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Saturday, April 12, 2008 - Posts

• The Merry-go-round of Stone

  I had to go to the Ministry of Interior yesterday to get an official letter officially guaranteeing a form officially stamped by and signed by a head of department at the Ministry of Labour … our official representatives. But that's not the point. The Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 11:25 from Jordan Journals | 0 Comments

• Average

  Being of average intelligence means that every 2nd person you meet is more stupid than you are. Being above average intelligence, say about… 75% means that about every 4 people you meet, 3 people will be more stupid than you are. Considering that Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 10:59 from Maioush | 0 Comments Filed under Thoughts

• Rationality and Reflective Endorsement

  The following has the ring of truism: belief aims at truth, and preference/desire aims at the good. But Liz Harman argues against the latter claim on the grounds that loving a person as they actually are may lead us to prefer this actual state even to Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 05:19 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under ethics - consequentialism

• Thought Experiments and Begging Questions

  Adam Rawlings has an interesting post complaining that common philosophical thought experiments are "hopelessly question-begging": The zombie scenario just assumes, without argument, that a fully-specified physical world contains no consciousness. The Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 03:54 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under methodology

• جهزوا دشاديشكم أيها الشعب الأردني.

  يالله إلي عندو دشداش يطولو و يكوي واللي ما عندو يروح يشتري من هسة قبل ما يصير عليهن ظغط بسبب الطلب .. هي من هسة بدي أحط داون بيمنت على سوبربان ويجعل لا حدا حوش.. Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 03:09 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under Funny, Jordan, Misc.

• Sony Ericsson K850i Review

  I have been using Sony Ericsson K850i for a while now. Here are the pros and cons based on my personal experience: The Goods: Very sleeky and stylish design. Especially the colored slip. I have the green one. The hardware components are very intact and Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 11:35 from Adel Blog | 0 Comments Filed under Tech Stuff, Gadget Reviews, Electronics Reviews, Phone Review, Sony Ericsson Review, K850i Review, Sony Ericsson K850i Review

• I just have to talk about this..

  Well, obama said some words that are 100% accurate and describe reality: "Our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there's not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 08:24 from Jordan, I will be back... | 0 Comments Filed under politics, media, usa

• Constraining Qualia

  [See ' Zombie Rationality ' for background.] A correspondent writes: Consider the brain of a human looking at three colored balls, which are red, blue, and green respectively. Then a trustworthy logically omniscient agent comes along and truthfully says Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 08:18 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under mind

• Document Freedom

  I am sure you edit and open PDF and Microsoft Word Document files on a daily basis. But did you ask yourself how these types of files are stored on your PC? Or why you have to use specific software to utilize them? Take .DOC files for example, you have Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 07:39 from Yugi's Blog : Source Lines Of Code Of My Life | 0 Comments Filed under Open Source

• Trivial Pursuits

  A couple of weekends ago my dad taught me how to play Blackjack (21 in his words) and Poker, and we played for a couple of hours with my Victoria’s Secret The World’s Sexiest Playing Cards, mainly because I could not find the regular cards Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 04:34 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Life, Picturesque

• هُدْهُد الفقراء

  هُدْهُد الفقراء اضغط هنا لقراءة المقال و التعليق عليه اترك رابط موقعك اسفل التعليق ليتسنى للقرّاء الاطلاع عليه Read More... Posted 12-04-2008 02:38 from الكاتب الساخر كامل النصــيـرات | 0 Comments Filed under مقال ساخر