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Monthly Archive October, 2010

20 Years Later – II

Continued from the previous post… 18. Please state how much confidence you have in the following public institutions: Note: This is all the available data, specifically stating that the value listed is the sum of those who picked “very much” and “pretty much”. For my own answers, I’ll assume that the other options were “not […]

20 Years Later – I

An NGO from here released a survey through which they supposedly attempted to figure out Romanians’ views on “democracy, citizenship and civic participation” 20 years after the fall of Communism. In fact it’s 20 years since the NGO in question was founded, close to 21 since the fall of Communism, but doesn’t matter. I’ll just […]

No… I Must Be Wrong!

Just noticed something, maybe 30 minutes ago… At first I meant to try to ignore it until I could gather some more information, once I realized what it could mean, but it’s obviously impossible to ignore something like this. So now do I just sit here and panic until I can somehow find out more, […]

Quick Review: A Calculus of Angels

The ideas are certainly interesting, though I’m not exactly fond of the whole religious note. The writing can occasionally leave a little to be desired, but there are also really nice moments, especially during dialogues. In all, not exactly something I ended up being enthusiastic about, but a good book nevertheless, and one that I’m […]