| Back in 2007, I took note of the BumpTop animated desktop replacement interface, which takes advantage of modern machines' 3D graphics capabilities to provide an even more realistic interpretation of manipulating information. I contrasted BumpTop's literal interface to a more 'magical' approach, where user and machine actions have no 'real world' parallels. I picked Google as an exemplar of this style, where entering the right 'magic words' can cause information from anywhere in the world to appear; alg |
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| Here's a nicely done introduction to Bayesian reasoning, for those more inclined to visual learning versus formulas. I'm going to steal this approach next time I have to explain it to a non-engineer. As a bonus, it includes a clear explanation of the Monty Hall problem, a classic probability paradox. Via Ole Eichhorn. |
- Last Modified: 2010-06-07 16:15:57
| For a successful launch to orbit, on the first try, of their Falcon9 clustered engine vehicle. YouTube'd here. (Unofficial video, with background sound and buffer jumps. Will link to official vid when available.) |
- Last Modified: 2010-06-04 15:11:26
| (This blog has been suffering its usual fate during California's spring. Neglect, that is. I've been out putting some miles on my hiking boots, thereby completing my rehab from getting the metal out of my leg. I'll try to unload a few things from the blogging queue before heading East to Virginia for vacation in a couple of weeks.)
I first noticed Joel Kotkin through bumping into links to his regular Forbes column. That led me on to the New Geography blog, where he's a frequent poster. A feed well worth following for those, like myself, l |
- Last Modified: 2010-04-08 14:25:20
| Here is the effect of the taxpayer-funded 'Cash for Clunkers' program on auto sales.
Given this, what estimate would you make of the effect of the taxpayer-funded 'First Time Homebuyer' credit program?
Check your answer here.
Any questions?
(Hat tip: Coyote and one of his commenters.) |
- Last Modified: 2010-03-23 14:46:15
| I checked, it's not April 1st. This report on a use of prehistoric mollusk shells to estimate temperatures appears to be genuine. With a worldwide sample size of 26 such shells, it's not going to change science overnight, but it could prove informative in time. It also has multiple linguistic possibilities, leading to the informative but punishing comment thread on the post. Bonus points for the "shopped" illo, at least for those who follow AGW insider ball.
Waiting for VCs, or DHS, to knock. Outside of the probably excessive attention bei |
- Last Modified: 2010-03-11 13:50:00
| How often do you find a cross-over story about three notable Left Coast industries: venture capital, media, and -- err -- sex?
It seems that noted San Francisco sex writer Violet Blue did some checking on what the SF Chron and sfgate.com were doing with her content (NSFW WARNING) and didn't like what she found. Her past columns had been copied to another domain, all outbound links (and some punctuation) stripped, the articles split into multiple pages, the pages stuffed with keywords - some inappropriate, and festooned with pay-per-click ads |
- Last Modified: 2010-03-04 13:32:10
| Chris Christie of New Jersey:
You know, at some point there has to be parity. There has to be parity between what is happening in the real world, and what is happening in the public sector world. The money does not grow on trees outside this building or outside your municipal building. It comes from the hard working people of our communities who are suffering and are hurting right now....
We need to understand we are all in this together. And you know, all of you know in your heart, what I am saying is true. You all know that these raises that |
- Last Modified: 2010-03-03 11:34:29
| DKos Win! Not the place I'd normally go for economic enlightenment, but there's a very nicely done mini-tutorial on macro in the guise of a concordance to the Keynes - Hayek throw down video that I've featured before. Via the Instaprof.
All Your Base Are Belong... A report on new gene sequencing product releases at a recent conference provides plenty of evidence that the Carlson curves are still running. Plenty of novel designs based on new science, given some clear evidence that that there are multiple possible paths ahead, some with inter |
- Last Modified: 2010-03-01 16:06:05
| An NRO reader reports a Q&A with a Fed economist:
Did he believe that the healthcare reform and related tax proposals, the proposed cap and trade legislation and the consequent increase in energy costs, the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the agitation for higher taxes on the wealthy, the proposal to increase corporate tax rates, the proposal to increase capital gains taxes, the trial floating of ideas such as a national VAT and removal of the earnings cap on FICA, the more robust regulatory bureaucracy . . . did he believe any of these uncer |
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