El equipo de Cazadores de Mitos, documentales que se emiten en Discovery Channel, se ha propuesto demostrar si el hombre llegó a la Luna o si todo es un fraude como algunos dicen.

Para comprobarlo podemos ver el documental en YouTube:

• Primera parte
• Segunda parte
• Tercera parte
• Cuarta parte

No te pierdas esta interesante serie de 4 documentales sobre el cuerpo humano, una revisión a esta maquina perfecta y su forma de adaptarse a las más grandes exigencias. Los cuatro episodios que constituyen esta serie son:

1.       Vista

2.       Fuerza

3.       Sensibilidad

4.       Capacidad Mental

Estos documentales se basan en estudios sobre personas que someten a su organismo a tareas extremas, y con la ayuda de simulaciones por computadora explican con lujo de detalles como es posible realizar estas actividades sorprendentes.

Muy recomendable, sobre todo para aquellos que practican deportes o que simplemente les interesa la biomecánica y la bioquímica del cuerpo humano.

En México los días domingo, a las 21:00 hrs por The Discovery Channel

The footage below was found on YouTube regarding the discovery of this bowl:

The report from the Christian Telegraph now follows:

Scientists find ancient bowl that may call Jesus a magician

In what is certainly to be a controversial speculation too hard for many Evangelical Christians to swallow, scientists claim they have found an ancient bowl that refers to Jesus Christ as a magician, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service.

A team of scientists led by renowned French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio recently announced that they have found the bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., that is engraved with what they believe could be the world's first known reference to Christ.

In an online article by Jennifer Viegas of the Discovery Channel posted to the MSNBC website, scientists say the engraving reads, "DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS," which has been interpreted to mean either, "by Christ the magician" or, "the magician by Christ."

The MSNBC article says that if the word "Christ" refers to the Biblical Jesus Christ, as is speculated, then the discovery may provide evidence that Christianity and paganism at times intertwined in the ancient world.

"It could very well be a reference to Jesus Christ, in that he was once the primary exponent of white magic," said archaeologist Goddio, who is co-founder of the Oxford Center of Maritime Archaeology.

In her article, Viegas says that Goddio and his colleagues found the object during an excavation of the underwater ruins of Alexandria's ancient great harbor. The Egyptian site also includes the now submerged island of Antirhodos, where Cleopatra's palace may have been located.

Viegas says that both Goddio and Egyptologist David Fabre, a member of the European Institute of Submarine Archaeology, think a "magus" could have practiced fortune telling rituals using the bowl. The Book of Matthew refers to "wisemen," or Magi, believed to have been prevalent in the ancient world.

According to Fabre, the bowl is also very similar to one depicted in two early Egyptian earthenware statuettes that are thought to show a soothsaying ritual.

"It has been known in Mesopotamia probably since the 3rd millennium B.C.," Fabre said. "The soothsayer interprets the forms taken by the oil poured into a cup of water in an interpretation guided by manuals."

Fabre added that the individual, or "medium," then goes into a hallucinatory trance when studying the oil in the cup.

"They therefore see the divinities, or supernatural beings appear that they call to answer their questions with regard to the future," he said.

Viegas writes that scientists theorize the magus might then have used the engraving on the bowl to legitimize his supernatural powers by invoking the name of Christ.

Goddio said, "It is very probable that in Alexandria they were aware of the existence of Jesus" and of his associated legendary miracles, such as transforming water into wine, multiplying loaves of bread, conducting miraculous health cures, and the story of the resurrection itself.

Viegas explains that while not discounting the Jesus Christ interpretation, other researchers have offered different possible interpretations for the engraving, which was made on the thin-walled ceramic bowl after it was fired, since slip was removed during the process.

Bert Smith, a professor of classical archaeology and art at Oxford University, suggests the engraving might be a dedication, or present, made by a certain "Chrestos" belonging to a possible religious association called Ogoistais.

Klaus Hallof, director of the Institute of Greek inscriptions at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, added that if Smith's interpretation proves valid, the word "Ogoistais" could then be connected to known religious groups that worshipped early Greek and Egyptian gods and goddesses, such as Hermes, Athena and Isis.

Hallof additionally pointed out that historians working at around, or just after, the time of the bowl, such as Strabon and Pausanias, refer to the god "Osogo" or "Ogoa," so a variation of this might be what's on the bowl. It is even possible that the bowl refers to both Jesus Christ and Osogo.

Fabre concluded: "It should be remembered that in Alexandria, paganism, Judaism and Christianity never evolved in isolation. All of these forms of religion (evolved) magical practices that seduced both the humble members of the population and the most well-off classes."

"It was in Alexandria where new religious constructions were made to propose solutions to the problem of man, of God's world," he added. "Cults of Isis, mysteries of Mithra, and early Christianity bear witness to this."

The bowl is currently on public display in the exhibit "Egypt's Sunken Treasures" at the Matadero Cultural Center in Madrid, Spain, until November 15.

Report from the Christian Telegraph

Aluminio:

Tabla de snowboard

Lentes de contacto

Pan de molde

Compact Disc

Queso

Pantys

Tubos fluorescentes

Audífonos

Puzzle 3d

Alfombras de goma

Retretes

Papel

Vaqueros

Ordenador

Vidrio

Precum cele noua canale TV, Discovery va lansa canale locale YouTube cu continut de la diferite canale locale Discovery, cum ar fi canalul german DMAX.

In octombrie, Discovery va lansa Ink, un canal YouTube dedicat cumunitatii pasionate de tatuaje, cu continut din Regatul Unit. Canalul va avea ca punct principal clipuri de la francizele programului Discovery Ink, care include Miami Ink.

De asemenea, parteneriatul include un program cu mai multe initiative care au scopul de a atinge comunitatea YouTube si sa conduca vizitatorii catre reteaua Discovery. Prima din aceasta initiativa va oferi privitorilor Discovery Channel si utilizatorilor YouTube oportunitatea de a contribui la episodul special de la Mythbusters, “Viral Myths”.

Josh Freeman, vice-presedintele diviziei digital media de la Discovery Communications, a declarat ca acordul cu YouTube este “un pas important” in strategia companiei de extindere digitala a programelor sale.

O vídeo é um pouco longo, entretanto é muito interessante vale a penas esperar para assistir. Os demais episódios está passando no próprio canal. Estou a caça dos outros vídeos na internet, assim que achar posto aqui.

[brightcove vid=1753200785&exp=1753218477&w=486&h=412]

Aproveitando este momento saudosista de nossa World Wide Web, compartilho também um artigo muito interessante sobre os 50 maiores momentos da Internet. Trata-se de uma seleção do que eles acham que foram os momentos mais marcantes ao longo de quase 40 anos de história. Apesar de estar em inglês, para quem é frequentador da Internet logo que bater o olho entenderá do que está dizendo.

Capítulo 1 - O início

Capítulo 2 - Conectando a Web

Capítulo 3 - Tudo sobre o email

Capítulo 4 - As boas vindas para a sociedade

Capítulo 5 - Mídia online

Capítulo 6 - Propriedades da Web

Capítulo 7 - Web 1.0

Capítulo 8 - Web 2.0

Capítulo 9 - Ordem e Lei

Capítulo 10 - Os maiores fracassos e falhas

Fontes:
CNet - Crave
2.0 Webmania

I am sure that we will soon see another documentary from those great folks who brought us the 'Tomb of Jesus'. Seems that the one thing that the Discovery Channel has not yet discovered is decency.

A team of scientists led by renowned French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio recently announced that they have found a bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., that, according to an expert epigrapher, could be engraved with the world's first known reference to Christ.

If the word "Christ" refers to the Biblical Jesus Christ, as is speculated, then the discovery may provide evidence that Christianity and paganism at times intertwined in the ancient world.

The full engraving on the bowl reads, "DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS," which has been interpreted by French epigrapher and professor emeritus Andre Bernand as meaning either, "by Christ the magician" or "the magician by Christ."

"It could very well be a reference to Jesus Christ, in that he was once the primary exponent of white magic," Goddio, co-founder of the Oxford Center of Maritime Archaeology, said.

Here is the main problem - THIS IS NOT THE EARLIEST REFERENCE TO JESUS CHRIST. The Earliest reference is found in the Gospels. This is not a reference to Jesus Christ, not of the bible. Well, I guess I put the Discovery Channel up there with FoxNews now, on the do not watch list.

Once upon a time I was dissatisfied with how I used my brains and with how Sam used his. “That is not the way how to castrate a rabbit,” he said. “You have to cut the skin above the scrotum, see?” he said, pointing the area with a scalpel. I nodded. “You should remove the testicles this way before you tie it with the spermatic cord. Can you pass the tissue glue please?” he continued. I just observed what my science partner did. After a few minutes, he said that I should give the rabbits some analgesics.

I kept the materials back at the cabinet. Then I went back to sit beside Sam, who was already recording our castration experiment. I overheard my classmate discussing about what she saw in the Discovery channel. “You know, the difference between you and the person sitting beside you is just 0.1 percent. That means that all humans share 99.9 percent similarities in their DNA compositions, whether that’s the color of your skins, the length of your hairs, or even how your brains work.”

I looked at Sam who was now stroking the rabbit gently. Somehow, I couldn’t believe that the difference between us is just 0.1 percent.

tudo se retroalimenta e felizmente achei a série bem aqui:

http://video.discoverybrasil.com/services/link/bcpid1753218477/bctid1753200785

ponto alto: lá pelos 10 minutos quando um ex-funcionário da Microsoft conta como é o comportamento do Bill Gates na Microsoft e solta a pérola:

"eu acho que o que eu aprendi na época é que não ser detonado por ele já era uma grande vitória, se ele não tivesse te chamado de idiota umas 19 vezes então sua reunião com Bill tinha sido boa"

Because at the end of a hard day, there's nothing like spewing vitriol at a television screen, "You're an anal retentive moron, Kate!  Can't you see that your husband's eyes have glazed over, and he's just praying for the sweet release of death?  For christ's sakes, the human vagina is not a clown car!", and so on.

But the other day, Rassles reminded me that NOTHING beats an afternoon devoted solely to Mythbusters.  And if she didn't convince me, this commercial finished me off.  Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" of this generation.

Have a great weekend, folks!

Comentem!

abs

Daí colocamos a criação para pensar.

E entramos em contato com a Cartaxi, para colar adesivos transparentes no formato de uma televisão nos vidros laterais dos táxis, mostrando “ao vivo” a realidade do trânsito na cidade. No banco de trás também colocamos folhetos para ajudar na divulgação da estréia do programa aos passageiros.

Vista de São Paulo através da televisão no táxi. 

 
Outros ângulos (fotos do blog da Cartaxi).

Take one promocional para os passageiros.

Soluções para o Trânsito já estreiou, mas será reprisado no dia 3 de outubro, às 22 horas. Liga a TV, que o programa é muito bom.

Some years ago in South Africa, when insomnia or rebelliousness took hold, one could while away the wee hours by watching the BBC or CNN on feeds provided by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) after the SABC’s normal broadcasting hours. It wasn’t the most exciting television, but it gave night owls some quality viewing whilst also providing a bit of exposure to news and commentary beyond the narrow confines of South African political and social interests.

Then the SABC decided to get sophisticated and nationalistic, beginning to run late night local content rather than exposing the small number of after-midnight viewers to potentially subversive (that is, thought-provoking) programmes of news and opinion emanating from places considered to be colonialistic, imperialistic and capitalistic.

Thus it is that nowadays all we can get on the SABC after midnight is either SABC news (not bad but rather parochial), sport (limited usually to soccer or rugby – neither of which gets my juices pumping) or mindless and repetitive hip-hop type ‘music’ which, for a man of my age, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment for crimes uncommitted.

Even the SABC’s arch-rival, eTV, ever the populist ratings chaser, can only muster either repeats of programmes from earlier the same night or a truly dumbass and mindbendingly boring ‘game’ involving dirge-like monologues from a single presenter purportedly taking phone calls from supposed contestants trying to ‘win’ ridiculously small prizes.

On top of which, in a cunning conspiracy against Spearpoint, broadcast signals to my home from both the SABC and eTV are apparently scrambled as part of a shrewd plan to force me to subscribe to the local satellite TV carrier (DSTV). This wouldn’t be so bad if I could afford the lunatic sums required to be able to access those channels – such as the History channel, the Discovery channel, the BBC, CNN, a couple of cooking or travel channels, and so on - with some interesting content. But no, Spearpoint is financially limited to the most basic of satellite packages and which consist of the three SABC channels, eTV, al-jazeera English news (actually quite good if overly centred on southern Asia), a single sports channel, a poker channel (which I quite enjoy on occasion since there used to be a time in my dissolute youth when I used to make quite a bit of money and a few enemies playing the game) and a feed from Botswana Television.

Now Botswana TV (BTV) during normal viewing hours is pretty much the same as many African national television stations; very focused on its own affairs (although it sometimes carries good movies and documentaries). However, BTV after hours can be very interesting – as in recent weeks – when it doesn’t shut down its late night transmissions. Prompted, no doubt, by the Presidential race in the USA, BTV has recently been carrying a feed from the American TV station MSNBC.

Of course, the programmes transmitted are governed by the time difference between deepest, darkest Africa and the Eastern Seaboard of the USA, so the full range of what MSNBC offers is not available to us paupers here.

Nonetheless, what a joy!

For the first time in my life I have been able to follow, in some detail, the progress of an American Presidential campaign – from an American perspective rather than as edited by non-American anti-Americans in places outside the USA.

And even allowing for an apparent bias towards the Democratic Party by the hosts of those talk shows that I am able to watch, I have been greatly enlivened by the style and content of hosts such as Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and their stables of expert commentators. Thanks guys (you know what I mean, Rachel).

(I’m just praying that BTV hasn’t been pirating the feed from MSNBC, gets caught and has to shut it down. If that is the case then I’m praying, equally hard, that MSNBC doesn’t find out until well after November 4^th.)

Anyway, based (in part) upon MSNBC’s influence upon me, I humbly proffer the following Spearpoint-assessment of the Republican Party Presidential candidates as I understand them at this time. Justification for being so brazen as to offer opinion on an electoral process that is not mine is based upon the simple fact that, no matter what America does, how or to whom it does it, we in the Third World (and elsewhere) will be directly affected in some way, sooner or later.

To begin with, I have to say just how intriguing it is that, for what is probably the most advanced and sophisticated country on the planet, America and Americans appear to be so engrossed in the style and packaging of their Presidential candidates rather than the content of the policies being proposed.

This pre-occupation with presentation leaves Americans open to a number of dangers. Take, for example, the present incumbent, George Dubya.

Riding on the coat-tails of his father (who, it would seem, knew at least enough to be able to start and stop a just war without bankrupting both his own country and the rest of the planet), George Jr., although probably spoiled and indulged as a child and youth, exuded an apparent air of toughness during his campaign for the White House. The American public seemed to love it, with results that everyone on the planet will have to live with for generations. What was missed, unfortunately, was that the air of strength was, in fact, a rich kid’s petulance and poutiness backed up by daddy’s position in life. And, I suspect, an overindulgence in Tom Clancy novels.

Beyond that, and although supported by clever and ambitious political hitchhikers, George Dubya has proven to be an intellectual and moral lightweight with the attention span of a snowball in a blast furnace. Poor George always was in over his head.

It would seem that the great packaging flim-flam is again being perpetrated on the American public again with the Republican Party Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates.

John McCain, to this outsider at least, appears to have made a political career based upon his earlier (and unfortunate) experiences as a POW in North Vietnam. His POW status looks as though it is the central plank of his definition of his service to the American nation and he seems never to tire of speaking about and referring to it. This, of course, falls in well with America’s apparent perception of any uniformed service (military, paramilitary or civilian) as being tantamount to semi-divine elevation.

Now Spearpoint has had the very real privilege of having known and worked with a fair number of ex-servicemen over the years. In all that time, most of those individuals known by me have always been so modest and reticent about their war time experiences as to be, at times, infuriating. But, if anything, their reluctance to speak of and to take advantage of their past glories (if one can use that term) only served to heighten their stature in the eyes of all those around them. I remember one with particular affection; a quadriplegic who, for some reason, seemed to take pleasure from sharing conversations and cigarettes in the sunshine with a young and callow Spearpoint, only ever conceding that his terrible wounds had been sustained at Gallipoli but never, never, referring to or otherwise speaking of his military experiences during the Great War. Or another, captured during the North African campaign in World War II and so savagely tortured by the Germans that his feet and legs carried the disfigurements and pain decades later. These were men to be revered and respected.

There was one, however, who reached field rank in a combat unit during the Burma campaign of World War II. In addition to insisting on the use of his military rank in civilian life, this man then calculatedly used his previous status to never cease talking of his (presumably real) experiences as he relentlessly carved out a commercially successful niche for himself and his business, forever trading on the natural awe and respect most people have for old warriors. His eventual reward was to be regarded with disdain, dislike, distrust and, in certain instances, with outright contempt.

None of the above comments is intended to take anything away from either John McCain or his experiences as a US serviceman. However, and at a personal level, Spearpoint will always be skeptical and suspicious of those who make self-glorified capital (of any kind) from past experiences that were, to a greater or lesser extent, shared by many, many thousands of others who survived those same types of experiences. It should not be forgotten that, aside from those who managed to make it back home, there were many thousands who, killed or missing in action, didn’t get home and whose stories and histories– perhaps more glorious than those of McCain – we shall never fully know. And, as is often the case in war, pure blind chance all too frequently determines survival, rather than skill, prowess or battlefield bravery.

It is also the experience of Spearpoint that, career soldiers/airmen/sailors aside, the main effect of military service – particularly when drafted against one’s will – was to provide the mettle in one’s character upon which could then be formed a better citizen in any of a thousand different ways. Most military experience is gained when one is very young, when one’s knowledge and experience of the world is extremely limited and when one tends to be most enthusiastic and unquestioningly accepting about one’s beliefs, norms and values. It is also the time in the lives of most individuals, before the advent of spouses, children, mortgages and a million other social responsibilities, when young people are adventurous and carefree, able and willing to embark upon reckless exploits before the true value of human life is properly comprehended by the participants. It is only in this way that wars have been such a permanent feature of human existence; the young are too stupid to understand the effects and costs of the jingoism being thrust before them and are, therefore, perfect cannon-fodder. Middle-aged men make for poor grunts since their age and general life experience tends to allow them greater powers of threat-recognition and subsequent circumspection.

The point here is that it is fallacious to base one’s entire persona and identification on just a couple or so years’ experience in very early adulthood. Especially when, as with John McCain, one is on the final, steep dip-slope of life. Because, surely, a person is – or should be - more than what they were for a few years as a youth or young adult, even if those early experiences lent or swayed them towards certain pre-dispositions.

Perhaps Spearpoint is being less than fair towards John McCain, in which case an apology is extended; I know little of the man beyond what I have seen on television and read in the press over the past few months. But Spearpoint is old and experienced in his own way, has no particular axe to grind, and has a history of being right much of the time about people and their motives – even at a remove. And Spearpoint has, at the moment, a firmly negative opinion of the man.

It is also unfortunate, perhaps, that John McCain presents himself as hugely competent and experienced whilst constantly appearing to be taken unawares when the unexpected happens. His willingness and propensity to prevaricate and then to attack from a position of weakness has, I think, been clearly demonstrated during this presidential campaign. Similarly, when caught out or under pressure he has a distressing tendency to look like a rabbit caught in a spotlight; gambler he might claim to be, but a poker player he is not. The body language is, somehow, not right.

And, speaking of body language, Spearpoint has noticed something about McCain when in the presence of and when talking about Sarah Palin, his Vice-Presidential running mate. The guy is distinctly uncomfortable – and Palin is equally discomfited.

The public embraces have been perfunctory and decidedly cool. No kisses on the cheeks have been seen to land. The arms in the embraces are stiff and defensive. There has been little eye-contact – Palin’s eyes sweep over McCain as if he is not there, whilst McCain’s eyes are everywhere except on Palin where there is any chance that she might notice.

When McCain speaks of Palin it is as if he suddenly switches to a ‘Palin sub-menu’ on his list of ‘correct-things-to-say-about-party-and-running-mate’. He flashes a stunningly insincere - and immediate - manufactured smile measured in milliseconds and then changes the subject as quickly as possible.

Spearpoint suspects that, (and despite other commentators suggesting that he is merely embarrassed at having inappropriate thoughts about his attractive running-mate – although have you noticed how fiddles with his wedding band when he stands behind Palin on the rally platforms?), John McCain does not like his Vice-Presidential candidate. Spearpoint further wonders whether John McCain had any say in the selection of Sarah Palin for the coming task – that, in other words, Palin was foisted on McCain against his better judgement. (Which, if true, would somewhat raise McCain in Spearpoint’s estimation).

There is little doubt in Spearpoint’s mind that Sarah Palin is reasonably smart and fanatically ambitious. There is equally little doubt that Palin is not averse to using her – at first glance – good looks to charm and sway those she would seek to influence and that she uses her sexual weaponry, together with her homey hockey/soccer mom image and populist and fundamentalist views and certainties of life, in place of any significant breadth of knowledge or interests beyond what she grew up with as a child. Palin has, I suspect, little room or use for the very real philosophical and existential uncertainties of life as experienced by the majority of the people of America and the rest of the world.

If that is, in fact, the case then one must feel not only very sad for America in terms of the quality of the leadership being offered by the Republicans, but also extremely fearful for the consequences of pitting a Palin against, for example, a Putin or a Medvedev – both of whom are just as ambitious but far, far more educated and worldly-wise; there is not much doubt in Spearpoint’s mind that both those gentlemen not only know by name the titles of their national newspapers and magazines, their editors and where they live but they also know, to the millimetre, the position of every one of their national borders.

To expect someone - even as photogenic and outwardly attractive as Sarah Palin - to somehow assimilate all of the necessary and basic information and background to the role she has been chosen by the Republican Party in a matter of days is clearly too much. The woman is, I believe, in her early forties, set in her ways and opinions and the task is simply beyond her; neither she nor America has the luxury of boundless time in which to improve and hone her brain.

Nor is it purely a matter of style. The job of Vice-President requires substance more than anything else – particularly when there is a very real and distinct possibility of an aged John McCain being unable to complete even his first term as President. Palin might be sufficient for Alaska and Alaskans (I don’t even want to think about what that might say about that State and its inhabitants), but it is manifestly clear that being an airhead (one might be tempted to go so far as to say a ‘bimbo’) is not heavyweight enough for the job of running the most powerful nation on the planet – unless, of course, one wishes to fulfill the prediction of the Iranians that the American empire is about to disappear. Look at the trouble George Dubya got us all into – and he grew up with smart parents in a political household.

The prospect of a further George Dubya administration under the title of ‘McCain and Palin’ does nothing to quicken Spearpoint. The likelihood of a Palin administration is just too terrible to contemplate.

The USA will lose tremendous credibility around the world if the McCain/Palin ticket wins in November.

The problem is, I suspect, that McCain will, true to form, stoop to whatever level he thinks fit in order to achieve his personal ambitions. I would be surprised, for example, if, come the vote in the House on the $700 billion ‘bailout’ package, McCain does not engineer an ‘intervention’ by himself so that he can claim that he – and he alone - managed to heroically sway the dissident Republican members sufficiently to agree the package and thus to save America and the world.

Spearpoint’s high regard for and respect of the United States of America cannot here be proven or demonstrated – but it is there. I just wish, now and then, that America would realise that, in selecting its own leaders, it is also selecting global leaders with a reach and impact far beyond your own shores. We outside America often dream of achieving what you have achieved and we are fearful of what it would mean to have an America no longer capable of not giving us not only wonderful science and technology but also the aspiration and standard of the love of freedom together with a chance to follow your example. Just please give us a good example.

Spearpoint.

2^nd October 2008

Pero los los miércoles a las 23 horas apareció una serie que llamó mi atención. La Internet. Esta serié que se está dando Discovery Channel tuvo la particularidad que cuenta  los acontecimientos más o menos tal como los recuerdo luego de tantos años de informática y no es solo la interpretación de un periodista que no sabe ni J de la materia.

Aunque no se cuenta todo, ya que hasta ahora veo un gran vacío de información sobre el Software Libre, el programa trata de mostrar la vida de Internet desde la perspectiva de los propios creadores y desarrolladores de las aplicaciones y sitios que utilizamos (en el pasado y en la actualidad). Es buena por lo menos para verle las caras a algunos de los que hicieron el cambio.

Es una lastima que el sitio web de la serie en Tu Discovery no se pueda ver con Firefox. Es una muestra que se olvidan de una parte de lo que hoy es Internet ;), pero bueno, no se le puede pedir todo a un canal de documentales.

Por lo menos pude rescatar una lista de acontecimientos que me gustaría que viéramos juntos.

1605 Bacon crea el alfabeto binario
1614 Napier inventa los logaritmos
1623 Las primeras calculadoras
1726 La computadora de Gulliver
1801 Nacen las tarjetas perforadas
1833 ¡Llega la primera computadora!
1860 Hola, teléfono
Febrero 1946 Primera computadora electrónica
1950 Computadoras conectándose con otras computadoras
Febrero 1958 Nace ARPA, el abuelo de Internet
Marzo 1960 Alguien piensa en una red mundial
Junio 1961 Los paquetes de información inician su viaje
Agosto 1969 Atando nodos
Octubre 1969 Primer mensaje
Noviembre 1969 Comienza a funcionar ARPANET
1970 Alguien escribe una palabra nueva: Internet
Octubre 1971 El correo electrónico abre sus puertas
1972 ¿El primer virus?
Febrero 1972 Llega la arroba
Junio 1973 La conexión cruza el océano
1975 Se crean las listas
Abril 1975 Bill Gates funda Microsoft
Febrero 1976 Mensaje de la Reina
Abril 1976 Crece una manzana
Julio 1977 Primera demostración del protocolo TCP/IP
Mayo 1978 Y mañana será spam
Abril 1979 Los mensajes cobran emoción
Octubre 1979 Nace Usenet
Abril 1981 Llega la PC de IBM
1982 Llega Minitel
1982 Comienza la invasión de ratones
1983 Los virus se hacen públicos
Enero 1983 ARPANET se desmilitariza
Enero 1983 TCP/IP protocolo único
1984 Se abre el ciberespacio
Octubre 1984 Primer millar de servidores
1985 La primera PC Multimedia
Marzo 1986 Una acción de Microsoft
1988 ¡Todos a chatear!
1990 El primer buscador
1991 El texto se vuelve hipertexto
1991 Internet se presenta en sociedad
1991 El texto se vuelve hipertexto
Agosto 1991 Llega Linux
1993 Comienza el control
Abril 1993 Mosaic, primer gran navegador gráfico
Enero 1994 Ahora se llama autopista
Marzo 1994 Primer spam
Abril 1994 Primer buscador basado en textos
1995 Netscape, primer navegador comercial
Marzo 1995 Yahoo!
Julio 1995 Amazon vende su primer libro
Agosto 1995 El primer Internet Explorer
Septiembre 1995 Remates por la red
Diciembre 1995 Llega Altavista
Febrero 1996 El ciberespacio se independiza
Julio 1996 Hotmail
Octubre 1996 Inician una segunda Internet
Diciembre 1996 Internet Directo Personal
Abril 1997 ¡Un millón de sitios!
Abril 1997 Surge el Portal Prodigy
Agosto 1997 Empieza la burbuja
Octubre 1997 La guerra de los navegadores
Diciembre 1997 Bienvenido, blog
Septiembre 1998 Google
Febrero 1999 Abre sus puertas el primer banco virtual
Marzo 1999 Prodigy web
Marzo 1999 Ataca Melissa
Mayo 1999 Prodigy Internet Plus
Junio 1999 Napster se hace escuchar
Julio 1999 Un Messenger golpea a la puerta
Agosto 1999 Blogger
Enero 2000 Apocalipsis, no.
Febrero 2000 Prodigy Turbo
Marzo 2000 Alianza Prodigy-Microsoft
Marzo 2000 Estalla la burbuja .com
Septiembre 2000 El sitio Nº 20.000.000
Enero 2001 Nace la Wikipedia
Marzo 2002 Prodigy Infinitum
Diciembre 2002 Prodigy Internet Plus Hogar
2003 El dominio de los niños
Abril 2003 Prodigy Móvil
Abril 2003 Bajar música ya es legal
Junio 2003 Una segunda vida para todos
Julio 2003 Prodigy Internet Hogar
Febrero 2004 Prodigy Hogar
Febrero 2004 Prodigy por Minuto
Febrero 2004 Facebook muestra la cara
Febrero 2004 Flickr, te mando mi foto
Febrero 2004 Facebook muestra la cara
Marzo 2004 Tienes un Gmail
Abril 2004 La web se hace social
Noviembre 2004 ¿La Segunda Guerra?
Diciembre 2004 Se presenta Digg
Febrero 2005 Nos vemos en YouTube
2006 Mil cien millones de usuarios
Febrero 2006 Mil millones de temas
Junio 2007 El Iphone

WTF?! Donde está la creación de UNIX en el 69, el 1983 y la creación del proyecto GNU, Firefox como el navegador más descargado y la revolución de Wordpress. Y por sobre todo, se olvidan para lo que fue creada la Internet. Para el porno :D

What I like about mad experimentation is it's raw unbridled curiosity. What does it matter if some experiments go wrong or if others are completely useless and outright wacky? What counts is that humans have a desire to understand the world. Thomas Edison was a mad inventor; he wasted ten years of his life on devising a new mining technique, which failed miserably. He also designed furniture and homes made out of that comfortable substance know as concrete. Not big sellers.

The lesson here is that in a complex world, curiosity saves the cat, it doesn't kill it. But still there is an intellectual divide in society. There are those who care to know the world, and those who don't care to have their world views tarnished by reality. I'm talking about creationists here. To them a mad scientist is someone to be feared.

With all of this, it is still important for marketers to remember that, despite such innovative developments in media, the basics of truth in advertising still apply.  As set forth by the FTC, some of those basics include:

If you're way into regulations, you can read more here. 

As short films and viral videos take off through sites like YouTube, it's important for marketers to remain sane and not push envelopes too far when it comes to claims made by products and services.  Since anyone can produce anything these days and post it online with little more than a video camera and a free copy of Windows Moviemaker or similar software, there is no shortage of less-than-credible content out there.  Don't let your product or brand fall into the trap of exaggerations or unbelievable claims just because a cool video can be created that offers some sweet technology that can manipulate reality. 

This reminds me of the episode on Discovery a few weeks ago where the Mythbusters debunked online videos as being real or fake.  Astonishingly enough, all videos proved to be true, though some elements of what was presented needed modified to make them work.  Here's a sample of a car that is lifted into the air by connecting a few fire hoses to it...pretty cool:

While all vids were proven to be truthful, the fact that consumers are automatically skeptical enough of online video to allow Mythbusters to feature an entire hour-long episode about it provides insight into how consumers like to seek out information and then form their own opinions and thoughts.  As a marketer, keep it cool, cutting edge, relevant, but truthful when it comes to short films and viral campaigns.

Now I can't get the song out of my head. =)

Taking that brilliant concept into the world of Halo and Xbox Live is this video testing various widespread claims about what is (or isn't) possible in Master Chief's domain.  Even if you're not into Halo, some of the idiosyncrasies are kind of surprising!  A peek at the video, plus some news, after the jump.

That's the first episode, but so far there are three total.

In other Halo-related news, Bungie got everyone worked up on the anniversary of Halo 3's release with a teaser and a tagline ("Prepare to Drop") for what looks like an expansion (rumored and reported here and here) to the game.  The expansion doesn't appear to star Master Chief, but instead perhaps one of the UNSC's Orbital Shock Drop Troopers.  Blah blah blah...ultimately, it looks like a sweet addition to the franchise, and a fun new angle, too.  GameSpot has the trailer, links, and a much more in-depth breakdown for those interested.

Who's excited?

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Para ninguém ficar achando que o trânsito de São Paulo é só papo de Paulistano que gosta de contar vantagem o Discovery Channel estréia hoje o programa Soluções Para O Trânsito, em que sugere projetos para driblar o caos em que se transformou o dia a dia de quem depende do carro nesta cidade.

Só para terem uma idéia, o programa foi imaginado a pouco mais de um ano pelo gerente geral da Discovery Network no país, Fernando Medin, que levou duas horas para ir de um ponto a outro da cidade, num trajeto que não deveria levar mais do que vinte minutos: "Fiquei duas horas parado e comecei a pensar: 'trabalho em uma empresa de conteúdo, tenho de fazer alguma coisa.'" Foi então que ele começou a escrever o roteiro.

A idéia principal é mostrar soluções possíveis baseadas em projetos que deram certo em outras cidades do mundo.

Esse primeiro episódio vai acompanhar a evolução do trânsito em São Paulo, desde a época dos bondes até o domínio dos carros com um passageiro só.

O programa estréia hoje às 21:00h e tem reprise na sexta às 22:00h.