YouTube on Ceausescu

In my opinion Google made an amazing deal by buying YouTube with only $ 1.65 bn ( now come to think of Mark Cuban, who claimed that “only a moron would buy YouTube”; btw, my feeling is that YouTube will have a completely different fate than Napster, although some accuse it already of infringement on copyright laws- and this was “the shadow of death” for Napster…).
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The US Library of Congress on Romania

To my shame (and my ultimate frustration) I have only found this excellent, objective, accesible, compact source on Romania very recently. My overall impression: this is the best snapshot on Romania’s historical, geographical, social, political, economic and military aspects I’ve ever run into, devoid of futile passions, gross incompetencies and other such features that plagued every single such study that I consulted before.
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Dezbatere privind cercetarea din Romania (I)

Vad ca Ad-Astra a prins un asemenea ritm incat cu greu mai pot tine pasul cu citirea ultimelor stiri/analize de pe site-ul lor! Astazi Razvan a postat pe site-ul Ad-Astra o serie de articole aparute in presa despre reformele necesare din cercetarea stiintifica de la noi, carora unii li se opun prin orice mijloace (apelul adresat mediei plus/minus o abatere standard- apropos, excelent comentariul lui Daniel David aici!-
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