http://www.sciy.org/blog Welcome to the Science, Culture & Integral Yoga webzine - "SCIY" 1) SCIY is a continually updated webzine: Recently posted articles are displayed on this SCIY title page, called the "Main Page." Scroll down to see our purpose statement and short excerpts of the latest 15 days of posted articles, newest at the top. Click on the "more »" links to continue reading articles that interest you. (Tip: Click on the titles in the "Recent Articles" list in the right-hand column to view the 15 most recent articles or in the "Recent Comments" list for the 10 most recent comments.) 2) Free Reader Accounts: Only registered "Readers" can post comments in response to articles, or reply to comments posted by others. To register, click the "Create Reader Account" link located below the Login frame in the upper left column. Don't worry, it's free, and entails no obligations on your part. (Tip: Readers can also choose to get free email Notifications of newly posted articles & comments. See Items 5 & 6 below.) ... more » Why SCIY? (pronounced "sci-y") by rjon on August 11, 2006 07:50AM (PDT) Our Purpose Vision: To consider emerging planetary science and culture in the light of Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga through mutually respectful dialogue, creative imagination, critical inquiry and non-dual epistemologies. Mission: To discern trends within contemporary arts, sciences and technologies which appear to facilitate (or not) the co-evolution of integral spirituality, scientific research and emerging planetary culture. Goals: To foster intra- and inter-community dialog among those who actively aspire to create a terrestrial environment which will advance an integral evolution of consciousness and thus a world of increasing truth, beauty and sustainable human unity. Who we are: The founders and core group of SCIY are engaged in the study and practice of Sri Aurobindo's "Integral Yoga," a non-sectarian spiritual path toward realizing "a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity."* - Our aspiration for SCIY is to foster inclusive scientific, cultural and spiritual research that serves this realization. We invite those who share this aspiration to join us. -------- * Quote from Sri Aurobindo's spiritual colleague, Mirra Alfassa (also known as "the Mother"), in her Charter for the Auroville universal township project being built near Pondicherry, India. _____________ "There are people who love adventure. It is these I call, and I tell them this: 'I invite you to the great adventure...' " en-us Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:46:20 -0800 PRIVACY Blogware ronjon http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2007/12/12/3406202.html http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2007/12/12/3406202.html Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:38:31 -0800 <i>...Google, however, has been very reluctant to use all this data in its advertising business. One reason is that it has other information that solves its main problem: picking the right ads to show on each page. It uses what people are searching for on its search site and the content of other pages on which ads appear (including, of course, the content of messages displayed in Gmail).<br> <br> But as Google gets bigger it is tiptoeing into using more data for targeting. It tries to determine the location of users in order to show ads of local businesses. It also gets some personal information about users from partner sites on which it displays ads — like MySpace — to help it choose ads.<br> <br> And Google has now started dipping its little toe into the pool that Madison Avenue calls behavioral targeting. That approach is based on the idea that the best way to pick an ad to show you now is to look at your online activity from a few hours or days ago. The classic example is showing car dealer ads to someone who searched for minivans yesterday. ...</i> Main Page .. RonJon Anastasia COMPUTERS, INTERNET .. Perilous .. Marketing MEDIA PRIVACY Privacy Google