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...Tribler team. One of the distinctive features intended to give Tribler a leg up on the competition is its use of an electronic “currency” to address the inefficiencies that have plagued other peer-to-peer systems. Time-honored adages aside, people appear to favor receiving over giving on peer to peer networks. And given the cooperative nature of such systems—everything downloaded has first to be uploaded by someone else—such selfish asymmetry can be crippling. BitTorrent, which Seuken identified as the most commonly employed peer-to-peer protocol, attacks...
...Crimson in the first half, 9-3, even though both teams were scoreless at halftime. Harvard outshot the Wildcats, 9-6, though, in the pivotal second period, and it was the 7-6 Crimson advantage in penalty corners that ended up pushing the game in Harvard’s favor. “This was a huge team win,” captain Jana Berglund said about the 250th victory in team history. “We had a great showing from our freshmen and the corner offense, but I couldn’t single out one part...
...Public support is paramount for protest leaders who are now on the run. "The wave of sympathy is in our favor," says one activist who has so far escaped the police dragnet. "You knock on a door late at night and whisper, 'Let me in, brother.' People willingly help us, even though they're well aware of the dire consequences." Still, the regime is doing its best to prevent further unrest and capture any stray dissidents. Trucks full of hired thugs patrol major street corners in Rangoon. The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Paulo Sérgio...
...auspicious times that add up to the number nine so beloved by Burma's military brass. Organizers hope the cover of night will embolden more people to join the astrologically inspired noise campaign. Burma's long-suffering citizens can only hope the stars will finally align in their favor...
...Nelson's theory has been picked apart by two veterans of the field who could be said to favor a more spiritual view of NDEs. In a recent issue of the Journal of Near-Death Studies, Americans Jeffrey Long and Janice Miner Holden argue that since 40% of NDErs in Nelson's study denied ever having had an episode of REM intrusion, the idea that it underlies NDEs "seems questionable at best...