random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.

tagged: religion, soul
  —Albert Einstein

Archive for September, 2006

royalties & licensing, mapped

Friday, September 29th, 2006

A friend just pointed me to two global maps of exports of royalties & licensing fees and imports of same.