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History of Religion
How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religio
religion  history  maps  flash  map  video  reference  war  visualization  videos  Multimedia  politics  presentation  society  sociology  stats  teaching  time  geography  culture  world 
october 2007 by jtth
The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone
How is it done? How do you screw the taxpayer for millions, get away with it and then ride off into the sunset with one middle finger extended, the other wrapped around a chilled martini? Ask Earnest O. Robbins -- he knows all about being a successful con
Iraq  politics  corruption  war  bush  government  money  fuck  future  evil  economy  economics  disaster  administration  america  army  article  articles  blogs  business  crazy  crime  wtf  world  usa  taxes  sad  research  reference  read  profiteering  planning  international  idea  history  journalism 
september 2007 by jtth
A Softer World: 243
A very interesting and sometimes (overly)sentimental piece of art.
asofterworld  a  softer  world  comic  kindof  art  photography  commentary  interesting 
august 2007 by jtth
DesertStore Islamic Clothing -Abaya,Jilbab,Caftan
Some of this stuff is actually quite nice. The sandals are amazing.
islam  store  clothing  style  interesting  world  design  fashion 
may 2007 by jtth
Boy Bags Wild Hog Bigger Than 'Hogzilla'
Jamison is 11. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50- caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.
hunting  child  shoot  gun  shoots  boar  hog  pig  record  world 
may 2007 by jtth
Business Intelligence Lowdown: Top 10 Largest Databases in the World
A top 10 list of the largest databases in the world (that we know of).
list  top10  top  10  database  databases  dba  large  huge  giant  congress  microsoft  world 
february 2007 by jtth
Nerds 2.0.1 - On the Radar Scope
A little history of networking, and one of the precursors of the Internet: a desk with a camera.
history  vennevar  bush  memex  machine  internet  networking  network  story  wwii  ww2  world  war  two  2  engelbart  doug  radar 
january 2007 by jtth
Virtual reality to get its own network? - CNET News.com
Group says Neuronet, separate from Internet, to be launched in 2007 purely for virtual-reality games and business apps.
article  games  future  gaming  network  virtual  tech  world  metaverse  vr  virtualworlds  internet  unique  digg 
december 2006 by jtth
Wired 14.03: PLAY
WIRED interviews Seth Lloyd about his idea that the universe literally IS a quantum computer. I buy it, as it fits with other models at least to my knowledge, which is slim on quantum mechanics.
article  wired  books  world  computer  cool  environment  intelligence  news  life  philosophy  physics  programming  read  research  science 
april 2006 by jtth
der-mo.net _ Moritz Stefaner
The CIA World factbook as visualized through a relational browser.
browser  cool  reference  social  tools  design  web  facts  english  web2.0  webdev  flash  world  intelligence  howto  interesting  internet  navigation  network  politics  maps  visualization 
february 2006 by jtth
DIE OFF - a population crash resource page
DIE OFF "If a path to the better there be, it begins with a full look at the worst." -- Thomas Hardy Petroleum geologists have known for 50 years that global oil production would "peak" and begin its inevitable decline within a decade of the year 2000. Mo
business  energy  politics  development  environment  health  history  oil  news  peakoil  economics  reference  science  technology  world 
december 2005 by jtth
Your Age On Other Worlds
# Fill in your birthdate below in the space indicated. (Note you must enter the year as a 4-digit number!) # Click on the "Calculate" button. # Notice that your age on other worlds will automatically fill in. Notice that Your age is different on the diffe
calendar  cool  fun  funny  humor  interesting  reference  science  world  planets  space  age  astronomy 
december 2005 by jtth

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