| New blog is ready to roll |
[Nov. 15th, 2011|04:12 pm] |
I have started a blog on WordPress that will focus on all aspects of information technology such as computer networking, information security, operating system usage, etc. If you are interested in these topics, I hope you visit the blog and add it to your bookmarks. I plan on updating it a few times per week.
http://dougvitale.wordpress.com/ |
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| Writer's Block: Neuromancer |
[Oct. 1st, 2008|02:51 pm] |
So, which novels have had major impacts in society, with "impact" meaning "influenced everything from technology to pop culture"? Let's define the term novel as "an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events".
First let me point out that I think most of the novels presented as answers to this question do not really fit the criteria.
In my opinion, several novels that were/are very influential on society (and not just on academia and the intelligentsia) are:
1. Dracula
2. Frankenstein
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin
4. The Iliad, the Odyssey
5. Candide
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Catcher in the Rye
8. All Quiet on the Western Front
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| Iraqi's May Suffer from Emotions |
[Jul. 26th, 2007|01:02 pm] |
Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die
CHAPEL HILL, NC—A field study released Monday by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health suggests that Iraqi citizens experience sadness and a sense of loss when relatives, spouses, and even friends perish, emotions that have until recently been identified almost exclusively with Westerners.
"We were struck by how an Iraqi reacts to the sight of the bloody or decapitated corpse of a family member in a not unlike an American, or at the very least a Canadian, would," said Dr. Jonathan Pryztal, chief author of the study. "In addition to the rage, bloodlust, and hatred we already know to dominate the Iraqi emotional spectrum, it appears that they may have some capacity, however limited, for sadness."
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