The article refers to the FeelSpace project as the originators of this idea. Wired wrote a more in-depth story on FeelSpace back in 2007 that is still available online.
The net of it, which I found fascinating, was the idea that brain is not "hardcoded" to the standard 5 senses of input, but rather can potentially integrate and synthesize additional sensory type data. This idea is at also the root of technologies like BrainPort, "seeing" with the tongue for the visually impaired.
OK, it is worth pointing out how we got to this threshold age of 18 for voting in the U.S.
It was the 26th Amendment that changed the voting age from 21 to 18 in the U.S. This was passed during the Vietnam War era (specifically, 1971) when 18 year old males could be drafted into and forced to serve in the military, but were not allowed to vote.
The crux of the argument to lower the voting age was: If you are old enough to fight and die for this country, you should be old enough to vote in this country.
> Bertrand Russell wrote... which led to Marx's comment...
Just a minor quibble, but Bertrand Russell lived from 1872-1970, while Marx lived from 1818-1883, so unless Russell was a remarkably perceptive 11 year old, the Marx quote came first.:)
Interestingly, I was trying to find exact dates for the two quotes and came across this, alleging that Marx was misquoted:
"Religion is the opiate of the masses." - Karl Marx
Correct quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." Marx's intended meaning is subtler than the misquote would suggest.
Anyways, chronological issues aside, I agree with the main point of your post.:)
I know for certain that this is not the first time that *.microsoft.com has been cracked. I recall being in an IRC channel probably about 1.5 years ago when someone posted the URL to a MS page that had just been cracked (the main MSOffice homepage IIRC). I checked it out and had a laugh, and it was gone by the next day. But it did happen...
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You are kidding, right?? This was a tweet from a reporter on his personal account, and he deleted after 20 minutes and apologized for it.
Never was a published WaPo story. The Post did _not_ report the rally was empty. But don't let facts get in the way here....
The article refers to the FeelSpace project as the originators of this idea. Wired wrote a more in-depth story on FeelSpace back in 2007 that is still available online.
The net of it, which I found fascinating, was the idea that brain is not "hardcoded" to the standard 5 senses of input, but rather can potentially integrate and synthesize additional sensory type data. This idea is at also the root of technologies like BrainPort, "seeing" with the tongue for the visually impaired.
OK, it is worth pointing out how we got to this threshold age of 18 for voting in the U.S.
It was the 26th Amendment that changed the voting age from 21 to 18 in the U.S. This was passed during the Vietnam War era (specifically, 1971) when 18 year old males could be drafted into and forced to serve in the military, but were not allowed to vote.
The crux of the argument to lower the voting age was: If you are old enough to fight and die for this country, you should be old enough to vote in this country.
Just a minor quibble, but Bertrand Russell lived from 1872-1970, while Marx lived from 1818-1883, so unless Russell was a remarkably perceptive 11 year old, the Marx quote came first.
Interestingly, I was trying to find exact dates for the two quotes and came across this, alleging that Marx was misquoted:Anyways, chronological issues aside, I agree with the main point of your post.
I know for certain that this is not the first time that *.microsoft.com has been cracked. I recall being in an IRC channel probably about 1.5 years ago when someone posted the URL to a MS page that had just been cracked (the main MSOffice homepage IIRC). I checked it out and had a laugh, and it was gone by the next day. But it did happen...