December 2009
“It will not be pitched as such by Apple. It will be defined by three or four of...”
– Daring Fireball: The Tablet
“So we have two choices. ONE: we have to have an argument every ten or hundred or...”
– +1 on choice two; simply moving the first decade a year back fixes this issue. OTOH, I find this once-a-decade discussion quite funny, and it gives people a reason to think about why exactly we’re currently at year 2010. Via Christopher Rattle.
“But we don’t reckon decades like that. We refer to them by the tens place in the...”
– I’m not convinced. A little decadence | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
“So, for example, the JAMA study highlights how over half of the PMAs were...”
– FDA using weak clinical studies to approve cardiac implants
“A study published over the weekend by Nature Neuroscience describes how...”
– Holy Johnny Mnemonic, Batman! Researchers store working memory in brain slices
“Anyone else find it odd that the first result for the term ‘SEO’ from Google...”
– Google SEO @ Joseph Scott
“Patrick told me many times that Spider Jerusalem is his role model. I trust he...”
– Said Warren Ellis. Well, now I expect Stewart to at least sport proper eyewear for the ceremony.
So let’s say Apple really does introduce a tablet next year. If so, it might have a book reader on it. Where will the books come from? Apple already sells Amazon-owned content on the iTunes store. Why not also sell Amazon’s e-books? I don’t think books is a market Apple takes as seriously as it does the music or movie markets.
“They tricked people into brushing ever day and using toothpaste each time, but...”
– I’m all for natural medicine, which is why I use a twig to brush my teeth. Science-Based Medicine » Oppose “Big Floss”; practice alternative dentistry
“A rigorous scientific test of ginkgo biloba found that it did not have the...”
– Well, you can forget ginkgo biloba | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
“I suppose that’s a major theme of this decade that has just been: the failure of...”
– ck/ck: The Sound Of My Head Banging Against The Wall (via inky) (via marco)
“Memo to Maureen: when attempting to use a sci-fi writer’s name as a shorthand...”
– Some? Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
“Gambetta and Hertog write about a particular mind-set among engineers that...”
– Why do so many terrorists have engineering degrees? - By Benjamin Popper - Slate Magazine
“There are two contradictory headlines today on Google News, both regarding...”
– Science is not a democracy: when the wisdom of crowds isn’t wise : bioephemera
“Borlaug introduced a high-yield, disease resistant wheat to Mexico, Pakistan and...”
– Where Aren’t They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2009 | Cracked.com
“When I worked at Microsoft almost two decades ago we made fun of IBM for having...”
– Secret language - Joel on Software
“The sea lions’ disappearance is as strange as their initial colonization of the...”
– Famous San Francisco Sea Lions Abandon Their Pier 39 Post | Wired Science | Wired.com
“This presentation will show the first experimental implementation of an...”
– Damn. Schneier on Security: Quantum Cryptography Cracked
Globetrotter XL →
Penny Arcade - Blamimations - Episode 1 →
harsh. →
Although I think the redneck/creationist equation is misguided.
“But there are literally millions of potential targets in any large country...”
– Bruce Schneier. Just read the whole thing: Is aviation security mostly for show? - CNN.com.
“Gollin was still just poking around, more intrigued than outraged. That changed...”
– Fraud U: Toppling a Bogus-Diploma Empire | Magazine
“Rep. Henry Brown of South Carolina and 74 Republican co-sponsors in the U.S....”
– From the “these people are insane” department. Intelligence is not a requirement for getting elected : Pharyngula
Rachel Maddow interviews Bruce Schneier →
“Fixing the problem doesn’t mean voting out the feckless Democrats or the...”
– Lawrence Lessig (via squashed, marco)
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“Which leads me to the biggest problem with Markdown: John Gruber.”
– Quoting Jeff Atwood. Wait, the Crunchpad thing isn’t even over, and we’re already getting the next Internet catfight? Santa has been truly generous this month. Responsible Open Source Code Parenting
“Commenting on those who paid to see Barnum’s fake giant, Hannum remarked,...”
– When Giants Roamed the Earth
“Beringer was taken in because he was obstinate and because the stones fit the...”
– Archaeology’s Hoaxes, Fakes, and Strange Sites - The Beringer Hoax
clientsfromhell:
Me: That’s impossible.
Client: I’ve seen it done on CSI.
