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"When Harry S. Truman was sworn in to office, his poker buddies from the previous war were afraid he might stop playing now that he had been "promoted." They need not have worried. The new chief executive even requisitioned a set of chips embossed with the presidential seal for use in the White House, though he tried to avoid being photographed gambling on its premises. The prudes of America would put up with only so much. Truman had learned to play cards from his aunt Ida and uncle Harry on their Missouri farm back in the 1890s. In a letter to Bess Wallace, the woman he was courting, in February 1911, the sincere 26-year-old suitor wrote, "I like to play cards and dance . . . and go to shows and do all the things [religious people] say I shouldn't, but I don't feel badly about it."" - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

"hroughout his 88 years, Truman used poker as both a personal and political means of expression. His motto, "The buck stops here," refers to the dealer's button or placeholder, because during the 19th century hunting knives with buckhorn handles often served that function. It was the president's folksy way of letting Americans know he was responsible for what happened on his watch. That... more... - RAPatton

We first started work on it almost 8 years ago. It has come a long way since then :) - Paul Buchheit

Hey HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL !!! Cool present!! <insert CAKE> :D - Susan Beebe

The Research 2.0 Concept Model above is an evolution of the Academic Library 2.0 Concept Models developed for my Master's Paper (http://mchabib.com/2006... ). While the original model primarily focused on academic library services for students, the new model focuses on services for researchers. Like in the original models, the top represents communication spaces grounded in physical space, while the bottom mirrors this in the online realm. Two ends of the spectrum are informal communications and formal communications. My argument is that Research 2.0 falls somewhere between these extremes. A full presentation is located here: http://www.slideshare.net/habibmi... - Michael Habib

Interesting social status implications here, especially with the second model. The more robust both sides of the scholar2.0 identity components (UGC + trad), the "deeper" the 2.0 identity (think tag clouds as the metaphor here). Or, perhaps color combos is a better metaphor, with schol.identity2.0 being a mix of UCG (say, "yellow"), trad (say "blue") and combo being "green" -- the shade... more... - Mickey Schafer

A great article. The cultural and political factors are a major reason why it'll be very hard for any other region to compete with Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley Doomsayers have no sense of history. - Piaw Na

When I hang out in Silicon Valley, I see teams and groups from entirely different parts of the world. That's not true almost anywhere else in the world. - Piaw Na

"In 26 out of 27 European Union countries, Mr Buffett’s plans [to leave most of his fortune to charity] would not just be shocking, but illegal. The exception is Britain." - Simon from Bookmarklet

@Simon: Interesting -- I had no idea it was that high. It's also telling that, as the Economist article suggests, (continental) European law seems to strongly favor blood relatives (especially children) over the wishes of the deceased. I'm not sure which is preferable, but it's an interesting dichotomy. - Joel Webber

So this just f'ing blew me away. I need to find more from them. *edit* edited for content ;) - Michael W. May

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It would be a place where people (students, junior faculty, etc) could learn the ropes of academia and science without the pain and misery that traditionally is required. The differences I can see from existing services is the focus on journal club-style discussions and maybe a low barrier to entry - Shirley Wu from twhirl

can somebody point to the platform for journal club online better then blog post? It's combine everything - presentation (ppt embedded from SlideShare or Gdocs, video embedded from YouTube/Vimeo...) presenter's opinion, discussion section under the post, embedded comments from FF, ranking of the presentation and number of views. Importantly you don't need to register or get account for commenting, it's public and linkable, moderatable . Whole world can participate. What can be better? - Alexey

They use Amazon Import/Export too - Deepak Singh

Never heard of Khan Academy before - looks interesting. - Andrew Lang

Andrew: they are quite good! videos cover many topics, all with the convenience of youtube - Mike Chelen

really liked the numbers, much better than just saying "registers < memory < disk" - Ertuğ Karamatlı

Interesting stuff. I'm downloading the PDF now... - Tyson Key

Congratulations to Cornell/Florida/Vivo on their NCRR grant: "The University of Florida, Cornell University and a handful of other schools have been awarded $12.2 million to build a social/collaborative network for scientists and researchers. The idea is to make it easier to find research and like-minded researchers in an effort to speed new discoveries." - Michael Habib

This was one of two grants to be given out for national networking as part of the stimulus package. My guess is it was an arbitrary amount of money because the government had printed a bunch and needed it spent. Whether other projects have been successful or not, begs the question whether this needed stimulating. There was already a health, if not wildly successful, startup industry in... more... - Michael Habib

Works like a charm on IE/WM5. Well done! - Thomas Brox Røst

Oh snap, that was Jesse. Ooops! Thanks Jesse! And all props to B-GLOB! - Josh Haley

"Academic abstention is the doctrine (never formally promulgated) that courts should defer to colleges and universities when it comes to matters like promotions, curricula, admission policies, grading, tenure, etc. The reasoning is that courts lack the competence to monitor academic behavior; they should get out of the way and let the professionals do the job....In 2009, courts still pay lip service to this doctrine but in practice, Amy Gajda tells us in her terrific new book, “The Trials of Academe,” they now boldly go where their predecessors feared to tread... “litigation and ‘rights talk’ have permeated every crease and wrinkle of academic life.”" - Hilary

Has the increasing willingness of courts to rule on cases involving the ivory tower/s led to an increasing reliance by academics on a legal framework to navigate and frame academic disputes (e.g. use of contracts in academic work and the rise of explicit university IP policies), perhaps as an attempt to preempt legal problems? Or has the increasing use of contracts encouraged court... more... - Hilary

Bora, great point. The activity in private rooms--even rooms in general--is under the radar. - Micah Wittman from iPhone

only the immortal are changeless. - Joe Silence is not dead