Dr. Brendan Quine discusses his design for a novel kind of space elevator.
An Irish web developer living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft.
I built Huffduffer.
Dr. Brendan Quine discusses his design for a novel kind of space elevator.
Tagged with space elevator science technology space nasa dr. brendan quine engineering
Copyrights and patents have come to be called “intellectual property,” a phrase which suggests that they are much akin to ordinary property. They are not: they are a government grant of monopoly power. The argument in favour of intellectual property must then be that these monopolies provide important offsetting incentives for innovation and creation.
However, all the available evidence suggests that patents and copyrights are a failure, and inhibit innovation and creativity at least as much they encourage it.
In this lively and entertaining lecture, Dr. David Levine documents the history of intellectual property, arguing that the best strategy for stimulating creativity in 21st century society is to eliminate copyrights and patents entirely.
SFU/BMO Bank of Montreal Lecture Series
Explorations is an hour long science program heard nationally on the KU national radio satellite band. Explorations covers the world of science, war and peace, and the environment. In the first half, we have commentary and interviews with top scientists and environmentalists. In the second half, they take listener phone calls from the greater New York audience.
Eight leading exponents of Irish traditional music brought an exquisite program of music to the Sydney Opera House under the umbrella of Masters of Tradition during the 2009 Sydney Festival.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2009/2574961.htm
An interview with PPK after a tech talk in the Yahoo offices in the UK. We covered mobile web development, testing ideas, libraries, web standards and conference talks.
http://www.archive.org/details/InterviewWithPpkAboutMobileWebDevelopment
In issue #27, we keep Jeremy Keith awake at 3am, discussing Clearleft, Javascript, Huffduffer, Microformats and Salter Cane.
http://www.creativexpert.com/2009/06/23/jeremy-keith-27-still-brighton-at-3am/
The New York Times website hosts this audio clip (just 3 minutes) of Ray Bradbury riffing on public libraries and the internet (love of libraries + hate of internet). This interview was in aide of his recent appearance at the cash strapped H.P. Wright Public Library in Ventura, California.
Tagged with book:author=ray bradbury libraries internet
When asked to perform at Robert De Niro’s birthday party, Colin finds himself in over his head. Colin Quinn is a standup comic and actor. He was the Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2000, and later hosted Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.
Tagged with the moth colin quinn standup
First, let’s suppose that Jehovah God is real. Good News for the religious, right? Then, let’s twist it a bit and see what happens should Jehovah die. This would cause a major problem for at least the Abrahamic religions.
Spence Olham is confronted by a colleague and accused of being an android impostor designed to sabotage Earth’s defences on the utterance of a deadly code phrase. Olham must escape and prove his innocence, providing he is actually Spence Olham.
Tagged with science fiction sci-fi book:author=philip k. dick
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Tim Lynch
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Software Developer living in Brighton.
Free Pet Shop Boys track from Last.fm
Free Project Divinity track from Last.fm
Free Project Divinity track from Last.fm