"Should it become clear that the men who rampaged through Mumbai trained in Pakistan, even if the Pakistani government had no hand in the operation, what will stop the Indians from adopting the same position?" link.
one of the responses to the above linked post, between == markers.
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Every week Mr. Farrell writes an excellent article and it seems like the most sarcastic and naïve people are the first to respond. Rather than ridicule the messenger, you might want to educate yourself and you won’t be so arrogantly optimistic.
A lot of the things Mr. Farrell writes about is indeed predictable. You might want to watch the “Crash Course” by Chris Martenson. He references a transcript to a lecture by a Dr. Bartlett titled, “The Most Important Video You’ll Ever See.” Dr. Bartlett asserts that “The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the Exponential Function.”
Chris Martinson’s Crash Course can be found at this site. http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
Dr. Bartlett’s lecture is on YouTube. (Part 1 of 8) http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=The+Most+IMPORTANT+Video+You%27ll+Ever+See+%28part+1+of+8%29&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#
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If you want a really good read, get "Conquer the Crash" by Robert Prechter. Written in 2002, you would have thought he just wrote it last week. You can get a used copy on Amazon for about half.
it is accepted that electromagnetic (EM) waves can travel through vacuum (absence of media), right? if they are indeed waves in literal sense, then shouldn't they need a medium for transmission?
so, then the riddle is how do they travel in vacuum? if u have insight that'll help me understand the propagation of EM waves in vacuum, PLEASE email me.
i've also posted this Q/riddle and the discussion continues, here.
i'm trying to understand, how an object gets its color. lying the bed last night, i narrowed it down to the frequencies/wavelengths of the contituents of the visible light spectrum and the frequencies of the vibration of the atoms electrons attached to the atoms of different elements of the periodic table. beyond that, my quest is following the following links [pun unintended ;-)].
i was in mysore again this tuesday and wednesday and was able to pick up a few coins belonging to the princely states of Travancore, Nizam of Hyderabad and Gwalior.
2 coins of denomination "oru kaasu" or "one cash" from the period of Bala Rama II minted in 1928. see image here.
1 coin of denomination "half anna" from the period of Jivaji Rao Shindey
1 coin of denomination "2 pai" from the period of Nizam of Hyderabad minted in 1945 in the honor of King Safwat of Ottoman empire. ref
i was doing some reading on this guy, the Nizam of Hyderabad and was surprised to read that he was the world richest person till 1967! who would have guessed that the land of India had so much wealth in it. see article here.
-what's up with ppl saying things like, "i was speaking from the bottom of my heart," and its ilk using heart as if it were the seat of thought.
all of our accumulated knowledge posits that, heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood around the body, not only in humans but also in all the other life forms that have one. i'd like to see heart dropped from discourse as being the original of certain thots and feelings.
-more ranting on the same. even feelings, like thought, have also been implicated as a mental activity occurring in brain!
George Bush beat McCain via questionable tactics in 2000 and he has beaten him with his legacy in 2008. I can just see W sitting with Cheney saying "How can we make sure John does not have a chance at a weekend comeback? Sure, Dick, you endorse him!!" ref: click here
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=490c15a8b87baaff&ei=S3AMSfHLCajk6gPkjvSEDQ&url=http%3A//ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVVj5SjAgqpjIbqdmcOB74FtqRIAD94669900&cid=1264318910&usg=AFQjCNHCK8gd5j15Wmcqv-x_q18CERew6g (i wonder what would b the political impact of this one! so close 2 the D day)