Космонаут

Шта човека вуче у висине, иза хоризонта, у космос чак?

Максим Сурајев, руски космонаут - блогер, фотографијама са космичке станице даје једини могући одговор: вуче га жудња да је ближи Богу.

О блоговима

blogs by their nature are meant to be a means of expressing one's opinions and judgment, however unpalatable and subjective as they may be, so I don't see any reason for hiding my views just because some folks may not like them.

Са блога Денија Калева - дискусија о Јави.

Статистика

Текст Mind the gap (Paul Graham) прилично је јасна демонстрација прерастања менаџерства у филозофију, те стога не би био вредан посебног помена. Ипак, мало статистике (уз коментар) из фусноте су занимљиви:

• Проценат пролазности на универзитете у САД-у, поредећи приватне и државне школе
  [16] Some will say this amounts to the same thing, because the rich have better opportunities for education. That's a valid point. It is still possible, to a degree, to buy your kids' way into top colleges by sending them to private schools that in effect hack the college admissions process.According to a 2002 report by the National Center for Education Statistics, about 1.7% of American kids attend private, non-sectarian schools. At Princeton, 36% of the class of 2007 came from such schools. (Interestingly, the number at Harvard is significantly lower, about 28%.) Obviously this is a huge loophole. It does at least seem to be closing, not widening.Perhaps the designers of admissions processes should take a lesson from the example of computer security, and instead of just assuming that their system can't be hacked, measure the degree to which it is.
• Износи и однос плата најбоље и просечно плаћених занимања
  [3] According to a study by the Corporate Library, the median total compensation, including salary, bonus, stock grants, and the exercise of stock options, of S&P 500 CEOs in 2002 was $3.65 million. According to Sports Illustrated, the average NBA player's salary during the 2002-03 season was $4.54 million, and the average major league baseball player's salary at the start of the 2003 season was $2.56 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean annual wage in the US in 2002 was $35,560.

Спознаја

На друго питање Гаја Кавасакија - шта је сазнала у току својих путовања по САД-у током којих је интервјуисала рачунарске залуђенике - Аманда Конгдон одговора следеће:

Americans are obsessed with money. I know it’s common sense, but driving across the country and actually, literally—seeing all these different Americans living such radically different lives—it was fascinating that they all seemed to be concerned about the same things: where their money was going, how it was being spent, how much they were saving, and on and on. It was quite eye opening. Whether they were rich or poor—or somewhere in between—everyone seemed to have money on the brain.

Пренето са:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/11/ten_questions_w.html