be updating the blog less frequently, but I’ll try my best.