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Monthly Archives: May 2003
Greedy Web gets lazy too
This idea might be going somewhere — I don’t know. But Danny O’Brien, at least, wrote back as if he thought it had some merit: Pay me $50, and I’ll do it. Seriously: it’s a great idea, and while similiar … Continue reading Continue reading
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Zing
President Bush, of course, is not a junior reporter for the New York Times. So maybe it doesn’t matter if he makes up stories and puts them in the newspaper. After Ronald Reagan, it’s almost a presidential tradition. Michael Kinsley … Continue reading Continue reading
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Global Fame
In case anyone has wandered over from the Guardian‘s site, I thought I’d put on something to reward them: a quote from Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas, on the crippling effect of oil price rises on the state: … Continue reading Continue reading
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The public misunderstanding of science
There’s a survey out from the University of Michiagan, showing that the American public actually understands less about genes and gene therapy than it did in 1990. Actually, what the headline says, nicely illustrating its own point, is that the … Continue reading Continue reading
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The greedy web
Ben Hammersley invented the lazy web, a way of asking people if they’ve already solved your problem. It’s flashy, and seems to work for a small subset of highly connected geeks but it’s never going to solve the real problem … Continue reading Continue reading
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cognitive feudalism
I heven’t yet reread, with laptop to hand, Pascal Boyer, though I know that I will. It is one of those books that requires innocent (at least not guilty) contemplation; but the idea that has stuck with me as I … Continue reading Continue reading
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Monday Morning
News over the weekend: someone in Paignton has actually supplied six monkeys with typewriters, to see how much and of which authors they’d produce. they got bored — the scientists that is — and stopped after six weeks, but not … Continue reading Continue reading
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trusted serial killers
Well, a different war this time. The Guardian’s coverage of the Stakeknife affair has given me the best belly laugh in weeks. However, if one of Gerry Adams’ trusted friends is indeed proved to be not only a tout but … Continue reading Continue reading
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Stupid IE tricks
This will only work if you are using IE, but it is only fun if you’re not. If you want to know how it works, or what it does, press “more”. Continue reading
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Error Message
This just appeared in my inbox: Dear Andrew Brown, A friend has just sent me your review of Nature via Nurture, in the April 20th Mail on Sunday. I am the daughter B F Skinner put in a box, but … Continue reading Continue reading
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