Rodney Stark kritisiert die Säkularisierungsthese, wonach die wissenschaftliche Moderne zum Absterben der Religion geführt habe oder es wenigstens noch tun werde. Aufklärer, Sozialwissenschaftler und westliche Intellektuelle behaupten das nun seit 300 Jahren http://www.blaetter.de/artikel.php?pr=2808 Grundgedanke: Säkularisierung hänge nach Stark von der Beschaffenheit des „Marktes der Religionen“ ab, wobei die Religionsgemeinschaften durchs Konkurrieren gezwungen wären, ihre „Ware“ möglichst attraktiv zu gestalten => Aufblühen der Religiosität insgesamt. Dominanz einer einzigen Religion -> keine Konkurrenz -> keine Attraktivitätssteigerung => Absterben aktiver Religiosität insgesamt
"Emotional Cartography is a collection of essays from artists, designers, psychogeographers, cultural researchers, futurologists and neuroscientists, brought together by Christian Nold, to explore the political, social and cultural implications of visualising intimate biometric data and emotional experiences using technology" - http://www.biomapping.net/ - 18min/160MB-Video: http://www.archive.org/download/BioMapping/BioMapping.mp4
History 1: http://complexevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/1-a-short-history-of-cep-part-1.pdf History 2: http://complexevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/2-final-a-short-history-of-cep-part-2.pdf Terms: http://www.complexevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EPTS_Event_Processing_Glossary_v2.pdf
Researchers believe that comparing products, rather than rating them on an absolute scale, will lead to algorithms that better predict customers’ preferences. ----------------- http://horicky.blogspot.com/2011/09/recommendation-engine.html
“A collection of the recent monthly Inside Risks columns from the Communications of the ACM, plus some selected earlier columns that are particularly important.”
"...one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 765 papers in 127 issues; these papers were written by 905 different authors."
s.a. TED.com Blaise Aguera y Arcas; "[P.] takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next"
"Worldprocessor is an ongoing project that started in 1988. Globes reflect data available and valid at the time of their origin. Currently there are over 300 different globes."
"...an open source software application designed to significantly reduce the amount of spam (Internet junk-mail) you receive." whitelists, blacklists, challenge/response, tagged addresses, ...
"...intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods..."
"This is a utility that performs a recursive diff on two directories and generate a diff 'window'. Based on that window you can perform various diff operations ..."
Checklists, Important Considerations for Test Automation, Test Plan Sample & FAQ, Classification of Errors by Severity, What is Software Testing?, Load & Stress Testing of Websites, Outsourced Testing, ...
"a good database for people who want to try learning techniques and pattern recognition methods on real-world data while spending minimal efforts on preprocessing and formatting"
an architecture and design journal focused on technological advances, sustainability, and innovative design for the 21st Century. Our objective is to promote and discuss the most avant-garde ideas generated in schools and professional studios around the world. It is a medium to explore the reality and future of design with up-to-date news, events, and projects.
"...a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, ..."
"We are translating reports and announcements from Greek websites and blogs." http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog http://www.3monkeyz.net/phpBB3/English/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1173 X-mas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPgT9ZkAiw