Category Archives: technical issues

phpMyID

Posted on 2006-12-19 by alan

phpMyID

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Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution

Posted on 2006-12-19 by alan

This posting by Roger Shank (found via Stephen Downes) uses widespread ignorance of the quadratic formula by successful people as evidence that mathematics requirements in our schools are excessive. But I know that in BC it is quite possible to … Continue reading →

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Contrary Brin: Predictions Registries and Markets

Posted on 2006-12-11 by alan

Contrary Brin: Predictions Registries and Markets look like a good idea.

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Deep Sixing

Posted on 2006-12-01 by alan

My main reason for posting about this from David Brin is to see if any qualified comments come back on the feasibility of subductive disposal.

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Update on Blackboard Patent

Posted on 2006-11-15 by alan

Stephen Downes links to this article by John Cox

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What Is Jamming?

Posted on 2006-11-14 by alan

I got to this via a posting by Zac at SquareCircleZ. At IBM, Jamming is apparently a way of stimulating and sharing the creativity of a large group of individuals. I don’t know what the participants’ experience is really like … Continue reading →

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Moving at the Speed of Creativity � Blog Archive � Elephants and YouTube

Posted on 2006-11-08 by alan

Moving at the Speed of Creativity � Blog Archive � Elephants and YouTube

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

Posted on 2006-11-08 by alan

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

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squareCircleZ � When am I gonna use this stuff?

Posted on 2006-10-11 by alan

squareCircleZ � When am I gonna use this stuff?

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

Posted on 2006-10-11 by alan

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

Posted on 2006-10-11 by alan

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~

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EdTechPost: Ulises Ali Mejias on

Posted on 2006-10-11 by alan

EdTechPost: Ulises Ali Mejias on “The Tyranny of Nodes”

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Digital Web Magazine – The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1

Posted on 2006-10-11 by alan

In Digital Web Magazine – The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1 (found via Stephen Downes), Tom Green discusses how apple Microsoft and Real “lost” the video player market. If Flash is still being developed by the “futureSplash” team who … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker on String Theory

Posted on 2006-09-26 by alan

This The New Yorker article discusses two recent books criticizing the current ineffective dominance of String Theory in theoretical physics

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swf in WordPress

Posted on 2006-09-24 by alan

This

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EdTechPost: Blackboard Patent and Prior Art

Posted on 2006-08-02 by site admin

Scott Leslie comments in his EdTechPost on the Blackboard Patent and Prior Art. I find the patenting of obvious and/or commonplace techniques and concepts to be grossly offensive and believe that I will now find it necessary to avoid any … Continue reading →

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Peter Huber Defends Big Pharma

Posted on 2006-07-31 by site admin

Commentary – Of Pills and Profits: In Defense of Big Pharma “If you like the way Canada operates its health-care system, you will never like the way Big Pharma does drugs.”

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The New Yorker: Fact

Posted on 2006-07-27 by site admin

This article about Wikipedia in the New Yorker continues the debate about how much need there is for “authority” in order for such a resource to be useful. My own view is that all information sources should be taken with … Continue reading →

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Philosophy of Real Mathematics: Dawid on probabilities

Posted on 2006-07-26 by site admin

Philosophy of Real Mathematics: Dawid on probabilities

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Producing mathematics for the Web

Posted on 2006-07-23 by site admin

Producing mathematics for the Web is a posting by Zac in Singapore on his ‘squareCircleZ’ blog about the tools he uses to produce his Interactive Mathematics website

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