Insomnia

One thing about being a computer scientist most of the time these days: when there is insomnia one can just sit down and hack some commands.

2 nights in a row again: need sleep.......

Kongo genocide and what I don't understand today

So what I really don't understand anymore in the world today. Only a few years ago Gaddafi was about to become the friend of the West, allowed to pitch his magnificent tent in the middle of Paris. Then suddenly we bomb him away - just because some Philosopher tells the French president it's about time to. Don't get me wrong, I still think Germany should actually have joined in in the no flight zone enforcement and not cowardly bowed out - I just don't get why suddenly. Then Assad. The man has always been kind of an ally to the West, a balancing force in the region - now we want to get rid of him. Again, the West should have acted there much earlier, before thousands of people were massacred, but the sudden transition in politics and media. I mean it's not that these people became kleptocratic despots within the last couple of years, they have been grinding every penny out of these countries for decades, it's a family business.

Now then the Kongo: There is an ongoing genocide there for a long as I can think (or notice such things) - 20 years or so. Every now and then a bit of coverage in the media, but any outcry? Anything happening bar some good willed, but largely powerless UN missions? Nothing!!! So this is disgusting really - and I don't understand the ignorance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/jul/28/congo-lords-resistance-army-video

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Under review

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huhu, I bet it will be back with us when I am about to leave for vacations...

The Opera: Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer

Went to see the Flying Dutchman yesterday at the Deutsch Oper am Rhein in Duesseldorf. Ddorf, that is where you drive into a construction site to let the ambulance pass, which is coming up from behind but getting blocked by the big cars all time and then when it finally passed by, you can't get back on the road because the Mercedes cars are right behind the ambulance and wont let you in.

Anyway, the opera was nice, not as good as Xerxes this winter, but totally different and thus hard to compare anyway. Good to see different stuff to get into it. Actually I found that there are some pretty good Operas on youtube that one can have running in the background when working - essentially like football or rugby games.

Oh, and the All Blacks won today. Would have liked to see the French win as well though. Quite divided as usual when these two nations play, but one win would have been nice for the French to end the series. A nice little place in Paris where I had lunch on my way to Roscoff...

 

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hungry

uuaaah, whenever I work on HOX genes I forget to eat. at 4pm hunger finally drove me away from my desk. yummi a froozen greek meal. then more clusters and alignments.

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Science: this is soooooo coool:

http://quantumfrontiers.com/2013/06/11/quantum-matter-animated/

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Pink - Eagles - Cash

To my sister's complete embarrassment: I like the new Pink album. It has quite a number of really cool songs. For paper writing now, I will switch to The Eagles and then maybe some Johnny Cash. Hoping that is not embarrassing es well... :D