February 2012
1 post
“Symantec can confirm that the source code is legitimate,” the company said. “Be...”
– Extortion failed - Anonymous posts Symantec source code - ZDNet (via epicwinbook)
This stuff is crazy. Crazy. We live in the future. (via rickwebb)
Extortion? These people are thugs.
January 2012
1 post
December 2011
12 posts
Hate Actually | The Hairpin →
sciencevsromance:
Bobby Finger outlines his love/hate actually for Love Actually. I agree with nearly all of the “why I hate actually it” points and maybe only one two of the “love actually” arguments:
Laura Linney deserves so much happiness! Haven’t you seen You Can Count on Me?
Again, nothing to hate here. How disappointing! (re: John (Martin Freeman) and Judy (Joanna Page))
See also:...
“Making bad bets on European sovereign debt — like making bad bets on United...”
– An excellent article highlighting the difference between stupidity and hubris and actual financial crime: An Unthinkable Risk at a Brokerage Firm.
Ta Da...
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“The Twitter service I signed up for is one where people tweet 140-character...”
– John Gruber dissects the new twitter app and what it all means. [Daring Fireball: The New Twitter (R.I.P. Tweetie)] (via sciencevsromance)
Compared with the recent total ruining of Google Reader by Google so they can promote Google+ and foreign man creepery, this seems a bit nit-picky.
rickwebb's tumblrmajig: sciencevsromance replied... →
rickwebb:
sciencevsromance replied to your quote: First: Demand a hearing where the bank executives…
I mean, maybe this is scandalous, but what about the argument that publicizing these loans would have caused the entire financial system to collapse? They did repay it after all. And is a…
What is not being discussed (much) is the US government policy decision to promote home ownership...
science vs romance dot net: fek: cordjefferson:... →
fek:
cordjefferson:
Anyway, the angry commenter is a new breed, and the study of them also new: I welcome, of course, any further evidence or information that would help our understanding of this fascinating and mysterious species.
Katie Roiphe explains that there are assholes on…
Godwin’s law (As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving...
November 2011
6 posts
science vs romance dot net: bridges →
sciencevsromance:
reluctantukresident:
It’s been a long time, but I’m pretty sure opening the bridge for a boat doesn’t stop traffic for an hour. But let’s not stop undermining good arguments with faulty logic!
I guess that even though I’m 100% on the Occupy _____ bandwagon, I’m mostly grateful to the…
But why defend Occupy standing on the bridge for an hour with a false analogy that...
“This is a profound statement about who law enforcement works for in this...”
– How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Wow. That nails it right there. There are more cops policing OWS than there are policing all of Wall Street as it operates. Holy moly.
(via rickwebb)
There’s a lot to like in this essay and the police...
“Funny, people will complacently sit stopped at a bridge while one rich guy...”
– Chris Comte, responding to the irate responses to a protest on Seattle’s University Bridge yesterday afternoon. [Slog] (via sciencevsromance)
It’s been a long time, but I’m pretty sure opening the bridge for a boat doesn’t stop traffic for an hour. But let’s not stop...
October 2011
11 posts
“Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that his...”
– Steve Jobs Wanted To Make 2012 Campaign Commercials For Obama (via rickwebb)
Kind of unfortunate that the biography, coming so closely after his death, makes him seem like a real jerk. And apparently he wrote it so his kids would understand what he did and why he wasn’t around that much (do...
What caused Steve Jobs’ death →
rickwebb:
spytap:
section9:
I am sorry to piggyback this discussion of causal ascriptions on the death of a man I greatly admired and respected. However, we need to be very careful about blame in these cases. Naturopathy is a (mostly harmless) substitute for medical treatment, and since medical treatment is usually not needed (in the case of treating colds and the like) it doesn’t matter....
Dan Murillo: A fond memory of my presentation to... →
damurillo:
I posted an abbreviated version of this on Facebook yesterday. Here’s the full story.
In the Spring of 2008, during my second year of b-school, I was fortunate enough to take a seminar with Andy Grove. The seminar was tiny, maybe around 20 students. For one of the classes, I…
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September 2011
3 posts
August 2011
2 posts
“Nearly seven in ten adults nationally support increasing taxes on income over...”
– The numbers in yesterday’s McClatchy-Marist Poll are fascinating. (via sciencevsromance)
Were these adults asked if we should amend the tax code so that people who receive most of their income as capital gains (i.e., employees of hedge funds and private equity) get taxed at the rate most people...
July 2011
7 posts
waltzingalisa:
Have you seen ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’? My mind is blown.
It’s unbelievable. I first saw it in the UK. Nuts.
Sunday musings
talesofalittleladywithabigvoice:
reluctantukresident:
talesofalittleladywithabigvoice:
I love summer (still) I just ate a nectarine, cucumber and peach for lunch followed with some fresh water to wash it down. Cooling. But the real thought is this - it’s weird that my peers our now balding. When did this happen?!?!
Some of our peers have been balding for a while…..
Ellen are you saying...
Sunday musings
talesofalittleladywithabigvoice:
I love summer (still) I just ate a nectarine, cucumber and peach for lunch followed with some fresh water to wash it down. Cooling. But the real thought is this - it’s weird that my peers our now balding. When did this happen?!?!
Some of our peers have been balding for a while…..
I am officially having a love affair
talesofalittleladywithabigvoice:
with summer! It is out of control. How many bike rides, pools, beaches, parks, picnics, bbqs, concerts, movies, watermelon slices, luke warm beers (i have been having an issue with that as of late), boats, islands, and lobsters can a girl cram into her life? NOT ENOUGH. Please oh please summer NEVER LEAVE ME. I will be good to you I promise. xoxoxxo...
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
5 posts
