tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64586602011-12-04T08:40:17.700ZRiflessioni, considerazioni e sfogazioniFabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.comBlogger5691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1163683702312385372006-11-16T13:24:00.000Z2006-11-16T13:28:22.340Z

This blog has closed permanently. Please visit The Second Version to read new material and update your links accordingly.Questo blog è chiuso permanentemente. Per favore visitate The Second Version per leggere nuovo materiale ed aggiornate i vostri collegamenti.

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Atheists, including agnostics, are constantly reviled by theists for being amoral, cynical and in short the source of all evil. Christians don't know who to blame for something going the wrong way? Blame atheism, the Enlightment and evolution. I've seen some twisted folk saying that atheists are even worse than Muslims - and this being on Little Green Footballs should give you an idea of the

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1162933646831496002006-11-07T20:39:00.000Z2006-11-08T08:59:28.660Z

Coming back to Italy, I realized something that I already knew, but only now actually impacted on me.It is the perception of the European - Italian in particular - situation that Americans have. Reading any random LGF thread, for example, one would get the impression that in all of Europe it is prohibited to mention the nationality/ethnicity of criminals.Well, not here. Most media give regularly,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1162547139567924932006-11-03T09:40:00.000Z2006-11-03T13:28:58.020Z

Hi all, I finally got my DSL in the new flat! It's nice and fast, but I have some problems with setting up the wireless network.However, stay tuned. I should be back in activity soon, and there will be changes.Update: Now my WLAN is working fine. I don't know what exactly the problem was, but I fixed it.

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(Un altro articolo copia&incolla, per dimostrarvi che sono ancora in circolazione)Qualche settimana fa ho dato un’occhiata al giornale anarchico Umanità Nova (che viene regolarmente distribuito nel mio paese da un anarchico del posto) e ci ho trovato una lunga tirata sullo sviluppo del terzo mondo o qualcosa del genere. Non ho lo stomaco per leggere questa tirate da capo a piedi, ma mi è rimasta

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1160665653882883852006-10-12T14:59:00.000Z2006-10-12T15:07:33.926Z

Hey lads & gals, missed me? Yeah, an awful lot I see.Things are OK here in Italy; weather is unusually warm for October and mushrooms are sprouting in the wood up my mountains. Life in Parma is quite good, but the kind and amount of bureaucracy I had to face is staggering. The Patriot Act? It's nothing compared to the stuff I had to go through here. Next time I chat up a girl, I'll tell her my

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159598611851828092006-09-30T06:41:00.000Z2006-09-30T06:43:31.910Z

A few more hours to gain a little sleep, and leave the room in decent conditions, and then I'm out.Stay tuned and see you later.Italianversion, out.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159449160348556152006-09-28T12:59:00.000Z2006-09-28T13:12:40.526Z

Anche se al mio ritorno in Italia sarò piuttosto occupato col completare la mia tesi, voglio farvi sapere che sono disponibile per:- Brevi traduzioni italiano-inglese ed inglese-italiano- Correzione e controllo di manoscritti tecnici, scientifici e divulgativi- Consulenza tecnico-scientifica in generaleLe tariffe saranno modiche, trattabili ed a contratto più che su base fissa; le modalità di

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159379127938684662006-09-27T17:33:00.000Z2006-09-27T18:58:38.176Z

A serious problem with the climate change - or AGW - research is that it relieas very heavily on mathematical climate models. Even studies aimed at disproving the hypothesis often do it.Now, mathematical modelling is usaed routinely in a number of different fields; so why is it a problem for climate research? The problem is testing these models.In the field I'm familiar with - chemical

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159277030094679602006-09-26T13:04:00.000Z2006-09-26T13:48:16.646Z

Monsoreau aderisce all'appello "In Difesa dell'Italia", che provvedo a ripubblicare per intero:APPELLO IN DIFESA D'ITALIAIl governo Prodi si appresta a cambiare la legge sulla cittadinanza e ad allontanare definitivamente l'Italia dai principi giuridici e di senso comune su cui si è per secoli fondata.Secondo questo disegno di legge, gli immigrati accederebbero alla cittadinanza italiana dopo 5

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159212514722518402006-09-25T18:53:00.000Z2006-09-25T19:28:36.016Z

The Italian Version sta per andare in ibernazione. Sforneró forse un articolo corposo prima di sospendere l'attivitá. Sono un po' a corto di idee, ma il motivo principale é molto pratico: sto per tornare in Italia, dove dovró trasferirmi in un nuovo appartamento, procurarmi un nuovo computer ed una connessione internet come si deve.Non so dire esattamente quanto ci vorrá, diciamo un paio di

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1159038784543218672006-09-23T18:28:00.000Z2006-09-23T19:13:05.573Z

Or, how not to have girls flocking towards you.The other day I bought the boxed set of Hellsing, and I can say I really enjoyed it. It's not a masterpiece or a thought-provoking work, but it's good entartainment.It has loads of fights, violence, blood (can't have vampires without blood, can you?), a protagonist who's as cool as vampirely possible and who shoots twin .454 Casull semiauto, and some

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158863555444158362006-09-21T18:13:00.000Z2006-09-21T18:34:49.226Z

Today's Semptember 21, the day of autumnal equinox (actually this year it falls on the 23rd, but don't bug me). From now on, the days will be shorter than nights going towards the gloom of winter.The summer has ended and autumn begins; you can feel it in the air, in the sun rays which are still warm but more and more slanted, in the cold air of the morning, in the trees getting ready for their

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Un complottista é passato da queste parti ed ha lasciato un commento al mio post sull'11 Settembre nel quale mi invita a riconsiderare le mie posizioni sulla vicenda.Io ho risposto, in maniera sí poco diplomatica, di attaccarsi e tirare. Questa é stata la replica, fedelmente riprodotta:il fatto che lei insulti è sintomatico: lei non ha argomenti. se deve arrabbiarsi o recriminare se la prenda con

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158774940733407712006-09-20T17:38:00.000Z2006-09-20T18:15:44.926Z

E' un tardo pomeriggio; ho raccolto un po' di dati in un paio di grafici accattivanti e fatto un paio di analisi di regressione, quindi passo qualche minuto a leggere il Corriere. Un articolo che inizia con una foto della Bellucci non puó finire male, penso. Ed invece, quello che ci trovo é orribile e raccapricciante.(Il ministro, NdA) Amato, che proprio ieri bacchettava Rai e Mediaset,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158697601550378462006-09-19T20:19:00.000Z2006-09-19T20:26:41.770Z

Dovrei scrivere qualcosa di acuto e provocante, o almeno illustrativo di veritá scientifiche fonadamentali ma ignote ai piú.Ma invece l'unico pensiero che riesco ad esprimere é che vorrei deportare Kate Moss e Pete Doherty in Antartide. Ad almeno cento kilometri dal primo insediamento. In pieno inverno.Ma non sono un barbaro jihadista: lascerei loro alcuni generi di prima necessitá. Un chilo di

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158524761635272652006-09-17T19:28:00.000Z2006-09-18T11:07:14.630Z

Per prima cosa, un'errata corrige: si scrive cartucce, non cartuccie. Avró imparato l'inglese, ma mi sono dimenticato certi fini dettagli dell'italiano.La gittata dei proiettili da pistola nei piú comuni calibri (9mm/.38/.357, 10mm/.40 e .45) é di 1000 - 2000 m, piú di quanto avevo stimato inizialmente.La pressione massima al momento dello sparo supera anche i 3000 bar nelle armi ad alte

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158353585874610922006-09-15T20:34:00.000Z2006-09-15T21:00:20.253Z

Well, now most of the conservative/rightwing/whatever folks know that Oriana Fallaci died.I have to admit, I've never been a huge fan of her.Oh yes, I agree with her broad point: Western civilization is a good, great thing, better than most other cultures and worth defending. And to hell with political correctness and multiculturalism.I also think that western civilization indeed has

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158257653826334782006-09-14T17:53:00.000Z2006-09-15T14:37:58.653Z

I have not forgotton (now I realize this typo is pretty ironic...) my English.It's just that I did not have any message of fundamental importance to deliver to the wide world in this language.The only story that somewhat piqued my interest is the psucho who shot up a bunch of students in Montreal.Despite what some - I think - ardently desired, this was no Muslim. He happened to be a metal-goth in

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1158080499350624722006-09-12T16:58:00.000Z2006-09-12T17:45:04.890Z

Titola il Corriere: Gli uragani sono arrabbiati con l’uomo.Giá questo incipit che attribuisce emozioni ed intenzioni umane a fenomeni naturali non ispira fiducia. Ed andando avanti, é pure peggio: Ancora una volta l’uomo si trova a fronteggiare la natura e, inesorabilmente, perde. Quest’ultima, con la sua forza superiore a qualsiasi tecnologia, si ribella alle violenze umane e si vendica. Secondo

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1157826414756348382006-09-09T17:52:00.000Z2006-09-22T01:04:13.103Z

Fra un paio di giorni sará il quinto anniversario del 9/11. Ci sará chi meglio di me commemorerá le vittime, perché la mia missione ora é diversa.Come ogni anno, in questo periodo i complottisti riprendono vigore e ci sommergono di strampalate teorie del complotto sull'11 Settembre.Bisogna contrastarli, non lasciare che queste bugie ed interpretazioni infondate si spargano come virus senza essere

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Temo che molti dei piú giovano non lo sappiano.Oggi é l'8 Settembre, un giorno di infamia per l'Italia.Quando il Re e lo Stato Maggiore, nel 1943, hanno accettato l'armistizio con gli Alleati.Che c'é di male nel fare la pace rompendo l'alleanza con un bastardo come Hitler? C'é che la cosa é stata fatta da vigliacchi, e dilettanti. Gli alti papaveri sono scappati al sicuro lasciando l'esercito

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1157484235551356092006-09-05T18:59:00.000Z2006-09-05T19:23:57.373Z

Yesterday I blasted a few European countries for allegedly denying landing rights to El Al flights carrying military material to Israel.Now the reply arrives: Europe denies barring El Al landings.From the statements reported in there, it appears that (except for Portugal) landing authorization may be denied on the basis of risks associated with the nature of the cargo - munitions are indeed more

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1157386433789344872006-09-04T15:59:00.000Z2006-09-05T12:33:46.916Z

Haaretz says: A number of European states are refusing to allow El Al cargo planes carrying Israel Defense Forces equipment from stopover landings in their airports.The refusal came from states considered friendly with Israel, including Britain, Germany and Italy, according to Captain Etai Regev, the chairman of El Al's pilots' union.Once again, Europe at its most stupid and vile. Stupid, because

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Nel primo articolo di questa serie, ho descritto per sommi capi la meccanica delle armi da fuoco, e le condizioni necessarie per consentire lo sparo.Quando lo sparo avviene, il proiettile lascia la bocca (o volata) della canna ad alta velocitá; 250 - 400 m/s per le pistole (i proiettili piú veloci di 340 m/s sono supersonici), possedendo una certa quantitá di moto ed energia cinetica.Il

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1157049751360896872006-08-31T18:30:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:54:36.960Z

The armies and intelligence services of the Western nation-states suffer from definite weaknesses in the War on Radical Islam.They are big organizations, bound to respect rules and laws, and go through bureaucratic processes to get a lot of things done. This makes them rigid, slow to react and to adapt to new situations, and often unable to use the most effective methods. In contrast, the enemy

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156850520274538762006-08-29T11:20:00.000Z2006-08-29T18:55:20.533Z

Abbastanza fresco e riposato, devo dire. Ma mi é bastato leggere un po' delle ultime notizie per tornare a scuotere la testa sconsolato.Ma ne parleremo piú tardi.Ecco una di queste notizie. Il Corriere non si risparmia, nella homepage: Tracce di ddt nel pesce spadaRiscontrata la presenza di 15 tipi di veleni, alcuni già banditi dal commercio, altri di nuova generazione e di uso quotidianoSuona

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156547711498977442006-08-25T23:13:00.000Z2006-08-25T23:15:11.523Z

Over the weekend and bank holiday, I'll be off to Cornwall.Internet will hardly be available, and I'm also planning to stay away from computers.Later folks...

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156440122750897082006-08-24T16:49:00.000Z2006-08-25T11:27:22.896Z

E' facile riscontrare, leggendo un po' di blog ed altre fonti d'informazione, che esiste una paura - quasi fobia - diffusa delle armi da fuoco, in Italia e non solo. Pistole e fucili vengono visti come oggetti malvagi, quasi come se avessero una propria volontá omicida.Ma come molte fobie, anche questa é in gran parte causata dall'ignoranza, e si puó curare con una migliore educazione ed

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156424263293705862006-08-24T12:42:00.000Z2006-08-24T12:57:43.600Z

Another sad and enraging story from Britain: A father has been shot dead in front of his fiancée and young son by a gang of young men after being terrorised for months.Same old stuff: a gang of chavs, police doing next to nothing until a honest citizen was murdered.Now Scotland Yard is reviewing the (in)actions taken after the man was stabbed the first time. Pull my other leg too.But wait, isn't

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156270988042332682006-08-22T17:56:00.000Z2006-08-23T12:43:06.020Z

Ok, todays' August the 22nd: according to some, on this date Iran's president Ahmadinejad would do something huge and terrible in order to free the 12th Imam and thus bring about the triumph of Islam or somesuch. Sort of the Battle of Armageddon in Islamic dressing; another escathological/millenaristic theology.But guess what, the world is still going on, more or less happily. No nuclear attacks,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1156166436519421722006-08-21T13:17:00.000Z2006-08-21T19:22:01.670Z

When you arrive at your office on a Monday morning, turn on your PC - yes, the one you use to do your work, the one with the dedicated software and all your documents - and you see it freezing on a Blue Screen of Death during boot. It's one shitty way to start your week, I tell you.Update 19:10 GMT: I plodded through the whole day on this other machine I have in the lab. It's not just the bad

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155934785721757432006-08-18T20:26:00.000Z2006-08-18T20:59:47.380Z

Well, weel. A while ago, I linked to the blog of Farah Sowaleef, because he wrote just like the kind of progressive, liberal Muslim and amicable Arab we need. And apparently she became quite a star of the Saudi blogosphere.And apparently she also spoke on an absurd "identity and obligation" panel. General tone of the event: "Maria: Can you represent being white and not be perceived as a racist?".

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155922224731279872006-08-18T16:48:00.000Z2006-08-18T17:38:17.833Z

Via Kevin, I found a piece written by some Spaniard apparently: I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz.We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155913497785780102006-08-18T14:47:00.000Z2006-08-18T15:34:37.720Z

Controllando il mio contatore delle visite, ho notato che c'é un certo interesse in giro per gli esplosivi liquidi e simili.Quindi, c'é qualcosa da aggiungere al mio articolo precedente. Non credo che questi jihadisti abbiano deciso di usare esplosivi liquidi/gel per ragioni di potenza. Tenendo conto anche della densitá di un esplosivo (ovvero, quanta massa sta in un determinato volume) i piú

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155835461911933752006-08-17T17:04:00.000Z2006-08-18T17:41:17.550Z

Tempo di aggiungere un paio di blog conservatori ed italiani piú duri e puri: BlacKnights e Lo Pseudosauro. Sará la stagione, o sará un cambiamento piú profondo, ma mi sento sempre meno incline al compromesso. Ah, e pure l'aggregatore Il Castello (ed Italian Libertarians).For something less political, but still serious, here's the blog of a real organic chemist: In the Pipeline. Ah, my days as

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155596338451072092006-08-14T22:49:00.000Z2006-08-14T22:58:58.490Z

Un paio di lettori mi hanno chiesto perché io scriva articoli sia in italiano che in inglese. E' il risultato di diversi fattori.Ormai sono essenzialmente biligue, e scrivo quasi sempre per ispirazione. Questo significa che a volte sono ispirato per scrivere in italiano, altre inglese, senza un motivo preciso.Comunque ho anche dei motivi razionali: preferisco usare l'italiano quando discuto di

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155551577934445952006-08-14T10:20:00.000Z2006-08-14T14:10:22.510Z

Last night, an anonymous phone call to the Italian newspaper Libero warned that an unexploded bomb would be found in Milan, in front of a former Islamic centre - now a restaurant which is a preferred meeting point for foreigners (I doubt of Chinese origin, tho). The caller also reportedly said "This is the beginning of the war against Muslims".(Corrected slightly since first published. - ed.)A

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155378337616913192006-08-12T09:29:00.000Z2006-08-13T17:54:41.936Z

La mia reazione al piano dei terroristi islamici per far esplodere aerei in volo?I soliti mussulmani.Quindi, ho realizzato che disquisire sull'esistenza o meno di "buoni" mussulmani e sulla percentuale degli estremisti è inutile. Gli estremisti hanno le intenzioni e le capacità di uccidere e distruggere, mentre i mussulmani progressisti/liberali mancano delle capacità ed intenzioni di tenerli

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1155060649917322352006-08-08T17:45:00.000Z2006-08-08T18:10:51.080Z

Dove sono stato negli ultimi due o tre giorni, qulcuno si potrebbe chiedere?La risposta é che mi sono divertito un totale a tentare di calcolare il luogo dei punti critici per la miscela idrogeno-anidride carbonica, usando l'equazione di stato di Peng-Robinson.Tecnicamente ci sono riuscito ed ho ottenuto dei valori numerici per i parametri critici. Tuttavia, questi valori non hanno senso in

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1154804763185785132006-08-05T18:29:00.000Z2006-08-05T19:26:37.143Z

For me, a book is really good if when I turn the last page I feel a pang of melancholy at the idea of saying goodbye to the carachters of the story and the world where they lived their adventures. Because you want to stay with them and see more of their places.The last book to do that to me was the one I just finished: Judas Unchained, by Peter Hamilton - the second book of the Commonwealth

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1154711060033480822006-08-04T15:44:00.000Z2006-08-05T20:29:31.750Z

Sono preoccupato per il futuro dell'Italia, davvero. Vedo nubi nere addensarsi all'orizzonte. Non penso che Prodi riaprirá i gulag, certamente, ma quello che il governo finora ha fatto e si propone di fare puó essere molto dannoso - ma rimanendo piú subdolo, un regime soffice, un po' come Gramsci propose.Vediamo quali sono i fatti inquietanti.- La lotta all'evasione fiscale. Non viene affrontata

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1154542369248039982006-08-02T17:45:00.000Z2006-08-02T18:15:57.260Z

Many hold that Hizballah is a terrorist organization because it attacks deliberately civilians. Well, for me attacking civilians is not necessarily terrorism; for example the doctrine of total war implies attacks on civilians too.But let's examine the situation of this conflict: for years, Hizballah has waged a low-intensity war against Israel (as whole, with no distinction between military and

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1154372217362836692006-07-31T18:39:00.000Z2006-08-01T17:47:54.383Z

L'evoluzione logica dello stato-balia é la tirannide. Pure con tutte le buone intenzioni del caso, un governo che voglia proteggere i cittadini da ogni rischio e pericolo finisce per limitarne fortemente la libertá.Esempio: LONDRA (GRAN BRETAGNA) - Inserire alcolici e sigarette fra le droghe. È la richiesta rivolta, sulla base del numero delle morti causate da questa sostanze, dal Parlamento

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1154280891184468652006-07-30T17:05:00.000Z2006-07-30T18:46:49.830Z

Israel bombed a building in Qana, Lebanon, and the strike resulted in the death of a large number of non-combatants, including several children (for the identification of the victims as non-combatants, it appears we have to trust local sources).The reactions around the world are as predictable as the swing of a pendulum: "firm condemnation" of Israel, not a word about Hizballah's widespread

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153934389988906042006-07-26T17:11:00.000Z2006-07-28T19:30:16.800Z

Someone from Nigeria arrived on my blog googling for"what is libral(sic) democracy"Oh boy... that's a good one. It is the less worse of all the government systems tried so far.It is when you are as free as possible in your thoughts, lifestyle and expression. It is when you have certain rights that cannot be infringed (not infringed easily, at least) and the means, legal and materials to defend

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153933165353757332006-07-26T16:47:00.000Z2006-07-31T12:43:35.020Z

Come si risolve il problema della sicurezza per le donne che si trovano a guidare da sole a notte fonda?In Inghilterra, c'é chi ha inventato l'uomo gonfiabile* per dare l'impressione che la donna al volante sola non sia.Io, nella mia rozzezza di biblico fallocrate, propongo una diversa soluzione. Glock 23 .40; aggiungeteci un po' di addestramento al poligono, munizioni Winchester Super-X

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153850925615814362006-07-25T18:05:00.000Z2006-07-25T18:08:45.640Z

It's a black-and-white case with the war Israel is waging against Hizballah in Lebanon. Tigerhawk explains clearly why.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153680257360925082006-07-23T18:11:00.000Z2006-07-24T19:19:05.503Z

The Israeli ground offensive in south-east Lebanon is continuing - after an air campaign that accomplished less than (naively?) expected.Wretchard has a map of the area, and his reader xwraith discovered something interesting (though not surprising): Hrm, I can see why they took the terrain that they did. Dug up an old topographic map of the border there and that is the highest ground for

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153507379858195922006-07-21T17:55:00.000Z2006-07-21T18:43:00.123Z

It is reported that the Israeli force advancing into Lebanon have encountered tough resistance from Hizballah fighters entrenched in a system of tunnels and bunkers.Heavy fixed defenses were last used succesfully in WWI, but then become rather obsolete. The Maginot line didn't even slow down the German thrust into France; in the Pacific theater the entrenched Japanese opposed a fierce resistance

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153334459340944552006-07-19T18:21:00.000Z2006-07-19T19:25:48.206Z

I'm still busy, my mind is still in overdrive... and it's boiling hot.I can only repeat what another Italian blogger, Otimaster, said:Give a little Help to your Italian friendsOur country has a new government which pretends to be democratic but is trying to turn into a socialist dictatorship.Violations of the rules of democracy happen every day and the judiciary is used as a weapon against

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153235887458388182006-07-18T15:11:00.000Z2006-07-18T15:18:07.546Z

Someone from the University of Birmingham was googling for help regarding:"back pressure regulator carbon dioxide supercritical problem hot day"Well, hot days like these are bound to cause all sorts of instrumental problems - and make laboratory life very uncomfortable.However, I invite he/she to mail me to discuss the problem more in depth; it's the tribe of supercritical CO2 researchers here...

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1153149706779770912006-07-17T15:05:00.000Z2006-07-17T15:38:27.953Z

Ok, now after whole years of low-intensity conflict Hizballah* stepped way over the line and gave Israel the casus belli to go in and kick some ass - just after Hamas did the same.Israel also decided to hold the whole nation-state of Lebanon accountable and destroyed targets also outside the Hizballah-occupied area. Whether this is a winning strategy or not, will be seen.Sheikh Nasrallah (this

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1152874602706773162006-07-14T10:45:00.000Z2006-07-14T10:56:42.750Z

Ho letto il post di Robinik, e mi ha fatto un poco cambiare idea. Non é necessario che i singoli bloggers aderiscano ad uno statuto vincolante - puó essere addirittura dannoso.Tuttavia, penso che gli aggregatori debbano. Sono persone che hanno responsabilitá verso tutti i "cittadini", ed anche il mondo esterno, e penso si debbano attenere ad un codice di comportamento.Da quello che ho capito,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1152618723866803482006-07-11T11:50:00.000Z2006-07-11T11:52:03.896Z

C'è di nuovo mare mosso in Tocqueville, tanto che alcuni dei "padri fondatori" e comunque blogger importanti hanno deciso di lasciare. Io non mi sono mai lasciato coinvolgere in queste discussioni se non battibecchi: sono spesso poco interessanti, sterili e prone a degenarare in rissa. Ed onestamente, ho aderito a Tocqueville più che altro per incrementare i miei accessi. Anche per fare rete ed

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1152492600879553132006-07-10T00:48:00.000Z2006-07-10T00:50:00.926Z

Of The Worldand it was anarchy in Italy, this night...

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1152346061902413922006-07-08T08:01:00.000Z2006-07-08T08:07:41.923Z

I am safe and sound, maybe just a bit hung over. I've been busy doing holiday things: being at the seaside, going out, volunteering at the local beer festival...And frankly, it's good to take a break from all this socio-political mess and just have some uninvolved fun.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1151775189062855532006-07-01T17:26:00.000Z2006-07-01T18:37:24.673Z

Ok, tomorrow I'm off to Italy for a holiday, and also to do some important things over there (that will involve interacting with the dreaded public service bureaucracy, argh)I will probably be kept away from my, even is steam-power-slow, Internet connection: this means that posting will be really scarce in the next 10 days. The upside is, food and drinks won't be scarce for sure...Update: Well,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1151602598925552742006-06-29T17:18:00.000Z2006-06-30T13:03:03.146Z

E non sono i miei pensieri. Sarebbe quasi meglio se lo fossero; non per me ma per il mondo, visto che la mia influenza nello schema generale é minuscola. Ma invece no, sono idiozie espresse da reporter, ambasciatori, giudici supremi: gente che ha influenza.Ed ecco la lista:- Sull'IraqIn un pregevole volumetto fresco di stampa, Andrea Nicastro ci racconta di quanto gli italiani ed altri

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1151347952068336452006-06-26T18:23:00.000Z2006-06-26T18:52:32.326Z

Allora, cominciamo con le buone notizie: l'Italia ha battuto l'Australia negli ottavi di finale. Con un rigore al 93' che secondo me c'era, ma non mancherá di suscitare polemiche - anche se gli australiani non mi sembrano inclini a rimuginare e recriminare sui veri o presunti torti subiti per interi lustri, a differenza degli italiani.La Nazionale ha giocato bene solo a sprazzi, ma ha anche

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1151247481204254822006-06-25T13:57:00.000Z2006-06-25T15:16:09.573Z

Pretty soon during the course of civilization (I suppose), people began to ask the questions "What is this stuff?" and "How much of it is in here?". Analytical chemistry does answer these questions; specifically, its qualitative branch can tall what is that stuff, and its quantitative branch can tell its concentration. There is also structural analytical chemistry, and it task is determining the

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1151083459889443732006-06-23T17:07:00.000Z2006-06-23T17:24:19.956Z

Negli ultimi tempi mi arrivano visite con la frase di ricerca "costruire un esplosivo".Io consiglio di imparare la lingua italiana, prima di dilettarsi con le scienze militari. Un esplosivo si puó preparare, miscelare, sintetizzare od al limite fare, ma non costruire. Una bomba, d'altra parte, si puó costruire, assemblare, fabbricare.Ma comunque non aspettatevi molto aiuto da me in questo campo.E

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150912129879334032006-06-21T17:34:00.000Z2006-06-21T17:48:49.973Z

Another busy day at work - training an MSc student, among other things - so just another little filler here.I was forgetting it, but today it's the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern emisphere.I'm not into druidic stuff at all, but sun on your skin is just good, for both body and mind. I can very well understand why people, especially at these northern latitudes,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150647180123776042006-06-18T15:12:00.000Z2006-06-18T17:40:03.326Z

Ho usato l'arcaica ortografia con la j finale solo perché mi é venuta voglia di farlo.Tramite Tocqueville, mi sono imbattuto nel blog THC, che come potrete immaginare é a favore della liberalizzazione di molte sostanza stupefacenti - cannabis in particolare.Io sono a favore della possibilitá di coltivare e consumare liberamente (certo a patto che lo stato di ebbrezza non interferisca con altre

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150643136315110242006-06-18T14:50:00.000Z2006-06-18T21:02:06.653Z

Yes, I'm back on these bytes, finally.I stole the expression from Wretchard, who coined it in an article on how the West is adapting to the war of ideas against Islamism. This war of ideas passes through the Internet, and specifically a certain number of individuals with their websites (or other means) dedicated to taking islamists head-on and providing an accurate picture of the situation in

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150291277088122542006-06-14T13:05:00.000Z2006-06-15T14:11:56.733Z

Il Corriere, bontá sua, ci informa dell'ultima polemica mediatica dall'Iraq: il video di una canzone da caserma cantata da un militare americano (molto probabilmente), Hadji Girl.Il Corriere sostiene che la canzone inneggia all'uccisione "gioiosa" di civili irakeni. Ma é proprio cosí? Intanto, mentre il termine hadji puó essere usato in modo dispregiativo, il vero dispregiativo per gli arabi é

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150208218477510132006-06-13T14:16:00.000Z2006-06-13T15:15:33.380Z

Qualche tempo fa, il gemello aa ha scritto un articolo nel quale demolisce senza pietá il libro Cambiare Regime di Christian Rocca - ed i partecipanti alla sua presentazione; fra i quali Giuliano Ferrara e Piero Fassino.E' da qualche tempo che penso a queste cose, ed ho qualche pensiero da buttare giú finalmente.Sembra esserci un malinteso di fondo riguardo al significato della parola piú usata

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1150136690783587092006-06-12T18:08:00.000Z2006-06-13T14:16:00.040Z

It's hot again in London: high 30 C with 35% humidity. It saps my energies.I've been here and there in the weekend, and to Obituary's gig last night so I had no time to write.In the World Cup, the USA just got a severe pounding from the Czech Republic: 3 - 0. It's a shame, but Czech Republic is regarded as one of the strongest teams in the world.Italy is playing Ghana in half a hour, and I don't

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149856238096822772006-06-09T12:24:00.000Z2006-06-10T19:25:24.050Z

Maybe someone still doesn't know but today it's the first day of the Football (soccer, for those across the Pond) World Cup 2006. Kick off at 18:00 CET with Germany vs. Costa Rica.I will support, in this order:ItalyUSAEnglandAnd let the best win!Cripes! 10/06: Clicking the blog title will take you back home from the archive pages, but not from the individual post pages. I'm not really in the mood

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149855836855560402006-06-09T12:22:00.000Z2006-06-14T16:14:54.010Z

E come no. Non é che i comunisti dell'Unione possano creare problemi a Prodi, no?

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149776947501954742006-06-08T14:11:00.000Z2006-06-12T11:06:11.443Z

Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, sospetto capo di al-Quaida in Iraq é morto a ieri, mercoledí, durante un attacco aereo americano che ha colpito la casa di Baquba nella quale si trovava insieme ad almeno sette luogotenenti, uccisi pure loro.Non dobbiamo farci prendere peró dalla sete di sangue e festeggiare questo evento come una lieta notizia. E' morto un combattente per una causa - diversa da quella

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149694274743118772006-06-07T15:28:00.000Z2006-06-08T13:47:21.106Z

Someone form Manila, Philippines, is irresistibly curious about:"procedure in making italian spaghetti with picture"If the someone in question is a cute pinay, I'll be happy to help. Really.Update 08/06: Beren tells me that Human Rights First has initiated a campaign in favour of Alaa, the Egyptian blogger of whom I already spoke on this very blog.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149614463422024072006-06-06T17:01:00.000Z2006-06-06T17:21:03.480Z

If you exclude that incovenient 0 it becomes 666, you say?Whatever... for metalheads like me 666 is a household number. Steve Harris wrote a whole song about it in 1982. And he's not even a satanist, just an East London chap. I've seen so many 666s that a 333 from time to time is a relief.These musings aside, June 6th is the date of a seriously important event: the Normandy Landing, or D-Day.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149540123921229562006-06-05T20:33:00.000Z2006-06-05T20:55:08.340Z

Cosí, i ribelli e/o jihadisti in Iraq colpiscono un altro mezzo italiano; un morto e due feriti gravi.E Mortadella e Napolitano esprimono profondo cordiglio. Un paio di palle. Poi il meglio che sanno fare é proporre la ritirata.La soluzione invece é riconoscere che c'é un guerra in corso. Una fottuta guerra, e la cosa da fare é consentire ai nostri soldati di fare il loro lavoro, quello per cui

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149445549470799702006-06-04T18:22:00.000Z2006-06-07T15:33:13.180Z

One thing I realized debating conspiracy theorists is that a lot of people out there are desperately clueless as to how airplanes work and what features they have. No wonder, then, that they will believe the most absurd claims regarding aircrafts.Aircrafts are designed and built to fly.This may seem stating the obvious, but in reality almost all features of airplanes (let's exclude helicopters,

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149444654541290552006-06-04T18:08:00.000Z2006-06-04T18:21:48.723Z

I knoe that reading mainly "conservative" blogs and media in general can give a biased view of reality, but I also have my own observations to back my views.In Londond, the shit is hitting the fan. I can't wait to finish my project and get the hell out of here.Where to, I don't know exactly. But crossing the Pond for another research contract is tempting. It wouldn't be easy, to adapt to another

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149247622423600102006-06-02T11:13:00.000Z2006-06-02T11:32:29.446Z

Bertinotti con la sua idea di uniformi arcobaleno da frocetto, Greenpeace con il loro patetico "blitz" ed i comunistelli pacifisti possono attaccarsi e tirare. Con forza.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1149182862060553962006-06-01T17:23:00.000Z2006-06-01T17:27:42.096Z

I'm a bit burnt out at the moment. I'm tempted to write again against ill-founded conspiracies, but that is a maze laden with booby traps, and I don't really have the time to wander through it.My article(s) about the disposal of nuclear waste are slowly maturing, like a fine cheese or wine. So maybe the next thing you'll read on these pages will be it.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148670587336217522006-05-26T19:00:00.000Z2006-05-26T19:09:47.366Z

Raven 42 (a company, I suppose; correct me if I'm wrong) is part of the support troops of the American army in Iraq. Made in great part of MPs and medics, they are not supposed to face intense combat.Yet they did, and they won. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester in particular dispatched four insurgents by herself with aimed shots.

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148666778056586802006-05-26T17:24:00.000Z2006-05-27T18:34:48.586Z

Le forse complottiste hanno lanciato una violenta offensiva su tutti i fronti, incontrando peró un'accanita e tenace resistenza.Se c'é una cosa che accomuna complottisti e jihadisti, é che entrambi non si arrendono mai. Ritornano sempre alla carica, baionetta innestata e correndo allo scoperto nel campo di fuoco delle mitragliatrici, senza curarsi dei morti e dei feriti. Perché per loro avere

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148488045677706852006-05-24T16:20:00.000Z2006-05-24T16:27:25.730Z

Iranian university students are protesting against the regime - which predictably is cracking down hard, a blogger reports.I have the distinct sensation that this story will hardly make the headlines, and only a few human rights advocates will speak up in righteous indignation. Will the UN ask Iran to cease the repression, much like they asked the USA to close Camp X-Ray? I doubt, but I'd like to

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148487345967615142006-05-24T16:07:00.000Z2006-05-26T13:57:52.870Z

Spari per difendere la tua proprietá da un ladro, e cosa succede? MILANO - I giudici della Prima Corte d'Assise di Milano hanno condannato rispettivamente a un mese e a 18 mesi di reclusione, con la sospensione condizionale della pena Giuseppe e Rocco Maiocchi, padre e figlio gioiellieri, accusati di concorso in omicidio volontario per aver ucciso un ladro montenegrino il 13 aprile 2004 dopo un

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148333621801757332006-05-22T21:13:00.000Z2006-05-22T21:33:41.883Z

Just found a most strange search phrase in my referrals: "steel is much denser than water.in view of this fact, how do steel ships float ?"Now, this isn't as laughable as it may seem. And I like to provide scientific information to my readers, so here we go.Ships float because they're for the most part empty; basically a shell around a large cavity. This makes the overall density of the ship

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148329143923857182006-05-22T19:57:00.000Z2006-05-22T20:24:47.620Z

In the last two or three years I concluded that the scope and reach of "human rights" have been inflated to absolutely ludicrous proportions, especially in Europe.The first nefarious consequence is that rights are cheapened and demeaned this way. If you consider the Bill of Rights, for example, you will see that it deals with a few fundamental rights, so important that were taken out of the

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148312674558751382006-05-22T15:27:00.000Z2006-05-22T16:27:49.840Z

Aribandus ha aggiunto alla sua inchiesta anche il nuovo - ma tutt'altro che risolutivo - video dell'attacco al Pentagono del 9/11.Ma ancora non basta. I complottisti ritornano sempre alla carica, con nuove e piú astruse elucubrazioni. Certo, i complottisti non sono tutti uguali: ci sono i pazzi furiosi, ci sono gli spacciatori di bugie per calcolo, e quelli che sembrano piú razionali e

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1148064966962342752006-05-19T18:44:00.000Z2006-05-19T18:56:07.190Z

This is weird: I'm getting a few pretty long visits from the domain integritycorporation.com (Texas, USA), that corresponds to this website: a marketing/brand consulting company.The link is to my "digital guerrilla" article (in Italian), but I can't see the referral. I'd like to know why my modest blog caught the eye of what apparently is a big business name.Parlando di visite, questo post di

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1147890066795538722006-05-17T18:16:00.000Z2006-05-17T18:48:36.026Z

I borrowed a book on the subject from the library and I' more than halfway through it:Neil A. Chapman, Ian G. McKinleyThe Geological Disposal of Nuclear WasteJohn Wiley & Sons, 1987, ISBN 0 471 91249 2The book is rigorous yet not exceedingly complex (it carefully avoids matemathical treatment, among other things), so much it can be understood almost in full even by people without considerable

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1147689018936410932006-05-15T10:20:00.000Z2006-05-17T18:51:06.136Z

Grazie a tutti coloro che hanno aderito alla mia iniziativa per la liberazione di Alaa Abd el-Fatah. Il preavviso é stato breve, ma una buona decina di blogs sono coinvolti.Oggi é il Giorno-L, ovvero il giorno delle lettere. Scrivete (scriviamo) all'ambasciata egiziana per far sentire la nostra voce.Aggiornamento 12:47 GMT: Abbiamo un problema tecnico. Ho provato a mandare un messaggio

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1147365096958734692006-05-11T15:39:00.000Z2006-05-13T15:12:13.233Z

E' raro che una un comune cittadino da solo possa cambiare le decisioni prese da un governo autoritario. Ma se gli individui si organizzano e fanno rete per concentrare i propri sforzi, si puó ottenere molto di piú, soprattutto in questa etá dell'informazione.Il prominente blogger egiziano Alaa Abd El-Fatah é stato arrestato dalla polizia egiziana durante una manifestazione pochi giorni fa, e ci

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I just got my visit number 25 000. Yeah, I know, not much for two years of activity. But I tried, posting skin pics and dirt. Whatever.Visitor 25 000 comes from Oregon, USA, Oregon State System of Higher Education, and was searching for "cia world facts". Congratulations, you win an used PTFE gasket.I want to write a more scientific post about the issue of nuclear waste disposal, but because it's

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Today's media report yet another turn of the horrific Palestinian carousel: the USA accepted the proposal of the other three members of the infamous Quartet (UN, EU, Russia) and agreed to aid the Palestinians, after foreign aid was cut off following the electoral victory of Hamas.But only for humanitarian reasons; to provide services and pay the salaries of doctors and teachers for a limited

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Mentre io bel bello continuavo a scrivere (sporadicamente) articoli, altri bloggers hanno deciso di aggiungere The Italian Version alle loro liste. Quindi, benvenuti a: NeOquidnimis; Camelotdestraideale e Pro American Movement.Ed inoltre, due blogs diciamo ai margini della mia area: Inminoranza che é parte della sinistra "illuminata"; ed At the Zoo che invece é un incrollabile nazionalista

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146850186558682602006-05-05T17:17:00.000Z2006-05-05T17:32:31.246Z

Lee Harris writes: Sorel's response to Renan's comment is not to say, "Renan is wrong; there is a socialist solution, and one day we will find it." Instead, he focuses on the fact that socialists gain their strength precisely from their refusal to recognize that no socialist solution exists. "No failure proves anything against Socialism since the latter has become a work of preparation (for

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146760893621409062006-05-04T16:27:00.000Z2006-05-04T17:06:50.486Z

"Red" Ken Livingstone, sindaco di Londra dalle spiccate tendenze comuniste, antisemite etc ci informa che per risparmiare acqua a casa sua non si tira lo sciacquone da piú di un anno dopo aver urinato soltanto. Fulco Pratesi, presidente del WWF italiano dalle spiccate tendenze demenziali, non puó certo stare a guardare e ci informa che lui per risparmiare acqua riduce al minimo i lavaggi.Scherzi

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Il processo a Zacharias Moussaoui é finito - con una condanna all'ergastolo che ha lasciato l'amaro in bocca a molti conservatori americani - e non solo americani.Per me, la fucilazione alla schiena sarebbe una pena adeguata.Si puó obbiettare che l'esecuzione ne farebbe un martire, ma é un rischio che vale la pena di correre. Intanto, per gli jihadisti la morte nobile é quella in combattimento

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146677699686031442006-05-03T17:04:00.000Z2006-05-03T17:34:59.823Z

I haven't much inspiration to write another juicy sci-tech post, so I'll just rag a little more about Little Green Footballs. Ready?The fact is, an Islamic court in Somalia sentenced a murderer to be publicily stabbed to death by the 16-year-old son of his victim.As you can see in the comments, a nutrite number of LGFers are thus facing a serious conundrum:On one hand they support the harshest

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146573998280594302006-05-02T12:37:00.000Z2006-05-02T12:46:38.303Z

Via Silent Running, here comes this story: an American blogger is being sued for unveiling a long story of incompetence and dubious practices regarding an internet advertisement camapaign for the state of Maine - the highlight being a phonesex number placed in one of these ads.So we have an individual - a free man, I may say - being squashed by an unhealty association of bureaucracy and corporate

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146500482380855612006-05-01T15:53:00.000Z2006-05-01T17:23:27.753Z

I took a short break from blogging and other intellect-intensive activities, and now I'm ready to shoot my guns again! Fire in the hole!There is a rather diffuse opinion that many scientific conclusions aren't really definitive and will change with the current fads and trends, much like winter coats. And if scientists can't even tell definitively whether coffee is good or bad for you, how could

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146228207264394172006-04-28T12:35:00.000Z2006-04-28T13:05:51.246Z

La madre e la sorella del Capitano Nicola Ciardelli, caduto in Iraq quando l'esplosione di una mina ha colpito il mezzo nel quale stava viaggiando, si dichiarano orgogliose del lavoro fatto dal loro caro, fino al sacrificio finale - e sperano che questo non sia vanificato da una politica di fuga e resa.Questi sono i buoni cittadini, quelli che comprendono e supportano gli sforzi ed i sacrifici

Fabiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14098143170537435563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458660.post-1146063777175157042006-04-26T15:00:00.000Z2006-04-26T15:02:57.206Z

I've got summaries and papers to write and experiments to do. I couldn't even dedicate a tiny post to the April 25th, which is an Italian national festival - the end of World War 2 and liberation of Italy.And excpect this situation to continue for a few more days.

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