Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Don't take passport forms to Post Office

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Our daughter needed a passport renewed. This used to be a small thing, but in its great wisdom Congress decided both parents must be present...

Lessons from Outlook 2007 Notes colors

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Enthusiastic web sites promote Outlook 2007 category colors as a feature for Notes ... Customize Notes In Outlook 2007 ~ Windows Fanati...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

War is going to the robots because ...

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War is going to the robots because we can't pay for the traumatic brain injuries .
Sunday, March 29, 2009

The cracked Netflix DVD problem

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A 2008 Netflix Community complaint about broken DVDs didn't attract much sympathy . The respondents claimed Netflix was blameless, and a...
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Why the EU can't do stimulus programs

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If Paul Krugman has a weakness, it's that he doesn't work very hard to explain why governments don't want to follow his (well re...

Reporter is tasered - interesting video

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A local reporter is voluntarily tasered . If one skips the tedious intro it's a 15 second video demonstration. I don't know if the s...

Financial Times - Satirical 2020 edition

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Via Monbiot, I find: Financial Times 2020 - FT 2020.com . It's an Onion-style (ok, not as good as The Onion) satire of the Financial Tim...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Freeman Dyson and Linus Pauling

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When Linus Pauling , winner of several Nobel Prizes, was old he became obsessed with Vitamin C. Later he came up with "orthomolecular m...

Evolution of dog and human - mutual selection

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I've had a longstanding obsession with the the evolution and plasticity of my favorite parasite , Canis lupus familiaris. Happily our...

The Fermi Paradox goes mainstream - Dyer

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Gwynne Dyer is a thoughtful fellow, but he doesn't strike me as a fan of science fiction. He's a military historian and veteran jour...

New York's Senator Gillibrand conceals her deal with Satan

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Kirsten (Rutnick) Gillibrand was appointed to complete Hilary Clinton's term as a New York senator. When she took the position nobody ta...
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Carrington class solar storms -- another reason to own a cabin with running water

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(Via KW) We're used to estimating the frequency of calamities by studying the historic record. That works for meteors, earthquakes, clim...

Reinhardt on Obama's health plan

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Uwe Reinhardt is a Clinton economist who was one of the godfather's of Hilary's failed reform plan. Today he gives us a high level o...

How big should financial firms be?

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The Baseline Scenario suggests we simplify financial services regulation by setting size limits. Then, in theory, market forces can punish t...
Friday, March 27, 2009

Death to Captchas

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Beck when machines had trouble solving simple Captchas, they weren't a bad idea. Now the machines are much better at solving them than...
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