<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Quantum's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/</link><description>The politics of religion</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 21:35:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:24:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Secularism has no spiritual and ethical base</title>
<description><![CDATA["Secularism is a man-made ideology of modern age. It is a based on the belief that education, politics, economy etc. should be separated from religion. This ideology is entirely based on materialistic outlook.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/08/707668-secularism-has-no-spiritual-and-ethical-base</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/08/707668-secularism-has-no-spiritual-and-ethical-base</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>allah</category><category>secularism</category><category>holy-quran</category><category>almighty-allah</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 21:28:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is a space tourism revolution just around the corner?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Following on from the BBC's program on commercial spaceflight, this small article tries to answer the question to whether we are nearing the "space tourism revolution", and what has been attempted to make commercial flights into space feasible.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57332-is-a-space-tourism-revolution-just-around-the-corner</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57332-is-a-space-tourism-revolution-just-around-the-corner</guid><category>space</category><category>physics</category><category>stars</category><category>holiday</category><category>science</category><category>rocket</category><category>tourism</category><category>astronomy</category><category>richard-branson</category><category>spaceflight</category><category>space-travel</category><category>cosmology</category><category>space-tourism</category><category>astrophysics</category><category>horizon</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:24:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A tornado in the stars</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's rare that there's a huge tornado of high energy particles that create a cosmic "tornado" in the stars. But that's exactly what NASA have spotted from the Spitzer Space telescope.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57276-a-tornado-in-the-stars</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57276-a-tornado-in-the-stars</guid><category>space</category><category>physics</category><category>stars</category><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>tornado</category><category>spitzer-space-telescope</category><category>telescope</category><category>scientists</category><category>cosmology</category><category>herbig-haro</category><category>particles</category><category>high-energy-particles</category><category>astronomer</category><category>cosmic</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:18:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Symantec issues patch for rootkit-style flaw</title>
<description><![CDATA[SonyBMG hit the news recently after they issued a number of CDs with a rootkit, but now it seems Symantec (the makers of Norton Anti-Virus) might be joining the ranks]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57260-symantec-issues-patch-for-rootkit-style-flaw</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/12/57260-symantec-issues-patch-for-rootkit-style-flaw</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>tech</category><category>norton</category><category>computer</category><category>symantec</category><category>virus</category><category>rootkit</category><category>worm</category><category>anti-virus</category><category>norton-antivirus</category><category>trojan</category><category>sercurity</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:43:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blackhole makes an indent on &quot;space-time&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[The physicists behind MIT have pin-pointed a blackhole that has dented itself into space-time. Although, this theoretically has already been proved the fact that scientists have actually observed such "phenomena" in the stars above brings home the peculiarity of blackholes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/56176-blackhole-makes-an-indent-on-space-time</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/56176-blackhole-makes-an-indent-on-space-time</guid><category>space</category><category>time</category><category>physics</category><category>stars</category><category>nasa</category><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>einstein</category><category>warp</category><category>cosmology</category><category>blackholes</category><category>space-time</category><category>backhole</category><category>event-horizon</category><category>relativity</category><category>mit</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:57:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Too Much Is at Stake to Risk Placing Samuel Alito on Supreme Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Relgious groups have used the Alito case, to once again affirm their views about abortion. One of these organization is the RCRC (Religious Coalition of Reproductive Choice)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/55736-too-much-is-at-stake-to-risk-placing-samuel-alito-on-supreme-court</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/55736-too-much-is-at-stake-to-risk-placing-samuel-alito-on-supreme-court</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>women</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>religion</category><category>rights</category><category>science</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>faith</category><category>samuel-alito</category><category>alito</category><category>pro-life</category><category>fundamentalism</category><category>christianity</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>rcrc</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:21:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dodgy anti-spyware firms to cough up $2m</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spyware has long been a problem for computers with the likes of CoolWebSearch, 180 Solutions and many more attacking your privacy from all sides.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55350-dodgy-anti-spyware-firms-to-cough-up-2m</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55350-dodgy-anti-spyware-firms-to-cough-up-2m</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>spyware</category><category>internet</category><category>computers</category><category>trojans</category><category>protection</category><category>viruses</category><category>adware</category><category>anti-spyware</category><category>hijacking</category><category>pop-ups</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:09:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Altruism 101: What and why (are all actions done for self gain)</title>
<description><![CDATA[It doesn't seem strange that someone might preform an act of kindness (like giving up your place in a queue). However, in recent days philosophers and scientists alike have discovered the grim reality of "self-benefit". ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55298-altruism-101-what-and-why-are-all-actions-done-for-self-gain</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55298-altruism-101-what-and-why-are-all-actions-done-for-self-gain</guid><category>life</category><category>human</category><category>religion</category><category>science</category><category>god</category><category>psychology</category><category>biology</category><category>sociology</category><category>philosophy</category><category>mind</category><category>altruism</category><category>behaviour</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:23:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Even galaxies get hungry</title>
<description><![CDATA[Does Earth seem such a peaceful place? And when you look out at the night sky doesn't everything seem beautiful? But really the "Milky Way" is more than it seems.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55139-even-galaxies-get-hungry</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/10/55139-even-galaxies-get-hungry</guid><category>space</category><category>physics</category><category>stars</category><category>science</category><category>galaxy</category><category>astronomy</category><category>milky-way</category><category>solar-system</category><category>planets</category><category>galaxies</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:09:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stardust - the NASA probe literally bringing home the stars (but in the end is it worth it?)</title>
<description><![CDATA[What's going to come plumetting down towards Earth at nearly 30,000mph while containing real "stardust"? The answer is the NASA "Stardust" space probe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Quantum]]></source><link>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/09/54119-stardust-the-nasa-probe-literally-bringing-home-the-stars-but-in-the-end-is-it-worth-it</link><guid>http://quantum.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/09/54119-stardust-the-nasa-probe-literally-bringing-home-the-stars-but-in-the-end-is-it-worth-it</guid><category>space</category><category>physics</category><category>probe</category><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>solar-system</category><category>stardust</category><category>comet</category><category>cosmology</category><category>wild-2</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:03:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
