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“Humor is the brother of poetry, humor is the denouncer. I don't have the ability to fix anything, but I have the obligation to report everything, because that is the comedian's first obligation. Humor is everything, even funny.” Chico Anysio (1931 - 2012) Below, a "small" exhibition of 25 of the 209 characters that brought to life the refined humor of Brazilian comedian Chico Anysio.

“I know that it is difficult to let go of your own preferences; but it is precisely in this that the nobility of the scientist consists.” Norberto Bobbio (1909 - 2004)

"A statesman thinks about the next generations, a populist thinks about the next elections". James Freeman Clark (1810-1888)

1 ST POST This site is born eclectic, it will seek to be plural, with varied themes and opinions, with an emphasis on Innovation, Science and Technology. Here we observe technology not only focusing on its speed and practicality, but as a convergence factor for reflective thinking about everything that "passes" ; ahead of us. We need to understand the meaning of changes and strengthen our ability to influence them consciously.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The origin of the arroba symbol is not known for sure, but it is believed that it appeared in Antiquity, between the Greek and Roman civilizations to abbreviate the expression of equivalence between the weight of goods. Over time, the arroba became a unit of measurement, generally used in the animal or grain trade: 1@ = 14.688 kg. The use of the symbol in computing only took place in 1971, when programmer Ray Tomilson used it for the first time out of pure sympathy and convenience. Ray needed a symbol that was compatible with most networked systems and that was different enough not to be confused with the characters in people's names. Fashion has caught on and you can't send an email (or tweet) without typing it. He combined the useful with the pleasant by using a symbol that was already known by the nomenclature "at", which in English means the preposition "in". This way, the person's name, added to the @, indicated the location of the email on the network (name@domain.com). Fashion has caught on and you can't send an email (or tweet) without typing it. Source: UOL Tecnologia – 12 .feb.2011

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The Bluetooth symbol is directly linked to the name of the technology, which in turn is a tribute to the former king of Denmark Herald Bluetooth. The creators of the technology decided to name it this way because, like Herald, which united Norwegian, Swedish and Danish tribes, Bluetooth is intended to connect different electronics around the same port. The symbol is the combination of two letters, Hagall and Berkanan, belonging to two Nordic alphabets. Source: UOL Tecnologia – 12 .feb.2011