Posts Tagged ‘intelligence’

President of the World

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

With the US Presidential campaign in full swing, it got me thinking what this country really needs: a badass rock star to lead, not just the U.S., but the entire freakin world! With that in mind, this ballot was created for the ultimate political race with a full governmental cabinet that you decide - Power to the people!

Rihanna, Paula Abdul, Christina Aguilera, Ashanti, Patti Austin, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Ciara, Kelly Clarkson, Gloria Estefan, Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Patti Labelle, Avril Lavigne, Lil’ Kim,…

The Torture Playlist

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Listen to the songs the American military uses to torture detainees. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees

“Jacques Leslie's “The Last Empire” is the best article I've read in the last 10 years?on any subject?in any magazine. It brings to focus the huge problem we have: China's massive population becoming more and more…

Music Has Its Own Geometry, Researchers Find

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Three music professors (from FSU, Yale & Princeton) have devised a new way of analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of the deep, complex mathematics they see enmeshed in its very fabric.

Writing in the April 18 issue of Science, the trio has outlined a method called "geometrical music theory" that translates the language of musical theory into that of contemporary geometry. They take sequences of notes, like…