http://www.geekbot.info a blog about everything Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:22:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The concept of religious ecstasy is highly important for a fruitful existence but rarely discussed. Since flights of mysticism are highly personal experiences, they can't be explained to others effectively. For this reason, modern thought approaches these topics with heavy skepticism. The use of herbs has aided shamans since days of old. Even with their high ... http://www.geekbot.info/salvia-divinorum-is-a-legal-spiritual-high/ The sources from whence most Neopagan reconstructionists adapt their beliefs and practices are usually ancient mythologies. Wicca in particular is sometimes referred to by its proponents as the "Old Religion", a term popularised by Margaret Murray in the 1920s. Its use until the 1990s drew on a perceived underground European ... http://www.geekbot.info/neopagan-mythological-and-religious-sources/ Most Neopagans worship various Gods and Goddesses; some of them stick to one culture and others are not, while others believe in the deity within. The terms for worship are: animism, dualism, henotheism, monotheism, pantheism, polytheism, and autotheism. Animism is the belief that spirits inhabit every existing thing, including plants, minerals, ... http://www.geekbot.info/terms-for-kinds-of-neopagan-worship/ Swarm robotics is a new approach to the coordination of multi-robot systems which consist of large numbers of relatively simple physical robots. The goal of this approach is to study the design of robots (both their physical body and their controlling behaviors) such that a desired collective behavior emerges from ... http://www.geekbot.info/swarm-robotics-introduction/ Roomba is a robotic vacuum cleaner made and sold by iRobot. It is marketed as a Robotic Floorvac. This is a general review of Roomba. The unit is a disc, thirteen inches (34 cm) in diameter and less than four inches (9 cm) high. A large contact-sensing bumper is mounted on ... http://www.geekbot.info/roomba-by-irobot-review/ The Taira and the Minamoto once again clashed in 1180 beginning the Gempei War which ended in 1185. The victorious Minamoto no Yoritomo once again established the superiority of the samurai and in 1190 visited Kyoto and in 1192 became Seii Taishogun, establishing the Kamakura Shogunate. Over time, powerful samurai clans ... http://www.geekbot.info/samurai-in-feudal-period-japan/ Originally these warriors were little else than hired soldiers in the employ of the emperor and noble clans. But slowly they gathered enough power to eventually usurp the power of the emperor and establish the first samurai dominated government. As the regional clans allied with each other and gathered manpower and ... http://www.geekbot.info/rise-of-the-samurai/ During the Heian period, samurai came to refer especially to the guards of the imperial palace and to those who carried swords. These forerunners of what we now know as samurai had ruler-sponsored equipment and were required to hone their martial skills in all times. The actual armies of the emperor ... http://www.geekbot.info/origin-of-the-samurai/ Chinese origins Sushi is made up of three simple ingredients; rice, rice vinegar, and fish. So one would think that the cultivation of rice was necessary, however, the history of sushi begins before rice. The first "sushi or 鮨" might have been a salt pickled pork. The first use of "鮨" appeared ... http://www.geekbot.info/history-of-sushi-china-and-japan/   Well I hope you have been rick rolling your dumb little friends. If not, watch the above video n00b. The new way is to Barack roll the people that disagree with your political convictions. Why argue about politics when you can just slam a silly video in-front of them! John McCain gets ... http://www.geekbot.info/move-over-rick-barack-roll/