[MyAppleMenu] Apr 29, 2007

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MyAppleMenu
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**** The Creative Revolution <http://www.chieftain.com/life/1177826617/1>
by Amy Matthew, The Pueblo Chieftain
This new universe doesn't guarantee that everything out there is good, but it does mean that untold amounts of worthy material that would have remained undiscovered now have a way into the public view. Nobody loses in that scenario.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** Mouse Brain Simulated On Computer <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6600965.stm>
by BBC News
US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Define "Free" Speech <http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/04/define_free_spe.html>
by Scott Adams, Dilbert Blog
Suppose there was a hit song that caused 80% of its listeners kill themselves. Should that song be banned, or would you argue that free speech is more important?

**** For $82 A Day, Booking A Cell In A 5-Star Jail <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29jail.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
by Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor (carjackers should not bother) and whose bank accounts remain lofty, a dozen or so city jails across the state offer pay-to-stay upgrades. Theirs are a clean, quiet, if not exactly recherche alternative to the standard county jails, where the walls are bars, the fellow inmates are hardened and privileges are few.

SingaporeSurf
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**** Singapore Politician Starts May Day Protest Walk <http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30032964>
by AFP
A Singapore opposition politician on Sunday started his walk across the city-state as part of his party's activities to highlight the plight of Singaporean workers on May Day.

**** The Problem With Error Messages <http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/04/problem-with-error-messages.html>
by Mr Wang Says So
if the national leader uses inaccurate words, then the danger is that the general public will be infected by inaccurate thinking. Even intelligent people may start thinking inaccurate thoughts.