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The Economic Manhattan Project [jackdied] May 01 2009, 02:23 EDT [updated May 01 2009, 02:49 EDT] [permalink] In a well meaning lecture forwarded to me and given by a Stanford guy it is suggested at great length that we should work to treat economics as a science. And then - get this - solve it! Because in 250 years of study no one has decided to sit down and w Full Text Would you buy a new luxury car for $20,000? How about a dollar more, or a dollar more ... [jackdied] Apr 22 2009, 05:38 EDT [updated Apr 22 2009, 05:54 EDT] [permalink] The candy bars, tabloids, and gum at the grocery store checkout isle are very precisely priced. Tens of millions of people look at them a day and do or do not make a purchase. The purchases are laser scanned and the grocery store knows pretty damned wel Full Text Lesson: Never, ever say what you mean. [jackdied] Apr 22 2009, 03:32 EDT [updated Apr 22 2009, 04:18 EDT] [permalink] One of the best reasons to hate politics is that those who lie have a higher chance of achieving their goals. It is best to have a clueless frontman who really does believe his own press because he is less liable to slip up. Witness these 1998 slips by Full Text Quick Computer Science Tutorial [jackdied] Apr 22 2009, 00:51 EDT [updated Apr 22 2009, 01:26 EDT] [permalink] My cable info button says that "The Witches of Breastwitck II" is currently available. The title is barely clever: as any good Computer Science student knows punnery can be measured by a title's Levenshtein distance. This is the algorithm that spellchec Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Apr 21 2009, 10:29 EDT [permalink] Wii Related Injuries on the Rise [bobsalive] Apr 21 2009, 10:29 EDT At the NYT, no less. And yet, no tea party coverage? Full Text Curse the Sun! [jackdied] Apr 19 2009, 18:48 EDT [permalink] Because it is still light out I didn't notice the time. This means I missed subbing in the Sunday Mixed bowling league (big league, they always need a sub). And that means I won't have enough games in the league to get an average before position night a Full Text Happy Easter [jackdied] Apr 19 2009, 06:31 EDT [updated Apr 19 2009, 06:47 EDT] [permalink] Today is Easter for the Orthodox, so happy Easter to bobsalive. Full Text The Ides of April [jackdied] Apr 11 2009, 03:00 EDT [permalink] A couple quips from Facebook about Tax Day XXX: taxes... oh no! YYY: is rendering unto Caesar that which, while not exactly Caesar's, seems to be demanded by Caesar anyway. And if you think my friends are right wingers then you haven't met my friends ( Full Text Wired: Government should spend money on stuff we like [jackdied] Apr 10 2009, 17:47 EDT [updated Apr 10 2009, 17:59 EDT] [permalink] Wired magazine calls for a national broadband plan similar to that laid out by Australia. Free, fat pipes for everybody! But Australia's $31 billion plan works out to $1500 dollars per citizen (pop 21 million). Would you be willing to pay an extra $10/ Full Text Politician Demands Culture Change (to make her life easier) [jackdied] Apr 09 2009, 16:09 EDT [updated Apr 09 2009, 16:15 EDT] [permalink] A Republican Texas state legislator put her foot in it with a petty request for people to stop using nicknames because A.K.A. names muddle paperwork. The suggestion (it wasn't a proposed law) is that immigrants change their legal names to the ones they u Full Text Grow Your Own Taters [jackdied] Apr 07 2009, 21:24 EDT [updated Apr 07 2009, 22:13 EDT] [permalink] As much as I enjoy the idea of gardening I don't actually have much experience with it beyond digging holes*. Spring is here so I scoured the internet to find gardening projects that would fit on my fire escape. Did you mean not Potatoes? The internet Full Text Slumaville [jackdied] Apr 07 2009, 19:17 EDT [permalink] One of my neighbors was burgled last night between 11pm and 1am. You get no points if you correctly guessed this was the same residence that generated a flurry of cop cars for a drunk & disorderly a few months back. Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Apr 07 2009, 15:59 EDT [permalink] Remembering RFC 1 [jackdied] Apr 07 2009, 14:51 EDT The NYT writes about the 40th birthday of the first internet Request for Comment. B Full Text Twitter Day 1 [jackdied] Apr 03 2009, 18:55 EDT [updated Apr 03 2009, 23:48 EDT] [permalink] I never "got" twitter despite a couple past tries to watch it. At PyCon this year twitter-ing went from nobody to everybody. I signed up today and here is the unlikely outcome of my first conversation. Keep in mind I'm following three people (all of wh Full Text	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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