On 22 June 1816 Lord Byron and his contemporary and friend Percy Bysshe Shelley were sailing on Lake Geneva (referred to as "Lac Leman," the French name, throughout the poem) and stopped to visit the Château de Chillon. After touring the castle—and walking through the dungeon in which Bonivard...
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called "Treatise" when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work by Anglo-Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by his contemporary John Locke about the nature of human...
Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is in favor of liberalizing copyright laws, and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation, and uses some of their licenses for his books. Jules is a...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra, sometimes translated Thus Spake Zarathustra), subtitled A Book for All and None (Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), is a written work by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work...
Hands fisted, knuckles white and angry tears pouring down her cheeks, Carol stormed through her front door and headed straight for the telephone. She tries to compose herself as she dials 911 to report her car as stolen. The 911 operator takes her information and lets her know that an officer...
Aliens have invaded our world! Oh no! Due to the large amount of extraterrestrial among Earth, the United States Government has proposed a secret ET annihilation project composed of advance soldiers. (The secret is within each soldier's ability). The Government calls this "Project GHOST" The...
The Chimera was an ancient monster. It was composed of three animals, a lion, a snake and a goat. Nowadays by the term “Chimera” we usually mean something unattainable and distant. This short story collection deals with this theme. Anything that is unattainable becomes a matter of fantasy and...
Written over six months of depression, isolation, and misguided emotions, these are the words of a lost man. Themes composed of love, anger, uncertainty; a balance of life and human nature. The dark doesn't become terrifying when it's the only thing you've known. This poetry, and songs, and...
A study in the design and search methods of computerized systems composed of multiple interacting autonomous entities which observes through sensors and acts upon an environment using actuators and directs its activity towards achieving goals.
The application of a computerized system composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents in the coordination, control and fault diagnosis of a production system.