Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely used security systems . An interesting news about breaking into laptops, which are "secured" by encrypting disks. TrueCrypt is also vulnerable (due to generic design of the encryption suite). "Disk encryption technologies rely on the use of secret keys — essentially large random numbers — to…
Why metaphor works?
The question, which arose was – why metaphor works? Should it not be formed according to our life experiences, religious beliefs, country we live and surrounding environment? The answer is somewhat moody – if you do not have experience and archetypes when creating metaphor – your expression could be not so effective, but in general…
On Metaphor and Advertisement
..So the start of journey to rhetoric is to understand how unconsciousness works, to go deep to psycholinguistics. As it has been mentioned before – this is related to unique skill of a human – to notice and summarize similarities between different individuals and object classes. It is the same principle which is used in…
Semantic Fields and Tag Clouds
Tag Clouds can create perfect semantic fields and it is possible to understand more about the author (in case of blogs), the main idea of website and the spirit of the community (in case of portals or social networking sites). Also semantic fields can be used to explain for the customer why in the hell…
Semantic Field
Me: hi, teach me rhetoric 😉 Mentor: this is very interesting topic.. vast, sophisticated and broad structure. yes.. it is very interesting.. Me: yeah, I am already hooked on in. Where should I start? Mentor: what are you interested in? I am sure you are not interested in classical (western) rhetoric… but I think…
Hungry Feeder
My good friend sent an article about Innovation Feeder, which I really like, especially that he has added the comment – "look, here is something about you". You can read the article here – Take me to your feeder If you don’t want to read it, just short definition: "The definition of a “Feeder” is…
Rhetoric and Art of War
Yesterday I have received an article and a book about rhetoric, specifically about inventio. It has ruined everything I thought I knew about it and made be interested in the stuff. For example I have thought about rhetoric as an art to put your ideas in a nice way, but after 1/3 of the book…
6th day
"South Korean firm is offering to clone pet dogs" – it instantly reminded me the not-so-good-but-fun-to-watch movie with Arnold. Here we go – RNL Bio – the world’s first commercial dog cloning service. So what can I say – the day is coming! How much further can we go? Article – Korean firm bids to…
McDrive? No! One step further – bank drive
Bank drive Originally uploaded by Illuminatus! Before going to the gasoline station it is adviced to visit bank drive and withdraw money. As in gasoline stations there are boys, who will pour fuel into tank – you do not want to trust your credit card to them. The funny part is that minimum amount you…
TED | Talks | Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind (video)
Very interesting and fun video – one of the best of TED Talks! “In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds),…
