tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.comments2023-10-26T10:25:14.412+00:00Overmatterblah blahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-53817955267422269022013-01-17T04:25:17.592+00:002013-01-17T04:25:17.592+00:00Here's an example of why Obama won.
http://ww...Here's an example of why Obama won.<br /><br />http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/singularities/michelangelo_d_agostino_a_physicist_reshapes_his_career<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973381491677593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-13656706353730468592013-01-17T02:59:20.262+00:002013-01-17T02:59:20.262+00:00Yes, you are correct, as ever. I have amended this...Yes, you are correct, as ever. I have amended this. nblah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-21159449748908655062013-01-16T02:20:23.781+00:002013-01-16T02:20:23.781+00:00is kickstarter a non-profit? I thought it made mon...is kickstarter a non-profit? I thought it made money?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973381491677593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-82059699769175182342012-11-14T18:30:50.331+00:002012-11-14T18:30:50.331+00:00Its funny you should say this, I was talking to so...Its funny you should say this, I was talking to someone from the Obama campaign the other day and he was saying that GOP will always have a shallow pool to find nerds in with its consistent brand of anti-intellectualism. By all accounts Silicon Valley and academics were lining up to contribute their brains to the Obama campaign and were welcomed with open arms. blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-26917950510791183112012-11-09T23:45:14.903+00:002012-11-09T23:45:14.903+00:00With regards to the GOP's use of modern techno...With regards to the GOP's use of modern technology, you have to remember that these are the same people who don't believe in Geology or Biology and have limited knowledge of Geography. I wonder what they really think about airplanes?Leafthainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054063607224801667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-64657189924572675172012-10-15T18:31:25.522+00:002012-10-15T18:31:25.522+00:00Voting is a social enterprise. If you tell people ...Voting is a social enterprise. If you tell people that everyone is doing it, and they know that their neighbours will find out that they have not voted, then people are WAY more likely to vote. If you want people to not vote then you send them mail bemoaning the fact that people don't vote much these days. We are social creatures and we have status anxiety. <br />blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-78048376713071454842012-10-12T20:23:40.542+00:002012-10-12T20:23:40.542+00:00There was an extremely good talk at the last AAAS ...There was an extremely good talk at the last AAAS meeting in DC on this very issue, particularly on how negative campaigning is effect, and how pointing out that your neighbors voted, increased the likelihood that you would vote in the next election.Paul Guinnessynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-88525675164722147902012-07-19T13:38:45.594+00:002012-07-19T13:38:45.594+00:00Dear Mrs. Natasha Loder,
I work for Bloggingbook...Dear Mrs. Natasha Loder,<br /><br /><br />I work for Bloggingbooks publishing house (bloggingbooks.net), which is the new publishing brand of SVH publishing house. <br /><br />We are looking forward to extend our publishing programme, and we are therefore searching intensively for interesting and well presented blogs that may be suitable for publishing. <br /><br />Would you be interested too in publishing your blog posts? I look forward to a positive reply from you. <br /><br />Should you have any questions, I would be pleased to answer your queries by e-mail. You may also get more information about Bloggingbooks concept, by visiting our website.<br /><br />contact email: m [dot] gorbulea [at] bloggingbooks [dot] deBloggingbookshttp://bloggingbooks.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-2699692666054483842012-06-27T06:40:52.343+00:002012-06-27T06:40:52.343+00:00nice worknice worklive sportshttp://sportsfunia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-46757612133933060072012-05-31T15:15:21.364+00:002012-05-31T15:15:21.364+00:00Britain does have an independent regulator of adve...Britain does have an independent regulator of advertising standards. But I wonder if the answer really is that complex though?<br /><br />My instinct is that this problem is demand led. Enough British readers are eager to read this sort of thing, and certain parts of the market have no qualms about dishing it up. I think ultimately we ought to be asking the news editors of the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph why they feel they can publish pieces of such dubious merit.blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-586585912349614662012-05-30T22:59:56.548+00:002012-05-30T22:59:56.548+00:00That's a really excellent point-- I think you&...That's a really excellent point-- I think you're right to look for external answers to the question. Maybe it's a matter of demand-- whereby British news consumers want more science information, across the market for the news. I don't know how one would measure that, although it's interesting that the US spends a much greater percentage of its GDP on research funding than the UK. (See figure 4-16 of http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/pdf/c04.pdf)<br /><br />I think there might be a plausible explanation on the other side, too -- maybe Britain has a larger supply of bogus stories for print. Let's say that "science-y" claims help companies to sell products, however those claims are transmitted. If it's easier for those companies to make those claims directly to consumers through advertisements, then they won't have as much incentive to sneak bogus studies into newspaper stories. Is it true that the UK regulates science claims in advertising more closely than does the US? If so, that gives part of the answer.Daniel Engbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-56473021442470159452012-05-22T16:06:59.730+00:002012-05-22T16:06:59.730+00:00I am British, but from everything I've read on...I am British, but from everything I've read on the subject I hope Walker wins. I thought our politics were dysfunctional, but the idea that you can recall an elected official in the middle of his term because you don't like his policies seems utterly ludicrous. Criminal behavior is one thing, but all this chap is doing is taking the state in a new direction which is essentially what he said he would do as far as I understand.farmland investmentshttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/agricultural-farmland/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-10767750370406559982012-05-03T17:00:24.178+00:002012-05-03T17:00:24.178+00:00Well done!Well done!TomJxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-85251199729962156762012-01-15T20:28:41.500+00:002012-01-15T20:28:41.500+00:00Its only a 5% saving compared to the ground, but i...Its only a 5% saving compared to the ground, but if you do enough launches it adds up. (Plus your design can be simpler as the engines don't have to work at sea level atmosphere)Paul Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-19216171295012980772012-01-15T20:26:43.889+00:002012-01-15T20:26:43.889+00:00Actually DC isn't that bad. Yes they tend to c...Actually DC isn't that bad. Yes they tend to close the schools a bit quickly but its not the snow plowing that causes trouble, its the inept electricity company Pepco that always seems to screw up. And in Mont County we also have web access to see where the plows are.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-83481503331092511542011-10-31T19:07:24.529+00:002011-10-31T19:07:24.529+00:00I'd also add that one other thing to watch, is...I'd also add that one other thing to watch, is how many people pay with food stamps for food. Everytime I go to the grocey store at the moment, there's at least one person in front of me using food stamps. <br /><br />This just shows what a hit the economy is taking, it never used to be like this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973381491677593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-52102434903596964612011-10-31T19:04:40.579+00:002011-10-31T19:04:40.579+00:00There's another good book on the topic (Good E...There's another good book on the topic (Good Eats) which points out you can usually tell the sock-economic background of any neighbor by noting the location of the soda. In poor neighborhoods its by the door (first thing you see) in richer areas, its in the middle.<br /><br />I'm quite surprised how good Target is getting at providing fresh fruit etc..The downside of course, it that general supermarkets are going to close down over the next few years as Target and Walmart cherry pick their customers (e.g. Giant and Superfresh for example)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973381491677593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-27833704275548834662011-10-15T02:27:33.368+00:002011-10-15T02:27:33.368+00:00Don't under estimate how illinformed the vast ...Don't under estimate how illinformed the vast majority of Americans are. Most of them for example, don't think Medicare and social security are government programs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-65498912676786906372011-09-08T00:38:51.513+00:002011-09-08T00:38:51.513+00:00Although you make a convincing argument that the n...Although you make a convincing argument that the number of PhD’s being produced far exceed suitable employment opportunities available to them at the end of their long arduous academic journeys [“The disposable academic”, Economist Dec 16th 2010], your article fails to mention the ground breaking contributions elite PhD graduands have made to the pinnacle of research in the humanities and the sciences. This is a particular omission in the Nobel Prize’s 100th year, when there have been 216 PhD’s among Nobel laureate autobiographies filed at www.nobelprize.org [accessed 26th Dec 2010]. Assuming single laureates for each Nobel Prize category (Physiology and Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace-all first awarded in 1901; Economic Sciences, first awarded in 1969) and not taking into account the intercession of both 20th century world wars when no prizes were awarded, there have been approximately 542 Nobel laureates for the 216 PhD’s referred to. This gives an approximate ratio of 0.4 PhD per Nobel Prize awarded since 1901, a testament to the PhD being an incubator of priceless ideas, innovation and invention that have and will continue to benefit mankind. Admittedly most PhD graduates do not go on to win Nobel Prizes, but the handful who do could well have honed the critical skills and stamina requisite to Nobel summiteering during their PhD studies. The positive view I offer is not meant, however, to detract from the plight of large numbers of PhD’s marooned in under-remunerated and/or non-gainfully employed post-graduation lives.jystinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836313497090098722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-59295196403142406442011-08-12T17:05:59.064+00:002011-08-12T17:05:59.064+00:00Hi there,
it must be the one and only Nick Valery....Hi there,<br />it must be the one and only Nick Valery.blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-67869755041573869722011-07-26T15:54:28.721+00:002011-07-26T15:54:28.721+00:00Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Colin File...Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Colin Filer bothered to read the excellent suggestion at the end of this article. If he did, he chose to ignore it. Here's his latest about REDD in PNG: http://bit.ly/ngOqYw<br /><br />At the end of the article there's a short description of who he is:<br /><br /><i>Colin Filer is an anthropologist and associate professor at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University.</i><br /><br />No mention of any consultancies he carried out on REDD in PNG...Chris Langhttp://redd-monitor.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-5574983709392954842011-07-26T15:50:32.468+00:002011-07-26T15:50:32.468+00:00Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Colin File...Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Colin Filer bothered to read this, and if he did he chose to ignore it. Here's his latest about REDD in PNG: http://bit.ly/ngOqYw<br /><br />At the end of the article there's a short description of who he is:<br /><br /><i>Colin Filer is an anthropologist and associate professor at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University.</i><br /><br />No mention of any consultancies he carried out on REDD in PNG...REDD-Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847884562261029732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-35534210644382414102011-06-01T09:49:52.077+00:002011-06-01T09:49:52.077+00:00I bumped with this post trying to know who is the ...I bumped with this post trying to know who is the Los Angeles correspondent that signs as N.V. could you tell me his/her name? I love his articles.Morcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749411173850829424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-84514502909412678822011-05-17T20:55:04.664+00:002011-05-17T20:55:04.664+00:00Yep. In fact the women are generally worse.Yep. In fact the women are generally worse.blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963047594323120317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476986.post-59223387977922074292011-03-08T18:44:22.573+00:002011-03-08T18:44:22.573+00:00Was that equally from Men & Women?Was that equally from Men & Women?Paul Athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582337181736776488noreply@blogger.com