enfos vs dota

both of these very popular spin-offs of warcraft are very replayable and fun.

enfos:
two teams of up to five heroes fight off a steady stream of assailants for as long as they are able. The team that survives the longest wins.

dota:
two opposing teams of up to five heroes with the help of sporadic computer controlled units try to destroy the other team's ancient.

"I think, Therefore I am."

-Rene Descrates

Prisons

It was not until 1820 that prison became an actual punishment for crimes. Before, it was only the place you were kept waiting for your sentence to be carried out. However, the words of reformers who believed that prisons could be used to reform those who had committed crimes gave birth to the modern prison. In these new prisons, prisoners were made to work hard and listen to religious or moral teachings.

Some Good Advice

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

-Benjamin Franklin

"At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment."

-Benjamin Franklin

Multiple Parasites

The caterpillar of the white cabbage butterfly, has one of the most complicated parasitic food chains on earth. The adult Apanteles glomeratus lays her eggs inside the of the caterpillar which will soon die when the eggs hatch and begin to feed on its internal organs. However the wasp population of Apanteles never increase to a high level because of the ichneumon, another species of wasp, which when it finds a caterpillar with Apanteles' eggs inside it lays her own eggs inside of the Apanteles larvae. The ichneumon is by no means safe because a third species of wasp known as the Chalcid might lay its eggs inside of the ichneumons'. So in the end, the white cabbage caterpillar plays host to three different species, one inside the other, and only the Chalcid wasps' young will survive.

Plato's Justice

To do one's own business in a certain way may be assumed to be justice.

-Plato's Republic

The Population Bomb

Paul Ehrlich, a professor of biology at Stanford University, published a book on overpopulation in 1968 called The Population Bomb. In his book, Ehrlich warned the world of the dangers of population growth. His fears seem to have been well founded, as the human population doubles over and over again in decreasing time periods. From 1650-1850, the population doubled to a total of 1 billion. From 1850-1930 it doubled again, and from 1930-1975 the population rested at 4 billion. The increased population has increased pollution, caused starvation, and overcrowding, all signs that when observed by biologists in the natural world indicate an approaching population crash.

Julian Simon, economics professor at Maryland University, disagrees with Ehrlich saying that human ideas and technology will continue to improve fast enough to keep up with human population increases. In fact, he argues that the more people ther are, the more great minds will emerge to make life better for others. One of the problems in Simon's hypothesis, is that the majority of population growth is happening in third world countries where education is sparse and great men of science are few and far between.

Travel Technology

Only the invention of aircraft matches the impact of the train. For the first time, travel between towns, cities, or nations became a practical option, in addition, the ability to move large amounts of merchandise quickly, revoltionized trade industries. Whole new trade routes developed, bringing previously unknown goods to towns and cities. In England, a standard time schedule was for the first time enforced, in order to coordinate trains and predict arrival times. These new machines of previously unimagined power and speed allowed fresh fish and vegetables to be transported to new areas, and caused the invention of travel holidays.