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“The reason God was able to create the world in seven days is because there was no installed base.” – Wim Elfrink, Cisco

"Being a morning person or a night owl doesn’t just determine when you start or end your workday; your internal clock may help define your psychology as well. A Spanish researcher found that our preference for engaging in activities earlier or later in the day shapes both our perceptions and our interactions."

"...Morning people are more likely to be self-controlled and exhibit “upstanding” conduct; they respect authority, are more formal, and take greater pains to make a good impression. (Earlier research also suggests that they are less likely to hold radical political opinions.) Evening people, by contrast, are “independent” and “nonconforming,” and more reluctant to listen to authority—which suggests that teachers may have several reasons to prefer those students who wake up in time for class."

Much of the stress, pain and unhappiness of modern society is caused by one thing, a cup.

This cup is beautiful, shining, covered with gems. 

It represents the ideal life promised in popular culture.

They (the departmental store in heaven) mails you this cup at birth.

When you finally get around to opening the package, you discover that they have sent you the wrong cup.

This cup is not beautiful, shining nor are there any gems in sight.

It is just a cup.

You cannot believe that they sent you the wrong item.

You rage, you fight; you scream at God, your parents, everyone.

Once you are calm again, you do everything in your power to find the cup you were supposed to get.

As you search futilely for this cup, you find yourself comparing your cup to other's cups.

It seems everyone's cup is better than your cup -- which makes you even madder.

You discover religion.

They tell you that you were sent the wrong cup because humanity has a black mark on its credit.

But if you give money and/or feel guilty and/or have faith, the beautiful cup will be given to you.

You continue to suffer, the cup is no where in sight.

Then it hits you; the cup you were sent is the only cup that you will ever have.

Your self-inflicted rage and pain were all for nothing.

The only thing you can do is drink from the cup you were given -- and be happy.

Somewhat interesting set of answers to this question by some leading thinkers.

My answer: http://yudkowsky.net/tmol-faq/theology.html#ultimate from the Meaning of Life FAQ.  

John Templeton Foundation : Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

Wonderful, wonderful read...

Design Principles Behind Smalltalk

"Mac users account for 10 percent of retail Windows Vista Business and Ultimate sales."

Microsoft's Big Mac Sales

Interesting things from the FAQ:

From what enterprise data sources can Mashup Hub create feeds?

IBM Mashup Hub can generate Atom feeds from Microsoft® Access exported queries, CSV files (Excel worksheets are forthcoming), relational databases, XML documents, IBM Information Server, IBM DB2® pureXML™, Web services, and IMS (Information Management System) databases and transactions.

How is Mashup Hub's feed mashup capability different than Yahoo Pipes?

Mashup Hub feed mashup can be based on joins between feeds, and it has a special ability to process XML content in feeds, which is what you typically have when the feed is from an enterprise data source.

IBM Mashup Starter Kit

"There appears to be a battle being fought inside Apple, on whether Apple will be a company that provides solutions or provides tools."

Very interesting post...

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