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It’s worth 10 minutes of your time
And the day after I get around to posting this, he announces that he’s not running after all. Sigh. The reasons he gives in his new video are clear and convincing, however, and there’s always the possibility that he might run in the future when the notice is not so short. It’s probably old news [...]
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Got copyright infringment?
One of the key points in the excellent Lessig TED video mentioned here recently is that our copyright and IP laws are so patently (ho, ho) absurd that we’re creating a generation of infringers. Our kids grow up routinely violating copyright laws. Some do so knowingly, and just dismiss the laws in question as so [...]
Agree with our leaders, or pass
These (American) ladies recently won an international bridge competition in Shanghai, and displayed their little sign when receiving their prize. The sign was prompted by questions from players from other countries: “What we were trying to say, not to Americans but to our friends from other countries, was that we understand that they are questioning [...]
Nova’s Judgement day available on-line 16 Nov!
I was bummed that, being abroad, we’d missed Nova’s Judgement day. But w00t! It’ll be available on-line starting 16 Nov. Looking forward to it :-). (I feel like I should have converted this post to haiku or limerick form. Not today, however.) Tags: creationism, Education, evolution, law, Science, TV Related posts Some must see TV [...]
Some must see TV tomorrow night (for those in the U.S.)
As has been noted elsewhere by many (e.g., PeeZed), tomorrow night (Tuesday, 13 Nov) PBS is airing Judgement Day. This is a Nova program covering in considerable detail the ins and outs of the trial two years ago in Dover, Pennsylvania, that was, at its heart, about whether “intelligent design” had any pretense to being [...]
If only Dickens were around to write the novel