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Henri Poincaré: Mathematical Creation Identification Number: 385 Excerpt: Henri Poincaré Mathematical Creation==== |All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them by mistake or oversight. SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)| The genesis of mathematical creation is a problem which should intensely interest the psychologist. It is the activity in which the human mind seems to take least from the outside world, in which it acts or seems to act only of itself and on itself, so that in studying the procedure of geometric thought we may hope to reach what is most essential in man's mind. This has long been appreciated, and some time back the journal called L' enseignement mathematique, edited by Laisant and Fehr, began an in vestigation of the mental habits and methods of work of different mathe maticians. I had finished the main outlines of this article when th... Author:  ALBERTO 
Tuesday June 16, 2009 - 01:05:38 Visitors: 290 Tagged by its author as: Scientifical ReviewsList topics of this author only: click here Pubblicita' Per Me Stesso: Risposte Pertinenti A Quiz E Domande Impertinenti Identification Number: 384 Excerpt: [100 Annoying Questions Dealt With By Increasingly Annoyed Answers] WHAT WAS YOUR: 1. Last beverage = Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins." - that's precisely what we drink, everyday. 2. Last phone call = somebody whom I don't know called me and left a message on my answering machine that I did not listen to. 3. Last text message = received or sent? received, somebody was trying to arrange a dinner with me and a few friends, but I saw the message too late. I am always too late. I like it. 4. Last song you listened to = How To Save A Life 5. Last time you cried = I don't believe that was going to be my last time. HAVE YOU EVER: 6. Dated someone twice = rarely. 7. Been cheated on = who cares. 8. Kissed someone & regretted it = no, never. When I kiss I don't regret it later. 9. Lost someone specia... Author:  ALBERTO 
Friday May 29, 2009 - 01:49:26 Visitors: 340 Tagged by its author as: Self ImprovementList topics of this author only: click here A Collection Of Brief And Famous Or Wise Quotations Identification Number: 383 Excerpt: We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld [1.] The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~ Chuang Tzu [2.] A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~ Lee Segall [3.] Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. ~Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland [4.] Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~ Andre Gide [5.] Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ~ Aesop [6.] Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying. ~ Baba Ram Dass [7.] I am a part of all that I have met. ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Monday May 11, 2009 - 06:09:06 Visitors: 507 Tagged by its author as: QuotesList topics of this author only: click here Bertrand Russell: A Free Man's Worship Identification Number: 382 Excerpt: Bertrand Russell A Free Man's Worship==== To Dr. Faustus in his study Mephistopheles told the history of the Creation, saying: "The endless praises of the choirs of angels had begun to grow wearisome; for, after all, did he not deserve their praise? Had he not given them endless joy? Would it not be more amusing to obtain undeserved praise, to be worshipped by beings whom he tortured? He smiled inwardly, and resolved that the great drama should be performed. "For countless ages the hot nebula whirled aimlessly through space. At length it began to take shape, the central mass threw off planets, the planets cooled, boiling seas and burning mountains heaved and tossed, from masses of cloud hot sheets of rain deluged the barely solid crust. And now the first germ of life grew in the depths of the ocean, and developed rapidly in the fructifying warmth into vast forest trees, huge germ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Tuesday May 5, 2009 - 08:41:14 Visitors: 469 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Protocolli Del Soccorritore? Alla Lettera Please, E Con Il Concorso Di Tutti. Identification Number: 381 Excerpt: Scrivo di getto va'. I protocolli questi sconosciuti, sono un problema. Dovrebbero essere applicati alla lettera, e quando ciò non accade sarebbe scusabile solo per dimenticanza di un passaggio. O per eccesso di zelo (esempio? carotideo su BLS che va verso possibile CPR). Perchè se devo sbagliare, preferisco farlo per avere preso una cautela in più che non serviva, piuttosto che una in meno che invece sarebbe servita... Collare (e prima guardagli sto collo, azzo!), AB (OPaCS) C (radiali, refill capillare, edemi periauricolari) D (AVPU, isocoria) E (SAMPLE, OPQRST) Trauma? Collare! Trauma ad un unghia? Collare! Spinale? Si mette il cucchiaio prima - protocollo IRC aggiornato, non si scavalca il passaggio solo perchè siamo piu familiari con il precedente! Si spinalizza a terra, NON in barella. E le cinghie della barella si passano nella spinale (e bravo ALbertino, che te lo sei dimenticato proprio di recente... che ci sto di mezzo pure io, ma vorrei che la autoconsapevolezz... Author:  ALBERTO 
Wednesday April 29, 2009 - 20:09:35 Visitors: 691 Tagged by its author as: Emergency CareList topics of this author only: click here Entropy Revised - At A Glance Identification Number: 380 Excerpt: Entropy is the tendency of a system to produce disorder if left to its own devices - typical example the egg flung on a floor: the chances that by keeping throwing it (or shuffling it) you will have back a whole egg are almost nigh, though theoretically it would definitely be a possible combination. Yet, why a smooth net of splashed atoms is considered ordered, and a integer egg as a disorder? That is, entropy says that when atoms are arranged in such a way so to constitute nothing else than an unform net, that is "order"; when they arranged in such a way as to build up the computer you're using now, that's "disorder". Though nothing of this invalidates the entropy theory (it is a fact that a built system decays into sparsed atoms, provided you fuel them with enough time and no care all the while), one wonders why it deems ordered a status where nothing is built up. If that would be the correct manner of perceiving things, then the world would not be built out of chaos, but ou... Author:  ALBERTO 
Wednesday April 29, 2009 - 20:07:08 Visitors: 532 Tagged by its author as: Scientifical ReviewsList topics of this author only: click here Everyday's De Profundis Identification Number: 379 Excerpt: G***, it's Alberto. I have neither your address nor your phone number, thus I am writing to you by email. I saw M*** yesterday, and he reported the news to me. I have been volunteering for almost two years by now, with constancy and in no discontinued manner. I discovered things I ignored. People around the corner who live in their small houses, their little nests built with years of sacrifices -and at times a lifetime- who have been spending there their anonymous lives paralyzed from their upper neck downward for thirty years; thirty years spent staring at a ceiling with no frescos, often dampened with humidity because at times they are very destitute families. Eighty years old husbands half incapacitated by an ictus sleeping in a tiny separated bed beside their seventy years old wives and the latter already totally paralyzed, looking into each other eyes with the remains of their lucidity, with the remains of their allotted daytime: love till the end of the world. People going ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Tuesday April 28, 2009 - 00:10:09 Visitors: 611 Tagged by its author as: Epistles Letters and AdviceList topics of this author only: click here Javascript Invert Checkbox Status: Uncheck Checked, Check Unchecked. Identification Number: 378 Excerpt: {OBJECTIVE}: given a set of checkboxes having the same name property, invert their selections; that is, check the uncheked and uncheck the checked. An easy task. Note: a similar one is: Javascript Report Checked Not Checked In Set Of Checkboxes Having The Same Name . function inverseCheckbox(family){ for(i=0; i... Author:  ALBERTO 
Sunday April 5, 2009 - 12:46:38 Visitors: 939 Tagged by its author as: Programming JavascriptList topics of this author only: click here Isaac Newton: Observations upon the Prophecies: Of the Prophetic Language Identification Number: 377 Excerpt: Isaac Newton Observations upon the Prophecies Chapter 2: Of the Prophetic Language==== For understanding the Prophecies, we are, in the first place, to acquaint our-selves with the figurative language of the Prophets. This language is taken from the analogy between the world natural, and an empire or kingdom considered as a world politic. Accordingly, the whole world natural consisting of heaven and earth, signifies the whole world politic, consisting of thrones and people, or so much of it as is considered in the Prophecy: and the things in that world signify the analogous things in this. For the heavens, and the things therein, signify thrones and dignities, and those who enjoy them; and the earth, with the things thereon, the inferior people; and the lowest parts of the earth, called Hades or Hell, the lowest or most miserable part of them. Whence ascending towards heaven, and desc... Author:  ALBERTO 
Saturday March 21, 2009 - 23:12:43 Visitors: 638 Tagged by its author as: Religion Esoterica and SpiritualityList topics of this author only: click here L' Unica Cosa Che Conta E' Lo Yoga Identification Number: 376 Excerpt: Tautologia e contraddizione: dati A e B la tautologia è quando spieghi A usando B posto che B=A, la contraddizione quando spieghi A usando B posto che B=l'opposto esatto di A. Inoltre, se sei in dubbio su come sostenere un argomento, prediligi nelle tue spiegazioni l'uso del disgiuntivo (o...o....o) piuttosto che della congiunzione (e...e...e...): hai più possibilità di non cadere in contraddizione. Naturalmente, alla fine dei conti, nessun argomento conta, ma solo la fede: come dice san Paolo "noi non camminiamo grazie alla vista, ma grazie alla fede". Ed è vero. Per quanto si possa spiegare una cosa, è sempre possibile chiedere ulteriori delucidazioni perchè è sempre possibile continuare a chiedere "perchè?". Si risale alla fine all' assioma, cioè al presupposto dato per vero senza spiegazione, e l' interlocutore inizia ad esasperarsi sempre di più man mano che ci si avvicina. Dunque il valore di una ermeneutica (=interpretazione o spiegazione di una cosa) non sta ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Sunday March 15, 2009 - 09:03:00 Visitors: 1,132 Tagged by its author as: Epistles Letters and AdviceList topics of this author only: click here Linee Guida Universali Per Operatori Angelici Consegnanti Messaggi Identification Number: 375 Excerpt: La nostra Agenzia è incaricata della consegna di messaggi confidenziali da mittenza iperuranica a destinatarii sublunari. A tal fine, la nostra Agenzia si avvale di Operatori specializzati. I nostri Operatori non indossano divise predefinite, e preferibilmente esbiscono gli emblemi di Servizio con discrezione assoluta e sempre in maniera leggibile. Tutti gli emblemi di Servizio dei nostri Operatori non sono falsificabili e sono inconfondibili se osservati con attenzione. I nostri Operatori possono piangere, ed hanno facoltà di commuoversi per vicende sublunari di loro scelta. I nostri Operatori possono ridere, ma solo secondo modalità mozartiane, oppure discretamente. I nostri Operatori possono essere radianti. I nostri Operatori possono essere spaventati, ma solo da sè stessi. I nostri Operatori hanno facoltà di essere timidi e velarsi, ma non per sempre. I nostri Operatori possono rendersi completamente invisibili a loro discrezione, o talora a loro insaputa o ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Friday March 13, 2009 - 00:15:35 Visitors: 1,079 Tagged by its author as: Religion Esoterica and SpiritualityList topics of this author only: click here Ernest Hemingway: Three Shots. Identification Number: 374 Excerpt: Ernest Hemingway Three Shots==== Nick was undressing in the tent. He saw the shadows of his father and Uncle George cast by the fire on the canvas wall. He felt very uncomfortable and ashamed and undressed as fast as he could, piling his clothes neatly. He was ashamed because undressing reminded him of the night before. He had kept it out of his mind all day. His father and uncle had gone off across the lake after supper to fish with a jack light. Before they shoved the boat out his father told him that if any emergency came up while they were gone he was to fire three shots with the rifle and they would come right back. Nick went back from the edge of the lake through the woods to the camp. He could hear the oars of the boat in the dark. His father was rowing and his uncle was sitting in the stern trolling. He had taken his seat with his rod ready when his father shoved the boat... Author:  ALBERTO 
Sunday March 1, 2009 - 23:38:24 Visitors: 1,054 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Thomas Mann: The Infant Prodigy Identification Number: 373 Excerpt: Thomas Mann The infant prodigy (1903)==== The infant prodigy entered. The hall became quiet. It became quiet and then the audience began to clap, because somewhere at the side a leader of mobs, a born organizer, clapped first. The audience had heard nothing yet, but they applauded: for a mighty publicity organization had heralded the prodigy and people were already hypnotized, whether they knew it or not. The prodigy came from behind a splendid screen embroidered with Empire garlands and great conventionalized flowers, and climbed up nimbly the steps to the platform, diving into the applause as into a bath; a little chilly and shivering, but yet as though into a friendly element. He advanced to the edge of the plalform and smiled as though he were about to be photographed; he made a shy, charming gesture of greeting, like a little girl. He was dressed entirely in white silk, which ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Saturday February 28, 2009 - 23:17:23 Visitors: 934 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here H.P. Lovecraft: Polaris Identification Number: 372 Excerpt: H.P. Lovecraft Polaris (1918)==== Into the North Window of my chamber glows the Pole Star with uncanny light. All through the long hellish hours of blackness it shines there. And in the autumn of the year, when the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon, I sit by the casement and watch that star. Down from the heights reels the glittering Cassiopeia as the hours wear on, while Charles' Wain lumbers up from behind the vapour-soaked swamp trees that sway in the night wind. Just before dawn Arcturus winks ruddily from above the cemetary on the low hillock, and Coma Berenices shimmers weirdly afar off in the mysterious east; but still the Pole Star leers down from the same place in the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to... Author:  ALBERTO 
Wednesday February 11, 2009 - 09:41:59 Visitors: 921 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Irwin Shaw: Peter Two Identification Number: 371 Excerpt: Irwin Shaw Peter Two==== It was Saturday night and people were killing each other by the hour on the small screen. Policemen were shot in the line of duty, gangsters were thrown off roofs, and an elderly lady was slowly poisoned for her pearls, and her murderer brought to justice by a cigarette company after a long series of discussions in the office of a private detective. Brave, unarmed actors leaped at villains holding forty-fives, and ingenues were saved from death by the knife by the quick thinking of various handsome and intrepid young men. Peter sat in the big chair in front of the screen, his feet up over the arm, eating grapes. His mother wasn't home, so he ate the seeds and all as he stared critically at the violence before him. When his mother was around, the fear of appendicitis hung in the air and she watched carefully to see that each seed was neatly extracted and placed in an... Author:  ALBERTO 
Saturday February 7, 2009 - 09:41:24 Visitors: 873 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here PHP: Match Each Array Item Once With All The Other Array Items Identification Number: 370 Excerpt: {OBJECTIVE}: given an array, return all the combinations of each item once with each other, without duplicates. function arrayCombinator(&$array){ if(!is_array($array)){return $array;/*or php sizeof() matches Strings too!*/}; $output=array(); $L=sizeof($array); $i1=-1; while(++$i1... Author:  ALBERTO 
Friday February 6, 2009 - 22:21:15 Visitors: 1,006 Tagged by its author as: Programming PhpList topics of this author only: click here Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Identification Number: 369 Excerpt: Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button==== [1] As long ago as 1860 it was the proper thing to be born at home. At present, so I am told, the high gods of medicine have decreed that the first cries of the young shall be uttered upon the anaesthetic air of a hospital, preferably a fashionable one. So young Mr. and Mrs. Roger Button were fifty years ahead of style when they decided, one day in the summer of 1860, that their first baby should be born in a hospital. Whether this anachronism had any bearing upon the astonishing history I am about to set down will never be known. I shall tell you what occurred, and let you judge for yourself. The Roger Buttons held an enviable position, both social and financial, in Antebellum Baltimore. They were related to the This Family and the That Family, which, as every Southerner knew, entitled them to membership ... Author:  ALBERTO 
Tuesday January 27, 2009 - 20:29:16 Visitors: 870 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Michael Focault: Technologies Of The Self. Identification Number: 368 Excerpt: Michael Focault Technologies of the Self==== [CONTEXT OF STUDY] My objective for more than twenty-five years has been to sketch out a history of the different ways in our culture that humans develop knowledge about themselves: economics, biology, psychiatry, medicine, and penology. The main point is not to accept this knowledge at face value but to analyze these so-called sciences as very specific "truth games" related to specific techniques that human beings use to understand themselves. As a context, we must understand that there are four major types of these "technologies," each a matrix of practical reason: (I) technologies of production, which permit us to produce, transform, or manipulate things; (2) technologies of sign systems, which permit us to use signs, meanings, symbols, or signification; (3) technologies of power, which determine the conduct of individuals and submit... Author:  ALBERTO 
Thursday January 22, 2009 - 22:52:41 Visitors: 910 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Michel De Montaigne: On Pedantisme. From: Essays. Identification Number: 367 Excerpt: Michel De Montaigne On Pedantism(e)==== I HAVE in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke- name of Magister to be of no better signification amongst us. For, my selfe being committed to their tuition, how could I chuse but he somewhat jealous of their reputation? In deed I sought to excuse them by reason of the naturall disproportion that is betweene the vulgar sort, and rare and excellent men, both in judgment and knowledge: forsomuch as they take a cleane contrarie course one from another. But when I considered the choysest men were they that most contemned them, I was far to seeke, and as it were lost my selfe: witnesse our good Bellay: Mais je hay par sur tout un scavoir pedantesque. A pedant knowledge, I Detest out of all cry. Yet is this custome very ancient; for Plutarke saith, that Greeke and S... Author:  ALBERTO 
Friday January 16, 2009 - 19:59:02 Visitors: 854 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Lees Of Happiness. From: Tales Of The Jazz Age Identification Number: 366 Excerpt: Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Lees OF Happiness From: Tales Of The Jazz Age==== [1]If you should look through the files of old magazines for the first years of the present century you would find, sandwiched in between the stories of Richard Harding Davis and Frank Norris and others long since dead, the work of one Jeffrey Curtain: a novel or two, and perhaps three or four dozen short stories. You could, if you were interested, follow them along until, say, 1908, when they suddenly disappeared. When you had read them all you would have been quite sure that here were no masterpieces - here were passably amusing stories, a bit out of date now, but doubtless the sort that would then have whiled away a dreary half hour in a dental office. The man who did them was of good intelligence, talented, glib, probably young. In the samples of his work you found there would have been nothin... Author:  ALBERTO 
Sunday January 11, 2009 - 23:22:20 Visitors: 977 Tagged by its author as: BooksList topics of this author only: click here