[MyAppleMenu] Aug 17, 2008

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The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** P2P Vs. The Cloud <http://bytepawn.com/2008/08/16/p2p-vs-the-cloud/>
by Bytepawn

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**** Green Sahara <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/green-sahara/gwin-text>
by Peter Gwin, Photograph by Mke Hettwer, National Geographic Magazine
How a dinosaur hunter uncovered the Sahara's strangest Stone Age graveyard.

**** The Chances Are That Gordon Brown Is A Loser <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/17/scienceandnature?gusrc=rss&feed=books>
by David Smith, The Guardian
Mlodinow's telling central permise is that our desire for control leaves us in denial about how important randomness is.

SingaporeSurf
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**** PM Highlights Inflation, Foreign Workers, Birth Rate Concerns <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369031/1/.html>
by Channel NewsAsia
Inflation, foreign workers and parenthood issues featured prominently in prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day rally speech to the Chinese community on Sunday.

**** Nets Fee Applies To Cabs, Bets <http://www.straitstimes.com/News/Home/Story/STIStory_268965.html>
by Esther Teo, Straits Times
Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Inderjit Singh said: "Net has enjoyed a near-monopoly and it will be good for the government to actively look for new players so that competition will bring costs down for businesses and consumers."

**** Hue And Cry Over Tiong Bahru Paint Job <http://www.straitstimes.com/News/Home/Story/STIStory_268969.html>
by Hong Xinyi, Straits Times
A proposed paint job for Tiong Bahru estate's iconic art deco flats has upset some residents, some of whom feel the area will look too loud or cartoonish.

**** The Education System Will Not Change <http://mollymeek.livejournal.com/197647.html>
by Mollymeek
Let's not harp on the point that minister is merely saying something a few million others could have said. What "more" does he think that the education system can do?