Category Archives: technical issues

Green Globs & Graphing Equations Home Page

Posted on 2008-04-04 by alan

Green Globs & Graphing Equations Home Page

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More on Free Copying and Levies

Posted on 2008-03-19 by alan

Michael Geist has reported briefly on the defense by SAC of its proposal for an internet levy to compensate copyright holders for legalization of file sharing. But what I really want to link to is the first comment following Michael’s … Continue reading →

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The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project

Posted on 2008-03-05 by alan

“Holding theorems in their hands” is a blog post about the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project. It’s a wonderful story about collaboration on many levels and across many interest groups – and with beautiful images to boot. I saw it … Continue reading →

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Times Less

Posted on 2007-10-21 by alan

In Do the math – The Boston Globe columnist Jan Freeman dismisses objections to the common usage of “three times less than” to mean equal to one third of. But the Merriam-Webster editors (per JF) are completely off base if … Continue reading →

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Cave Man DidnT Have Classrooms

Posted on 2007-10-03 by alan

I got this post by Roger Schank via Stephen Downes and share Stephen’s concern with some of its polemical conclusions. The following counterpoint to Schank’s article may be a bit silly, but no more so than the original.

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Eggheads – The Boston Globe

Posted on 2007-09-18 by alan

Eggheads – The Boston Globe Ravens and octopi both give me hope for the future of intelligence on this planet.

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60 Quality AJAX Resources and Tutorials – Software Developer

Posted on 2007-09-18 by alan

60 Quality AJAX Resources and Tutorials – Software Developer This is just something for me to look at more closely when I get time

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Probability of Occurring by Chance

Posted on 2007-08-14 by alan

In this post at squareCircleZ, Professor Bruce Armstrong from the Sydney Cancer Centre at the University of Sydney is quoted as saying “The probability the that increase is due simply to chance is about one in a million so we … Continue reading →

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Leaning Tower Illusion

Posted on 2007-08-12 by alan

My friend Gerry Pareja forwarded a link to this story from ‘Improbable Research’ about the first prize winner in the Neural Correlate Society’s 2007 Illusion of the Year contest. The image certainly is pretty cool. But to test the explanation … Continue reading →

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squareCircleZ » Zipf Distributions, log-log graphs and Site Statistics

Posted on 2007-07-29 by alan

squareCircleZ » Zipf Distributions, log-log graphs and Site Statistics

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Bonobo Swingers?

Posted on 2007-07-27 by alan

Arts&Letters Daily pointed to this fine essay by Ian Parker in The New Yorker. It really is an interesting and entertaining blend of anecdote, history, and good science reporting.

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AlterNet: Environment: What to Say to Those Who Think Nuclear Power Will Save Us

Posted on 2007-07-25 by alan

AlterNet: has reprinted an article from ‘Orion’ magazine by someone called Rebecca Solnit who claims to be giving advice on: What to Say to Those Who Think Nuclear Power Will Save Us though what she is really arguing is not … Continue reading →

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Video Debate on Nuclear Power

Posted on 2007-07-05 by alan

Peter Bradford, Patrick Moore and Jim Riccio debate the future of nuclear power and why nuclear power cannot solve the climate crisis. The actual debate linked to from Nuclear Information and Resource Service – NIRS is quite interesting, but the … Continue reading →

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mathschallenge.net

Posted on 2007-06-30 by site admin

mathschallenge.net Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

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Climate change: A guide for the perplexed – earth – 16 May 2007 – New Scientist Environment

Posted on 2007-06-29 by site admin

Climate change: A guide for the perplexed – earth – 16 May 2007 – New Scientist Environment

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