Do you ever have days in which the universe just seems slightly of course? In which a number of low-probability (unlikely) events just seem to follow up on one another in the most absurd way possible? I don’t, I have weeks of the stuff.
Now I’m not going to lie to anyone. While Leonidas was awesome, nothing beats Alexander the Great. And I mean that literally, he is one of the few military commanders who was never defeated in battle. Ever. Think about that for a second.
This is a man who, given recent publicity in modern media, hardly needs an introduction anymore. Although of course heavily romanticized and artificially inflated in the 2007 movie 300, the general idea is pretty solid and semi-accurate enough if you remove the added Hollywood sensation.
After careful research and scientific fieldwork (drinking) I believe I have found what are the three fundamental foundations of happiness. Just like in physics, where every force acted upon any object can currently be reduced to one of four ‘real’ forces (gravity, electromagnetic and weak- and strong nuclear forces for those interested) so can I […]
Following the awesomeness of Achilles (link), the next one in the line of heroes takes a little more passive role. Sun Tzu is most famous for writing the Art of War, often famously quoted with “all warfare is based on deception” or a paraphrasing of some sort.
I’d like to take the extra time I have at my disposal now (desk job with internet acces) to write a new series of articles. The theme of the series will be heroes. But not just heroes, oh no. I have selected 9 indivduals from various eras of history and corners of the […]
This apparently is the opinion of several ‘leading sexual health charities’. This can’t go wrong at all.
Just the other day the awesome parliament of USA2 the European Union voted on what could be the fate of european internet freedom. The main problem would be that the new agreement allows governments to disconnect users from the internet permanently after three suspected cases of internet piracy. It doesn’t need Demosthenes to see […]
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