Tag Archives: Quotes
‘Today I Weep for My Country’
These were Robert Byrd’s words earlier today. I am in tears. I cry when I see injustice and the violence of authority, and know there is nothing I can do to stop it. I cry far too often.
Whatever you do
Had a faculty meeting with our Provost (likely next President) an hour ago. During her presentation, she said: If you have an idea, don’t put it on the web. This was in the context of IP. The university shares profits from patented devices (or algorithms) 40/60 with the researcher, but she wants to make sure […]
Major putdown
“Media gets a lot wrong, not because they mean badly, but because they’re journalists, they majored in communications, they’re not people who wanted to spend two years studying statistical methodology so they could really learn how to do a social science survey.” – Megan McArdle, in Welcome to the Blogosphere on PBS tonight I posted […]
Thinking otherwise