links for 2008-02-07
February 7th, 2008-
Installation by Cai Guo-Qiang
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The grim truth behind The Wire.
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Newsflash: not everything depicted in movies is physically possible.
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Communications & sustainability
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love