Isn't it just amazing?

What more do you know or have heard about it?

(posted by Farid)


Posted:Sunday, December 28, 2003 | 

It is sad


It is sad. Yes it is really sad. I cannot say anything. Families who are mourning for their beloved. I do not forget; 21 June 1990, around 40,000 people died in an earthquake in the northern Iranian province of Gilan. Now it happened again! Houses in these cities are good for 2000 years ago! If earthquake only kills few people in California or in Japan, the reason is that human beings have value over there but not in Iran. The dictator government does not care about citizens’ lives. No education, no construction law, no……. still they are in medieval ages oh so frustrating !
I wish I was there to help people!

(posted by Iman)



Posted:Saturday, December 27, 2003 | 

This is the last song of the album "Radio Kaos " by Roger Waters. Unlike most of his works, this is an optimistic one and the music is wonderful. Interesting is the morse code at the end of the song trascribed at the end of the lyric.

The Tide is Turning

I used to think the world was flat
Rarely threw my hat into the crowd
I felt I had used up my quota of yearning
Used to look in on the children at night
In the glow of their Donald Duck light
And frighten myself with the thought of my little ones burning
But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
The tide is turning

Satellite buzzing through the endless night
Exclusive to moonshots and world title fights
Jesus Christ imagine what it must be earning
Who is the strongest, who is the best
Who holds the aces, the East or the West
This is the crap our children are learning
But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
The tide is turning
Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning

Now the satellite's confused
'Cos on Saturday night
The airwaves were full of compassion and light
And his silicon heart warmed
To the sight of a billion candles burning
Oo, oo, oo, the tide is turning
Oo, oo, oo, the tide is turning
The tide is turning Billy

I'm not saying that the battle is won
But on Saturday night all those kids in the sun
Wrested technology's sword from the hand of the
War Lords
Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
The tide is turning Sylvester

The tide is turning.

"That's it!"

[Transcription of morse code:]

"Now the past is over but you are not alone
Together we'll fight Sylvester Stallone
We will not be dragged down in his South China Sea
of macho bullshit and mediocrity"

(posted by Farid)

Posted:Tuesday, December 23, 2003 | 

The Visible Human Project

Joseph Paul Jernigan was executed in Texas in 1993 for a brutal murder he had committed. Before his execution, he donated his body to the State Anatomical Board of Texas. His body was selected for the Visible Human Project, designed to create accurate computerized versions of the human body. After being frozen, his body was sectioned at 1-mmm intervals.
For a graphic story of the murder go here.
To read about the whole project go here and each time click on the arrow sign at the bottom for the next page.
For Visible Human Viewer go here.
and lots more here.
and my favorite is here
by the way you can find "those that the state of Texas has killed " with a page for each here.

(posted by Farid)



Posted:Sunday, December 14, 2003 | 

Peter White

He is one of my favorite guitar players and musicians of all time . Read about this brilliant man here.

(posted by Farid)
Posted:Monday, December 08, 2003 | 

Alexander the Great Died from West Nile Virus

By the way, he had the same age as me when he died .

Read the whole thing here
(Posted by Farid)
Posted:Wednesday, December 03, 2003 | 

Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens , performs at the Nelson Mandela AIDS benefit concert in Cape Town

I had a post about him a while ago. I like his eyes and his smiling face. He also talks very sweetly.
Check it here
(posted by Farid)
Posted:Wednesday, December 03, 2003 | 

"There are known knowns;..."

"...there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns"

check it here
(posted by Farid)
Posted:Monday, December 01, 2003 |