Sheep without Muzzle http://blog.solomakhin.net The ideal is to hear the present as noise outside our window, while we continue to follow the discourse of the classics which resounds clearly and articulately inside our room. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:06:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Gibbon Is Right http://blog.solomakhin.net/2009/12/30/military-glory/ http://blog.solomakhin.net/2009/12/30/military-glory/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:06:22 +0000 Rouslan http://blog.solomakhin.net/?p=176 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

"As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters."

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Cool coupon

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Photos page

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That's right, the keyboard layout has no name. KGB style.

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Luis characterizes his research interest as "encouraging people to do work for free." How strong is this encouragement? Does he inspire? Do people get addicted? Do they feel guilty if work is not done? Are these incentives ethical?

Tom Mitchell (father of machine learning) was here last week. I can't complain.

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Many new mail messages

I am so popular!

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