Hoplit {blog} http://www.hoplit.net/blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:53:23 -0800 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:53:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Amazingly Blatant GOP Hypocrisy Captured perfectly by, who else, but the Daily Show.

Who would do this job if they didn't? Certainly not CNN....

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/09/amazingly_blata.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/09/amazingly_blata.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:53:23 -0800 Why Our Brains Do Not Intuitively Grasp Probabilities Scientific American

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]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/vonneguts_story.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/vonneguts_story.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:35:29 -0800 Slow Motion Skate Tricks 120 fps on Vimeo

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]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/slow_motion_ska.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/slow_motion_ska.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:35 -0800 Space Shuttle Launch filmed from Passing Airliner Gizmodo

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/space_shuttle_l.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/space_shuttle_l.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:48:30 -0800 Bigfoot Press Release Brilliant!

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]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/fuel_is_still_m.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/fuel_is_still_m.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:18:08 -0800 Interactive Olypmpic Medal Count NYTimes.com

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/interactive_oly.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/interactive_oly.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:57 -0800 Yo       I wish to speak to the creator of the universe.
I have nothing to say but to ask his pardon, in the grains of creation he cast like dice upon the void, some intervention taken perchance in my favor once, for tomorrow and the next, and that he may stake his apologies on the burden he begot of awareness.

      That’s it.

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/yo.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/yo.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:20:42 -0800 Things They Don't Tell You (But Should) A Guide to Life

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/things_they_don.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/things_they_don.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:38:40 -0800 Of Trolls and the Nature of Evil But while technology reduces the social barriers that keep us from bedeviling strangers, it does not explain the initial trolling impulse. This seems to spring from something ugly — a destructive human urge that many feel but few act upon, the ambient misanthropy that’s a frequent ingredient of art, politics and, most of all, jokes. There’s a lot of hate out there, and a lot to hate as well.

Very interesting NYT article on internet trolls.

Inspired in me a little mini-essay:

]]> http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/post.html http://www.hoplit.net/blog/archives/2008/08/post.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:10:13 -0800 Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success ...you do not possess a natural gift for a certain job, because targeted natural gifts don't exist. You will achieve greatness only through an enormous amount of hard work over many years. And not just any hard work, but work of a particular type that's demanding and painful.
In virtually every field of endeavor, most people learn quickly at first, then more slowly and then stop developing completely. Yet a few do improve for years and even decades, and go on to greatness.
People hate abandoning the notion that they would coast to fame and riches if they found their talent.

Very good article. Not simply anecdotal, but actually quotes research.
Furtune

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