The Spirit Of Karate

Not to attack, and not being attacked
Act as if there is no fight
— Chojun Miyagi

FBI wants to monitor Social Media Activities

FBI has released a Request for Information to determine the capability of IT Industry to create an  Application to monitor Social Media. They are looking for Open Source, and Social Media Alert, mapping and Analysis Application Solution. Seeing the brighter side, the FBI want to use the information collected from social media sites to better respond to crises and emerging threats.
The Document says that FBI wants to enhance its "open source actionable intelligence" collection abilities. It has to be a secure, flexible and lightweight web application. It must have the ability to change search parameters and  geo-locate the search results quickly.

Linux Distributions Tree .... Ohh..

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Gldt.svg   

"It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers."
-Persian Proverb

For more info go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/dec/23/sopa-stop-online-piracy-act?fb=native

In itself, the insight is not new. The earliest records, to my knowledge, date back some 2500 years or more... the recognition ATMAN = BRAHMAN (the personal self equals the omnipresent, all-comprehending eternal self) was in Indian thought considered, far from being blasphemous, to represent the quintessence of deepest insight into the happenings of the world. The striving of all the scholars of Vedanta was after having learnt to pronounce with their lips, really assimilate in their minds this grandest of all thoughts.
Again, the mystics of many centuries, independently, yet in perfect harmony with each other (somewhat like the particles in an ideal gas) have described, each of them, the unique experience of his or her life in terms that can be condensed in the phrase: DEUS FACTUS SUM (I have become God).
To Western ideology, the thought has remained a stranger... in spite of those true lovers who, as they look into each other's eyes, become aware that their thought and their joy are numerically one, not merely similar or identical...
                                                                                                            -- Erwin Schrödinger
"The I That Is God" as translated in Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists (1984) edited by Ken Wilber

Native American Prayer

Look To The Earth     
                                                  ....Kenneth Meadows
Look to the Earth And to the Skies The Sun, the Moon, and to the Stars You who would be wise.
For they contain the full measure of man The height, the breadth, the depth, the span
Of his entirety.

Look to the Earth And to the Skies And watch them turn Like pages of a holy book
But one untouched by human hand You who would be wise.

Look to the Earth And to the Skies For in that which can be seen Without Can true knowledge come
Of unseen mysteries that lie Within To you who would be wise.

Look to the Earth And to the Skies In Spring and Summer, Winter and in the Fall.
Watch life begin, unfold, then fade and die To rise anew Time and again for Time Untold
You who would be wise.

Look to the Earth And to the Skies And in your looking, learn this mystery:
That you who look to the Earth And to the Skies
Shall be given eyes to see Shall be given eyes
To make you wise Eternally.

Native American Wisdom

In these few days i saw around me live examples justifying the truth of the following statement.

Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself."
                                                                                    -Hopi 

I Hear the Plunging Music

My find of the day : Yoshida Brothers

 Listen

The Yoshida Kyōdai (吉田兄弟) are Japanese musicians known for fusion of the rapid and percussive  Tsugaru-jamisen  style along with Western and other regional musical influences. (Tsugaru-jamisen is a traditional Japanese music style which originated in northern Japan.) Yoshida brothers have released several albums under the Domo Records.

They debuted in 1999 in Japan as a duo playing the shamisen. Their first album sold over 100,000 copies and made them minor celebrities in Japan, a fact that surprised the Yoshida Brothers themselves. They have since attracted an international audience.

(courtesy: www.wikipedia.org)

The Doobie Brothers

Listen to the Music (Play)

The Doobie Brothers
American rock band. 
Origin San Jose, California, U.S.
Genres Hard rock, roots rock, country rock, swamp rock
Years active 1970–1982, 1987–present
The group has sold over 40 million units (albums) worldwide throughout their career.The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.
"Listen to the Music" is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers on their second album Toulouse Street. This song remains a concert staple and is one of the most famous songs The Doobie Brothers have ever recorded.
(source: wikipedia.org)

Education

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. 
                                                                                  Sydney J. Harris

In the east they say, when the student is ready the teacher will come.

Tune In!!

500 Days Of Summer Music 

Have the courage to see your heart naked, stripped off of its illusions, stories, ego and your assumptions and perceptions.

Anti SOPA Protest

GoDaddy bows down to boycott, now it says that they are against SOPA. Google, Amazon, Facebook and twitter might go ahead with 'simultaneous blackouts' to make people get a feel of the seriousness and gravity of the effect this bill would have over free/open culture.

Don't let yourself get entangled in the non-existent cobweb you create for yourself.

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow
old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but
to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."  -- Samuel Ullman

Some memories are like the yellow flowers poking out of the sidewalk.

Backronym?

Backronym is a word which has been "made into an acronym", even though it was not originally formed from one.
A backronym or bacronym is a phrase constructed purposely, such that an acronym can be formed to a specific desired word. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology.
Examples:
1) 'What does “SOS” stand for? Nothing. The letters “SOS” are an international distress signal, especially by ships and aircraft … Many believe “SOS” signifies “Save Our Ship” or “Save Our Souls”. However, these phrases were a later development, most likely to help remember the correct letters — a bacronym.'
2)  RAP: Rhythmically Aggressive Poetry
(courtesy: wikipedia & Macmillan Dictionary)

Back from Hiatus

I had been unable to blog since several days but no I Am Back. :)