just another persons waste of time
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others,
are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams
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06 November 2009
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How your brain sees virtual you - New Scientist
The way the brain regards the virtual "you" may help explain why some
people spend large chunks of their life online playing immersive games 
read on ...
The real distractions for pilots - Salon
The scolds in Congress pushing for legislation banning nonessential
gadgets from the cockpit are on the wrong track
... Am I absolving the Northwest pilots of blame? Am I advocating that
crews should be allowed to break out their laptops to play computer
games or surf the Internet while flying? No. But here again we are
witnessing one of this country's most wasteful and self-defeating
tendencies: that of coming up with unrealistic, zero-tolerance solutions
to problems that are either greatly exaggerated, badly misunderstood, or
that don't exist in the first place.
read on ...
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Posted by: Peter - 8:15 AM MST | Updated: 06 November 2009 8:24 AM MST
Tags: Computing News
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