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Last login: 6 weeks agoMlansman: Max is a 20 year old guy in a relationship from Leeds, England, UK.; Likes 2,743 pages, 101 videos, 149 photos • 111 fans • Received 24 reviews; Member since Jun 19, 2005

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Mar 22, 10:43am: Important notice, please read

I'm moving! I've moved on from many of the opinions expressed in this blog, so have decided to move along. You may now find me at edificeofi. I'm going through the posts on here and transferring the ones I like, eventually though this blog will be deleted.

I hope the many friends I have made on here will follow me to the new places I wish to explore.

DNB DUBSTEP GRIME BREAKS OLD SCHOOL MP3 DJ MIX SETS: May 10, 2007 4:06pm 2 reviews drum-n-bass, elctronica
http://instramental.spaces.live.com/; A massive collection of DnB, Grime, Dubstep, Breaks, Oldskool and more, Mostly live sets and radio sessions. Unfortunately many of the links are broken, but none the less this is still an invaluable resource for any one into this stuff.

The first and only head transplant ever :: Vidmax.com: May 8, 2007 4:59pm 2 reviews
http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/566; The first primape head transplant, occording to "911 American JOE!" head transplantation dates back to the 1920s, however my research traces experements of this kind even further: "The first head transplants were conducted in 1812, although they had only a marginal amount of success. There were many successive attempts on a variety of animals including rabbits and dogs. It wasn't until the 1970s that there was any real success."š related experiments continued to be carried out throughout the 19th and early 20th centuary, untill 1912 when a scientist named Heymans "maintained life in an isolated dog's head by connecting the carotid artery and jugular vein of the severed head to the carotid artery and jugular vein of another dog. Partial functioning in the severed head was maintained for a few hours."˛. Such experiements raise a huge number question, let alone the obvious ethical issues involved think about this would effect identity. If the ultimate goal of such experimentation is a human head transplant, how would that effect the indivdual in question. Think of the psychological and emotional impact having a different body would have on an individual. This goal is surly not that far of (at least in theory whether human head transplants will ever be accepted by society is another question entirly) what with recent developments in stem cell research it seems that scientist will now even be able to reconect nerves so, contrary to what this video says, patients will not be left paralyised. If society did end up accepting this extreme procedure would it also be accepted for cosmetic reasons? Imagine being able to buy a new body. Indeed there is evidence to suggest that rather then whole head, actual brain transplants may eventually be possible, and thats a whole new ball game. Imagine if we could revive dead people brains and put them in new bodys, we could have einstien back! Whatever your moral take on this issue is one cannot deny the fascinating nature of all of these questions.

http://hd-dvd-key.com/: May 6, 2007 10:19am 38 reviews humor
http://hd-dvd-key.com/; 09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0

According to the new york times its:

"a secret code used by the technology and movie industries to prevent piracy of high-definition movies"

and apparently:

"An online uproar came in response to a series of cease-and-desist letters from lawyers for a group of companies that use the copy protection system, demanding that the code be removed from several Web sites.

"Rather than wiping out the code -- a string of 32 digits and letters in a specialized counting system -- the legal notices sparked its proliferation on Web sites, in chat rooms, inside cleverly doctored digital photographs and on user-submitted news sites like Digg.com."

THE INTERNET PUTS ITS MIDDLE FINGER UP TO THE CAPITALIST FAT CATS ONCE AGAIN!!!

Naomi Wolf: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps | World news | The Guardian: Apr 29, 2007 12:34pm 104 reviews politics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html; "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all "

-A great article

Welcome to Flow in Games: Apr 24, 2007 11:24am 16 reviews video-games
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing?tag=nl.e718; Really cool game, the idea behind it is that you just lose yourself in the game and time just flies......and it does. Beautiful.

Worldmapper: The world as youve never seen it before: Mar 3, 2007 9:12am 42 reviews geography, stats, maps
http://www.worldmapper.org/; "Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest." And the results are fascinating, in this one, area is proportional to military spending:

They also provide premade posters, would be great for class room displays and the like.

gwap.com - Home: Feb 24, 2007 12:29am 94 reviews online-games, a-i, human-computation
http://www.espgame.org/; This appears to be just another moderately amusing Internet game to become addicted to, however it is actually something far more interesting. A 50 minute lecture on this game, and the concept behind it, is given by its designer Luis von Ahn here; it is accompanied by the following text:

"Abstract tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. I advocate a novel approach: constructively channel human brainpower using computer games. For example, the ESP Game, described in this talk, is an enjoyable online game -- many people play over 40 hours a week -- and when people play, they help label images on the Web with descriptive keywords. These keywords can be used to significantly improve the accuracy of image search. I describe other examples of "games with a purpose": Peekaboom, which helps determine the location of objects in images, and Verbosity, which collects common-sense knowledge. I also explain a general approach for constructing games with a purpose."

Pretty fascinating really, if these techniques were utilized properly then the the results for A.I. could be phenomenal, a computer being able to interpret a picture! Ahn goes on to talk about games still in the design stage which could give common sense associations to images. A computer with common sense! Possibilities are endless.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Feb 22, 2007 2:10pm 50 reviews philosophy, reference, encyclopedia
http://plato.stanford.edu/; Undoubtedly the most useful, and probably the largest, online philosophy resource available. This site is my first port of call for any of my needs as a philosophy student, but that is not to say that the usefulness of this source is restricted to academia alone, as julian12 rightly says: "The language is clear and understandable, a virtue alas not too wide-spread in philosophical circles". And to quote yet another stumbler, Yariou: "More than Philosophy, Political Science, History....". Awesome.

Jonathan Yuen (2006): Feb 20, 2007 5:40pm 203 reviews graphic-design, design, flash
http://www.jonathanyuen.com/; Multidisciplinary designer Jonathan Yuen's website. really great use of flash, beautiful ambient background music and innovative interactive design. Thumbs way up.

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