June 2012
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The New Trial of Socrates - ONASSIS CULTURAL... →
In the spring of 399 B.C., Socrates confronted 500 Athenians, citizens, judges and jurors, in his trial initiated by the charges leveled at him by Meletus, Anytos and Lycon. The trial began with a reading of the formal charges: “Socrates is a doer of evil, and corrupter of the youth, and he does not believe in the gods of the state, and he believes in other new divinities of his...
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May 2012
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May 31st
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May 31st
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The Man Who Broke Atlantic City - The Atlantic →
Don Johnson won nearly $6 million playing blackjack in one night, single-handedly decimating the monthly revenue of Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino. Not long before that, he’d taken the Borgata for $5 million and Caesars for $4 million. Here’s how he did it.
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goosh.org - the unofficial google shell. →
Goosh goosh.org 0.5.0-beta #1 Mon, 23 Jun 08 12:32:53 UTC Google/Ajax Welcome to goosh.org - the unofficial google shell. This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell. You type commands and the results are shown on this page. goosh is powered by google. goosh is written by Stefan Grothkopp,  it is NOT an official google product! goosh is open source under the Artistic License/GPL....
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Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever... →
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May 9th
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François Hollande wins French presidential... →
Nicolas Sarkozy concedes defeat to Socialist party candidate, who has become first leftwing president in almost 20 years
May 6th
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Logarithmic Maps of the Universe
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1Gbps wireless network made with red and green... →
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April 2012
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Apr 25th
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WatchWatch
It’s not a bird or a plane: it’s an unusual flying object that propels itself by flipping inside out. Created by engineers at Festo in Esslingen, Germany, the floating band filled with helium takes on different shapes while expanding and contracting to generate thrust and move through the air. (via New Scientist TV: Flying object propels itself by flipping inside out)
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