Dolenni Diddorol / Interesting Links: March 01, 2008

Google yn y Gymraeg

http://www.google.com/intl/cy/

Global : Ideas : Bank - Evaluating the danger of cults

"Past Institute publications have proposed ways of rating gurus out of 100 (see, for instance, How to rate a guru? in The Book of Visions). Here is another way of considering how potentially destructive a cult group may prove to be, one created by author P. E. I. Bonewits in his book Real Magic "

http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=1451

Global : Ideas : Bank - How to rate a guru

"In the wake of scandals surrounding the Bhagwan and Hare Krishna religions in the States, the Institute for Social Inventions is compiling a list of questions that a would-be disciple could ask before joining up with a guru or new cult. The total of 'yes' answers to questions such as the following could provide a rough-and-ready comparative 'rating' of gurus"

http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=1832

Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98!

Showdown in Geneva: OOXML Fails to Achieve Majority Approval at BRM

"Many, many, people around the world have tried very hard to make the OOXML adoption process work. It is very unfortunate that they were put to this predictably unsuccessful result through the self-interest of a single vendor taking advantage of a permissive process that was never intended to be abused in this fashion. It would be highly inappropriate to compound this error by approving a clearly unfinished specification in the voting period ahead. To paraphrase a former First Lady, it's time to "Just say No" to OOXML."

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080229055319727

Electric Avenue

"For Tony Stevens, these Welsh-built Zecars and Zevans are just the beginning. His other baby is the Cipher, which started life as a concept car in the 1980s, is now subject to ongoing development and could still go on sale with an electric engine, capable of 70mph and a 70-mile range."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/03/01/nosplit/mflekkie101.xml

http://www.stevensvehicles.co.uk/