The Hare Krsna „Om” Page
by Krishna-kripa Dasa As spiritual beings we are different from our material body. Chanting transcendental sounds like om helps free us from material conditioning and helps us realize our spiritual…
What are the Vedas?
By Atma-tattva dasa The Vedic scriptures of ancient India are written in Sanskrit. They comprise a huge collection of material and spiritual knowledge. The expression "Vedic" is derived from the…
The History Of Computers During My Lifetime – The 1970’s
by Jason Patterson The First General Purpose Microprocessor - The Intel 4004 By the time I was born (1972), Intel had already released the world's first generally available DRAM chip…
Who is That Girl with Krishna?
by Jayadvaita Swami People often ask, "Who is that girl with Krishna?" The answer is that She is Srimati Radharani, Krishna's pleasure potency. The devotees of the Krishna consciousness movement…
HyperTransport Broadens Its HPC Scope
A technology group working on faster data transfer between devices announced a new specification targeted at improving high-performance computing systems. The HyperTransport Technology Consortium said today that it has approved…
The History Of Computers During My Lifetime – The 1980’s
by Jason Patterson The Commodore VIC-20 Riding on the success of the PET, Commodore drove its engineers to make computers that anyone could afford. The 6502 based VIC-20, introduced in…
The History Of Computers During My Lifetime – The 1990’s
by Jason Patterson The IBM RS/6000 In the early 1980's IBM had been right at the forefront of RISC research with the IBM 801 project led by John Cocke, but…
Who is Krishna?
Written by Cetanarahita dasa Some say, “God has no name,” but God has so many names that any one name is not God’s only name. We cannot limit the Unlimited.…
Student discipline: is suspension the answer?
Is student discipline as simple as suspension? What alternative solutions are there to the problem of misbehaving students? In the midst of escalating violence in our schools, many adults are…
Liberation
By Jayadvaita Swami In the Vedic context, "liberation" means more than just freedom from hangups and freedom being socially pigeonholed or political oppressed. It means freedom from the cycle of…
Trojans, Viruses & Worms
Angelina, AntiCMOS, AntiEXE, Azusa, Back Orifice, Bones, Boot-437, Brain, Bubbleboy, Bupt9146, Byway Angelina virus is a variant of Stoned, and like Stoned, it spreads to a hard disk when an…
Development Anomalies in the Bedouin Oases of Al-Liwa
(Dr. Heard-Bey, who studied history at Berlin and Heidelberg, has lived in Abu Dhabi for eleven years. The present article is based on observations made during visits to the Liwa…
Personalism and Impersonalism
Impersonalists think the highest conception of God is an all-pervading impersonal spirit and that our spiritual perfection is to merge into this one spirit after death. They compare this to…
The Modes of Material Nature
By Atma-tattva dasa In modern physics (classical, quantum mechanistic, and holistic), one frequently sees the term "natural laws." Since Einstein, efforts are being made to find a Grand Unified Theory…
FireWire Groups Converge
The various groups working on the interconnect technology commonly known as FireWire are joining forces to help speed up adoption. The Dallas-based 1394 Trade Association said it will merge with…
Bogus Gurus (Beware!)
By Ananda Tirtha Dasa "I realize that material life is not the be-all and end-all. I want to know more about life's spiritual side. Where do I go? How do…
e-Mail Viruses („Worms”) & Junk („Spam”)
Computer Virus Help by Henri Delger e-Mail Viruses ("Worms") As the Internet has grown in popularity, e-mail has evolved from a convenience enjoyed by a few to a necessity for…
Overland to Jordan
by Ian and June Hamer Following a successful overland journey to North Yemen in 1982, we decided to try the easier but no less interesting drive to Jordan and on…
The Empty Quarter
On 31st March 1977 at a public meeting held in the Community Hall, (which the ENHG largely organized) Mr. Wilfred Thesiger introduced a showing of the BP film “The Empty…
High school reform
This piece provides a view of the areas of the American high school system that need to be reformed in order to achieve improvement. It seems as though any time…