http://ompldr.org/vYWVqdA "Basics Typography: Virtual Typography" addresses a fundamentally new form of typographical communication. The book explores the visual arrangement of words and letters in the context of multimedia. Here, this arrangement is not simply a spatial positioning of text information it is also bound by time. The increasing use of moving, virtual type can help to harmonise this time-based presentation of words on screen. The book touches on work from a variety of designers, including Channel 4 and Pentagram Design. This will provide an excellent introduction to the latest methods in typographical and visual communication.

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/dow.....p;type=pdf "In this paper, we describe how the integration of analogy, experimentation, and a qualitative model of city management can support planning and learning in the game of Freeciv [Freeciv, 2006]. In the rest of this section, we outline the context of this work, providing a brief synopsis of the Freeciv domain, our HTN planner, and analogical reasoning and experimentation. Next we describe how we are using a qualitative model of city economics to support credit assignment and avoid local maxima. We describe some experiments that demonstrate the ability to transfer and adapt prior training on different cities, and we close by discussing related work and future plans."

http://myanimelist.net/character/2888/Phantom_Harlock "Harlock is the archetypical romantic hero, a space pirate with an individualist philosophy of life." > individualist philosophy Наш человек ^_^

http://avva.livejournal.com/2358814.html.....#t80343582 "Helium walks into a bar and orders a beer... The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve noble gases here." Helium doesn't react. * A superconductor walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve superconductors here." The superconductor leaves without putting up any resistance. * A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest says, "Higgs bosons aren't allowed in here." The Higgs boson says, "But without me, how can you have mass?" * To get to the other side. Why did the tachyon cross the road? * Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't. * A parasite walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve your kind in here." The parasite says, "Well, you're not a very good host." * A neutrino walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve neutrinos in here." The neutrino says, "Oh, I was just passing through."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new.....print=true http://lj.rossia.org/users/tiphareth/1491790.html "As crazy as it is to lend to banks at near zero percent and borrow back from them at three percent, one could at least argue that the policy may have aided American companies by providing banks more cash to lend. But how do you explain the host of other bailout transactions now being examined by Congress? Like the Fed's massive purchases of securities in foreign automakers, including BMW, Volkswagen, Honda, Mitsubishi and Nissan? Or the nearly $5 billion in cheap credit the Fed extended to Toyota and Mitsubishi? Sure, those companies have factories and dealerships in the U.S. — but does it really make sense to give them free cash at the same time taxpayers were being asked to bail out Chrysler and GM? Seems a little crazy to fund the competition of the very automakers you're trying to rescue. And then there are the bailout deals that make no sense at all. Republicans go mad over spending on health care and school for Mexican illegals. So why aren't they flipping out over the $9.6 billion in loans the Fed made to the Central Bank of Mexico? How do we explain the $2.2 billion in loans that went to the Korea Development Bank, the biggest state bank of South Korea, whose sole purpose is to promote development in South Korea? And at a time when America is borrowing from the Middle East at interest rates of three percent, why did the Fed extend $35 billion in loans to the Arab Banking Corporation of Bahrain at interest rates as low as one quarter of one point? Even more disturbing, the major stakeholder in the Bahrain bank is none other than the Central Bank of Libya, which owns 59 percent of the operation. In fact, the Bahrain bank just received a special exemption from the U.S. Treasury to prevent its assets from being frozen in accord with economic sanctions. That's right: Muammar Qaddafi received more than 70 loans from the Federal Reserve, along with the Real Housewives of Wall Street." Какая красота. Хотя, после многолетней помощи пиндосии совку и не удивительно.

http://avva.livejournal.com/2351761.html You have a problem and decide to use recursion. Now you have a problem. You have a problem and decide to use Java. Now you have a ProblemFactory. You have a problem and decide to use Python. Now you don't know what you have. Could be an int, a string, a list or a problem. You have a problem and decide to use threads. Two now problems have you. You have a problem and decide to use Lisp. Now you have a list of problems. You have a problem and decide to use locks. Now you have You have a problem and decide to use delegation. Now your problem is your problem's problem. You have a problem and decide to use anagrams. Now you have lamb rope. You have a problem and decide to dissolve it in water. Now you have a solution.

http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2011/04.....ka-an-faq/ "What is the Church of Madoka? The Church of Madoka commemorates the sacrifice of our Goddess Madoka, who gave up her existence in order to free the Puella Magi of the cruel fate of being Witches, thus releasing them from despair and giving them Hope. What does the Church of Madoka preach? There are only two messages the Church preaches: (i). to remember the sacrifice of our Goddess Madoka and (ii). to never lose hope. Who leads the Church? Our Prophet and Saviour is Akemi Homura. In real life, I don’t really see a need for someone to lead it. How do I become part of the Church of Madoka? One only needs to remember the sacrifice of our Goddess Madoka and to never lose hope. No obligations otherwise should follow. Religion is about faith, not material needs or social validation. I’m not satisfied with just that! What else I can do to show that I am part of the flock?! Well, uh, you can like the Church of Madoka Facebook page, follow the Twitter account @ChurchofMadoka and maybe wear a pink ribbon to remind yourself of your faith. Be aware I do not run either Facebook and the Twitter account. If you have the financial means, there’s always the option of purchasing the Madoka Blu-rays. Volume 1 comes out on 4/27."

http://ompldr.org/vN2NvdA Scribus 1.3.5: Beginner's Guide This book is a step by step guide packed with interesting examples and screenshots that cover lot of support options to help you achieve the superior quality documents. This books is divided into 11 chapters, each chapter dealing with a precise aspect of the software to help you have the best overview and make the best design choices for your document. This book is for people who want to create professional-looking documents with Scribus. If you want a great looking brochure, newsletter, or poster, this is the book for you. No experience of desktop publishing software is required – only creativity and enthusiasm for creating great documents!