The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Open-Source Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability ABC News (Michael Melia of Associated Press) The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. …
GPS tracking down to the centimeter Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new, more computationally efficient way to process data from the Global Positioning System (GPS), to enhance location accuracy from the meter-level down to a few centimeters.
TRAI tells telecos: Adopt open source tech for unbiased Internet connectivity Talking on TRAI’s differential pricing order that speaks about review process after two years, Sharma said two years is a long time for a technology-driven industry. A day after prohibiting mobile operators from offering differential data tariff plans, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …
Who’s Afraid of a Feminist Foreign Policy? Jenny Nordberg, New Yorker, 15 April 2015 Last month, Saudi Arabia abruptly cut ties with Sweden, recalling its ambassador and announcing that it would issue no new visas to Swedish business travelers. The cause, according to Saudi Arabia, was some remarks made by Margot Wallström, the foreign minister …
Why your nation’s IQ matters more than your own We know that intelligence matters at the level of the individual, impacting performance in school, work, and life. Decades of research supports that point. But what if your personal intelligence level doesn’t matter as much as the average level of intelligence of the country in which …
Telecoms Look Past Cisco and HP to Open Source Hardware Now, a new wave of companies aims to push this movement even further. This morning, four big-name telecoms— AT&T, Verizon, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, and South Korea’s SK Telecom—agreed to join the Open Compute Project. Through a sub-project dedicated to the needs of telecoms, they too will explore …
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Direct Democracy May Be Key to a Happier American Democracy Ballot initiatives may better serve the interests of ordinary Americans than laws passed by elected officials. Is American democracy still “by the people, for the people?” According to recent research, it may not be. Martin Gilens at Princeton University confirms that the wishes of the …
