reddicious.com: reddicious / history http://reddicious.com//rss/tag/history recent articles posted on reddit.com and tagged with history on del.icio.us The Value Of Science - by Richard P. Feynman [Brilliant lecture] http://www.hal.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~drebes/value.html science feynman philosophy lecture education This is Google News in my ideal world. http://www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html news google humor funny politics Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html microsoft office programming formats excel History of Logic Programming: What went wrong, What was done about it, and What it might mean for the future http://history_of_logic_programming_seminar.carlhewitt.info/ programming logic history cs logicprogramming Six Dumbest Ideas In Computer Security http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/ security computer hacking article software MOST-POSITIVE-BIGNUM http://jwz.livejournal.com/854482.html lisp programming jwz history math When bananas ruled the world http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/04/19/bananas/index.html?source=rss history food economics toread banana Were you a Muppets fan? I can't believe how dirty this outtakes clip is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw muppets video rickroll youtube funny How to save millions of lives and make billions of dollars: Do like the Dutch who make £300 million a year taxing drugs instead of fighting them http://gal.darkervision.com/2008/05/05/how-to-save-millions-of-lives-and-make-billions-of-dollars-do-like-the-dutch-who-make-300-million-a-year-taxing-drugs-instead-of-fighting-them/ politics drugs health law tax_drugs This is how the Pledge of Allegiance used to be recited. Seriously. [pic] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pledge_salue.jpg history This web site is served by a real unmodified 1982 built Commodore 64 http://www.c64web.com/ c64 history commodore commodore64 vintage Why Not the Gold Standard? http://econ161.berkeley.edu/Politics/whynotthegoldstandard.html economics money gold politics government Bettie Page in 1950 [Video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzNW7IBXL_A vintage videos video bettiepage nsfw Seven minutes of terror. A short video on describing how the Phoenix probe will land at the North Pole of Mars on May 25th. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/phoenix/phx20080327/ mars video space nasa science The Holocaust was not only a crime against humanity but one of the most abhorrent crimes in modern history. We condemn it as we condemn every abuse of humanity....Hamas http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/bassem_naeem/2008/05/hamas_condemns_the_holocaust.html palestine israel hamas holocaust history Hillary Fired at age 27 for being a corrupt liar http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/01/hillary-fired-for-lies-unethical-behavior-from-senate-job-former-boss/?fark politics history corruption clinton congress For those too young to remember, this is what a recession is like http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2245165,00.html economy recession economics money writing The day the Internet died http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/lore/2006-August/000040.html internet network history networking technology Looking back at a computing icon - the iconic BBC Micro. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7305699.stm history computer bbc technology computing 14 old-time smoking accessories that nobody should own. [pics] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/19/14-smoking-accessories-that-nobody-should-own/ smoking humor history funny images Official media outlooks on the Great Depression: 1927-1933 http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_01/seymour062001.html economics history depression quotes investing Why do corporations have more rights than people? http://www.jashford.com/pages/worldcorps.html law government corporations rights politics The new US $5 (FIVE) Dollar Bill. It's got purple! http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/02/New-Five?TID=st092007ab money currency dollar flash usa jwz - home.mcom.com (Mosaic Comm. Corp.) Lives! http://jwz.livejournal.com/856745.html history mozilla netscape web browsers Damn Interesting: remarkable circuits evolve to exploit manufacturing imperfections http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=870 evolution programming technology hardware ai