olivetalks http://www.olivetalks.com The Olive has arrived and it has things to say… Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Shadow Scholar http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/11/16/the-shadow-scholar/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/11/16/the-shadow-scholar/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:25:45 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=354 Interesting story of someone who’s job is to write papers for university students.

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Bertrand Russell

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/14/facebook-and-twitter/feed/ 0 Jessica Alba doesn’t blink http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/jessica-alba-doesnt-blink/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/jessica-alba-doesnt-blink/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:28:10 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=340 See for yourself here. Freakish stuff!

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/jessica-alba-doesnt-blink/feed/ 3 Wanna study … zombies? http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/wanna-study-zombies/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/wanna-study-zombies/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:35:36 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=337 University of Baltimore is offering a class just for you.

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/wanna-study-zombies/feed/ 0 Next generation ARM processor http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/next-generation-arm-processor/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/next-generation-arm-processor/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:33:36 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=335 It sounds impressive.

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/next-generation-arm-processor/feed/ 0 EU plans for surveillance http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/eu-plans-for-surveillance/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/eu-plans-for-surveillance/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:29:49 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=332 German Pirate Party has published some documents about EU project called INDECT (in English) one and two. Of course it’s all in the name of security.

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/eu-plans-for-surveillance/feed/ 0 Improvisation … http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/improvisation/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/improvisation/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:09 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=329 doesn’t always work out well :)

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/dilbert-meets-frankenstein/feed/ 0 Self driving vans on a 3 month journey http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/self-driving-vans-on-a-3-month-journey/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/self-driving-vans-on-a-3-month-journey/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:13:09 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=323 I wonder when are we going to see them on the streets of our cities…

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/self-driving-vans-on-a-3-month-journey/feed/ 0 Flying cars already in 2011 http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/flying-cars-already-in-2011/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/flying-cars-already-in-2011/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:11:50 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=321 Here’s the story.

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]]> http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/09/10/flying-cars-already-in-2011/feed/ 0 ABCDE of moles http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/07/20/abcde-of-moles/ http://www.olivetalks.com/2010/07/20/abcde-of-moles/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:27:21 +0000 ZoltarStark http://www.olivetalks.com/?p=319 If you have moles you should monitor them using ABCDE criteria:

A – assymmetry

B- border

C – color

D – diameter

E – evolving

More information here.

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