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Tweets
- NYT: "I would advise our readers to be good Bayesian thinkers..." As if we could be otherwise...? http://t.co/rLBUh1ib 1 hr ago
- RT @lizlosh: "If you don't know your state variables you don't know yourself" and calls to "occupy health" #futurehealthsd #quantifiedself 18 hrs ago
- Were I still a student, or pre-tenure, I would so be at the Summer Research Institute for the Science of STS: http://t.co/Vhc2cCi2 18 hrs ago
- Can't be real: http://t.co/98gVZNvA 1 day ago
- Here at Security Concepts, we're predicting the end of crime in Old Detroit within 40 days. There's a new guy in town. http://t.co/7uT6EQCR 1 day ago
- @eknight I have a bad feeling about this. 1 day ago
- If only all car commercials were this good... http://t.co/lGc8HBud #fb 2 days ago
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Ask Alex: Getting a Communication Ph.D.
So, it’s that time of the year again, and so the inevitable question comes from a few graduate students: Where’s a good place to get a communication Ph.D.? Well, first of all, that’s probably the wrong question. The right question is: “Should I pursue a Ph.D.?” and the answer I will always give is “no.” [...]
Quinnipiac Graduate Commencement
I’ll be there (as a marshall)–if you would like to be there, but can’t, you can watch on the web.
Sub-$3,000 Desktop Factory
Newegg had a color laser printer on sale last week for a little over $200 (sold out!), but what I really want is an object printer. Of course, there is Cornell’s open source 3-d Fabricator, which they say can be made for $2,300. And now, Desktop Factory is looking to sell a printer in the [...]
Federal Shield Law for Bloggers
I won’t tell you where I got this (OK, here–are you happy?), but there is a bill before congress, introduced by Rick Boucher, that would provide protection for bloggers who want to protect their sources. The federal shield law–called the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007–would provide federal protection for journalists who want to [...]
Freedom is about authority
A speech by frontrunner Giuliani, as reported in the New York Times. (See the article for context.) We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes [...]
Think before you post (keys)
The original PSA is here. And don’t miss the riddle of the -ages- moment (via Froomkin). The irony, perhaps, is that the release of the key leads to an outpouring of creative works–exactly what the US Constitution intended IP protection to do.
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