rodcorp: rodcorp: Transport systems, safety, mapsTransport systems, safety, maps, designTufte: Boeing powerpoint on Columbia misleading- March 19, 2003 Close analysis of Columbia investigation, its reasoning and presentation. Reminiscent of Tufte and Feynman on Challenger. via Robotwisdomhttp://www.edwardtufte.com/1576494545/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000Rs&topic_id=... Encoding Altruism: The Art and Science of Interstellar Message Composition- March 14, 2003 See also: Brian McConnell's Beyond Contact (am.co.uk) via boingboinghttp://publish.seti.org/art_science/2003/ Pictures from the space shuttle Columbia reconstruction project- March 14, 2003 via jwzhttp://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=news_photos&p=columbia+hangar Cartograpolitics: New Pentagon map explains why we will keep going to war- March 11, 2003 New, very nation-state-centricgeopolitically-centric security paradigm (what of borderless, nation-stateless politics) being pushed by the Pentagon. Possible summary: We are "the core", which is a good democratic, networked place. The bad people are in "the gap" corporate pun not intended sadly, where things aren't networked or democratic. Thesis: shrink the Gap to stop bad things. Or to recapitulate, the thinking seems to go like this: Globalisation is good (because we in the West are at...http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets/ThePentagonsNewMap.htm |