Porneia delights' shaarli

I used to be schizophrenic but now we are going much better.
We are the Porneia delights. We are persistent and reluctant.
We also do not really come from outer space.

True History

Excerpt: "True History or True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα) is a parody of travel tales, by the Greek-speaking Syrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth."

Wed 19 Mar 2014 11:05:19 AM UTC — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_History
Tags : English Histoire ScienceFiction Wikipedia

17 animaux que vous ne connaissez surement pas

(via http://www.sebsauvage.net/links/?lYX2ig). Au cas où le lien meurt, voici la liste (il y en 18 du coup) :
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_mole_lizard
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamproie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichotis_patagonum
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamandre_g%C3%A9ante_de_Chine
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabe_de_cocotier
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89laphode
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenouille_de_verre
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotoplanes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaglossus_bruijni
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamyphorus_truncatus
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galath%C3%A9e_y%C3%A9ti
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taupe_%C3%A0_nez_%C3%A9toil%C3%A9
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loup_%C3%A0_crini%C3%A8re
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_giant_softshell_turtle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blob_fish

Thu 20 Jun 2013 10:48:34 AM UTC — http://www.buzzly.fr/compilation-danimaux-meconnus.html
Tags : Biodiversity Français Wikipedia

5S

Extrait : "La méthode des 5 « S » (en anglais the 5 S's) est une technique de management japonaise visant à l'amélioration continue des tâches effectuées dans les entreprises." (via http://www.lacaryatide.fr/liens/?wVf5mw)

Thu 30 May 2013 07:53:06 AM UTC — https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S
Tags : Culture Français Wikipedia

Tardigrade

Extract: "Tardigrades (...) are microscopic, water-dwelling, segmented animals with eight legs. (...) [They] can survive being heated for a few minutes to 151 °C (424 K), or being chilled for days at -200 °C (73 K), or for a few minutes at -272 °C (~1 degree above absolute zero). (...) They can survive the vacuum of open space and solar radiation combined for at least 10 days."

Thu 12 Jan 2012 03:51:54 AM UTC — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
Tags : English Impressive Wikipedia

George P. Burdell

Presque incroyable : George P. Burdell a eu une vraie vie mais c'est une personne inventée de toute pièce par William Edgar "Ed" Smith (via http://redd.it/ocyit). Extract : "George P. Burdell is a fictitious student officially enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1927 as a practical joke. Since then, he has supposedly received several degrees, served in the military, gotten married, and served on Mad magazine's Board of Directors, among other accomplishments. Burdell at one point even led the online poll for Time's 2001 Person of the Year award. He has evolved into an important and notorious campus tradition; all Georgia Tech students learn about him at orientation."

Thu 12 Jan 2012 03:41:01 AM UTC — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Burdell
Tags : English Fun Impressive Wikipedia