links for 2009-11-21

'We look at heroes and do-gooders as a special sort of breed: people who possess extraordinary traits of altruism or self-less concern for the well-being of others, even at the expense of their own existence. On the other end, sociopaths also have an extraordinary set of traits, such as extreme selfishness, lack of impulse control, no respect for rules, and no conscience.

As crazy as it sounds, there may be a closer link than than most people would think between the extreme-altruistic personality and sociopathic personality. Would it shock you to know that two people, one with the traits of extreme-altruism (X-altruism) and the other the traits of a sociopath, could be related? Even siblings? And that their personality traits are very similar, with only a few features to distinguish them?'
via http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/21/heroes-and-sociopath.html

Corporates & mobile access feature big time in the prediction

Handy extension to play & even download videos from different sites right from the Firefox sidebar. Ideal for widescreen laptops/monitors.
The extension – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5709