tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36216432011-12-14T18:41:29.145-08:00Experimenting with BloggerJust for experimentsAaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621643.post-1136015166374873272005-12-30T23:27:00.000-08:002005-12-31T00:02:39.626-08:00Collaborations among humansThere is a series of interesting articles in The Economist on human evolution. The most interesting point was the observation that human brains are hardwired to detect injustice. This means that even our ancestors could distinguish between friends and foes based on previous actions done by their counterparts. A good deed was returned by a good deed, but selfishness was Aaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621643.post-1135744857314289842005-12-27T20:30:00.000-08:002005-12-27T20:40:57.323-08:00Similarity of conflicts in Iraq, with Indo-Pak skirmishesThe resistance of the Sunni population of Iraq to the Shia dominated democratic government has led to an increasing number of skirmishes and demonstrations, and is feared to make the American dream of a democratic Iraq run out of steam. Isn't this very similar to how things would have been in India had the partition not taken place? It willAaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621643.post-1134838011470857852005-12-17T08:42:00.000-08:002005-12-17T08:46:51.480-08:00Snow soccerA new addition to soccer games - snow soccer! It's basically soccer, but it's played in 30cm of snow. It's real fun - try it some time. The pluses: You get to try out amazing shots with diving headers and Pele style bicycle kicks. The minuses: Nothing really, except that you feet get very cold.We even have an Orkut community on this: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=6986020Aaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621643.post-1134805621271191692005-12-16T23:30:00.000-08:002005-12-17T10:11:16.116-08:00King Kong, the movieWhat do you get when stupid veggie dinosaurs don't know how to run and just keep tumbling upon each other? King Kong.What do you get when a girl tries to teach a gorilla to say 'beautiful'? King Kong.What do you get when dinosaurs and gorillas turn into trapeze artists? King Kong.Oh boy, if you want to do something for yourself, then don't watch King Kong. I was totally Aaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621643.post-786501852002-07-07T08:46:00.000-07:002005-12-16T23:49:15.223-08:00Weblogging: The trees fight backJul 4th 2002 From The Economist print editionShould old media embrace blogging?BACK in the mists of early Internet history, online publishing was going to wrest power from the inky fingers of old media groups and put it in the hands of ordinary people. Well, it never happened. Yet just when old media began to feel smug again about its old-fashioned paper-based Aaditeshwar Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196088629506868828noreply@blogger.com