Ad Astra revine cu o petitie pentru rezolvarea unor probleme majore in managementul cercetarii stiintifice din Romania (petitie pe care tocmai am semnat-o si eu). Evident, in mod normal o asemenea petitie ar fi redundanta pentru ca toate cerintele acestea fac parte din standardul organizarii cercetarii stiintifice intr-un regim civilizat.
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Globalorgasms
Now this is certainly one of the best proposals I’ve heard of recently: a global orgasm day. The credit goes to Sorin Matei on pagini.com who drew my attention to this initiative today (and who also phrases it rightly: what is even more desirable is indeed -at least one (my emphasis)- orgasm per day).
→ Read more The world’s youngest .net professional developer
My friend Gabi Turcu tells me (with great envy) about this video. It is an interview with Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest (Microsoft Certified!) .net developer: got the professional certificate at 10 years old (obviously in her free time, since the kid has also some school to attend…).
→ Read more Talking Mona Lisa
These Japanese scientists are simply amazing, always up to something completely new in terms of scientific or technical discoveries: on Reuters today, one of them reports that he reconstructed Mona Lisa’s voice (also Leonardo Da Vinci’s).
→ Read more John C. Harsanyi: O calatorie incredibila sau ”Daca vrei cu adevarat, poti!”
La un moment dat (cu destula vreme in urma) am scris un eseu despre Laureatul Nobel John Harsanyi pentru Suplimentul Educational al Gandului. Nu am nici o idee daca a fost publicat sau nu- din nou, modul de lucru al ziaristului roman.
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