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My email is Laura dot Norvig at teh gmail - Laura Norvig from iPod

Thanks :) - Fatih Acar

"At 4 a.m. on Thursday, at the end of an all-night session, Iceland’s Parliament, the Althing, voted unanimously in favor of a package of legislation aimed at making the country a haven for freedom of expression by offering legal protection to whistle-blower Web sites like WikiLeaks, which helped to craft the proposal." - Nathaniel Thurston

"At 4 a.m. on Thursday, at the end of an all-night session, Iceland’s Parliament, the Althing, voted unanimously in favor of a package of legislation aimed at making the country a haven for freedom of expression by offering legal protection to whistle-blower Web sites like WikiLeaks, which helped to craft the proposal." - Nathaniel Thurston

Researchers remain fascinated by the relationship between money and happiness. Perhaps it’s because of the observation that money alone doesn’t appear to “buy” happiness, unless you give it away or... - M F

"In a nutshell — wealth reduces our ability to savor." - Nathaniel Thurston

X = Human Beings, maybe? - Stephen Mack from iPhone

Tudor: oops, hadn't seen that syntax before, sorry. - Phil Pennock

"Why was this work about the [Susan B. ] Anthony trial published anonymously? Keep in mind, as you'll see if you read her lawyer's opening statement, women back then had almost no legal rights. Not being able to vote was one part of a slew of other things women couldn't do, like sue people. If her husband joined her in the litigation, then she could sue via her husband, but if they won any damages, they belonged exclusively to him, even if the litigation was about a wrong done to her. The ramifications of that lack of legal personhood are disturbingly presented by her lawyer, who was, of course, of necessity at the time, a man. Women were not supposed to be lawyers or much of anything back then." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Why was this work about the [Susan B. ] Anthony trial published anonymously? Keep in mind, as you'll see if you read her lawyer's opening statement, women back then had almost no legal rights. Not being able to vote was one part of a slew of other things women couldn't do, like sue people. If her husband joined her in the litigation, then she could sue via her husband, but if they won any damages, they belonged exclusively to him, even if the litigation was about a wrong done to her. The ramifications of that lack of legal personhood are disturbingly presented by her lawyer, who was, of course, of necessity at the time, a man. Women were not supposed to be lawyers or much of anything back then." - Nathaniel Thurston

"For the Right, that's just a "strong opinion." In essence, mainstream conservatives now condone this kind of talk -- because, evidently, they see nothing wrong with it." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

At some point, incitement of violence becomes sufficiently explicit as to be considered a violent (and therefore punishable) act in itself. Whatever happened to hate speech laws? - Nathaniel Thurston

"Bruce Schneier has popularized the term "security theater," denoting security measures that look impressive but don't actually protect us---they create the appearance of security but not the reality. When a security guard asks to see your ID but doesn't do more than glance at it, that's security theater. Much of what happens at airport checkpoints is security theater too. Privacy theater is the same concept, applied to privacy. Facebook's privacy policy runs to almost 6000 words of dense legalese. We are all supposed to have read it and agreed to accept its terms. But that's just theater. Hardly any of us have actually read privacy policies, and even fewer consider carefully their provisions. As I wrote in the Times piece, we pretend to have read sites' privacy policies, and the sites pretend that we have understood and consented to all of their terms. It's privacy theater." - Iphigenie

when it comes to privacy policies, to me Potemkin Villages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... is better term - these "policies" are created to give impression they care and shut up potential uproar. The best example - recent Lichtenstein banking identity crisis, where they didn't do main part: split names and numbers of accounts, leave alone dividing them into domains. - A. T.

"The word, "ermordet" - murdered - is almost always there. Or sometimes, "flucht in dem tod" - "killed whilst trying to escape". Or "greitod" - "Suicide". " - Nathaniel Thurston

"The word, "ermordet" - murdered - is almost always there. Or sometimes, "flucht in dem tod" - "killed whilst trying to escape". Or "greitod" - "Suicide". " - Nathaniel Thurston

"College students who hit campus after 2000 have empathy levels that are 40% lower than those who came before them, according to a stunning new meta-analysis presented to at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science by University of Michigan researchers. It includes data from over 14,000 students." - Nathaniel Thurston

"College students who hit campus after 2000 have empathy levels that are 40% lower than those who came before them, according to a stunning new meta-analysis presented to at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science by University of Michigan researchers. It includes data from over 14,000 students." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Acting within 24 hours of receiving a request from researchers, the National Science Foundation late last week made an emergency allocation of 1 million compute hours on a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas to study how the oil spreading from BP's gusher will affect coastlines." - Nathaniel Thurston

what kind of network can be trusted? Simple - one owned, managed, and governed by citizens for the benefit of citizens. In fact, I believe this is the only kind of social network that can be trusted. Let's call these civic networks. I believe the term "social networks" is forever tainted by Facebook's abuses. Below is an idea of what we need now. - Meryn Stol

I have a hard time disagreeing logically, but the tone sounds awfully brutal. In my view, the network needs to "seduce" people into using it by being more fun to use than the alternative. Very few people willingly step up to the task of doing what's right, and even then they eventually burn out unless they find a way to enjoy the process. - Nathaniel Thurston

"Must make visible human and physical assets of the network. An asset map better allows users and the community to mobilize resources to achieve goals." - you mean this? Could be put somewhat milder. BTW re "asset map": http://www.assetmap.com/ . Not sure when it will launch. The guy behind it blogs at http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/ . - Meryn Stol

"The study reveals that scientists often practice a closeted faith, worrying about how their peers would react to learning about their religious views. 'After four years of research, at least one thing became clear: Much of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong" - Nathaniel Thurston

Personally, I find the question of who I reach far more important than the numbers... - Nathaniel Thurston

All of humanity? - Nathaniel Thurston

"The study reveals that scientists often practice a closeted faith, worrying about how their peers would react to learning about their religious views. 'After four years of research, at least one thing became clear: Much of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong" - Nathaniel Thurston

"So I was intrigued by this fascinating analysis by Rob Pitingolo (h/t: Don Peck) which looks at the density of human capital. Pitingolo put together a neat measure that he refers to as "educational attainment density." Instead of measuring human capital or college degree holders as a function of population, he measures it as a function of land area -- that is, as college degree holders per square mile." - Nathaniel Thurston

Not strictly comparable, though these days many people travel to other countries for their educations. - Nathaniel Thurston

"Africa may still be suffering from a chronic brain drain but some of the continent's elite are turning their backs on the West and taking their talents back home according to film-maker Andy Jones." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Africa may still be suffering from a chronic brain drain but some of the continent's elite are turning their backs on the West and taking their talents back home according to film-maker Andy Jones." - Nathaniel Thurston

"So I was intrigued by this fascinating analysis by Rob Pitingolo (h/t: Don Peck) which looks at the density of human capital. Pitingolo put together a neat measure that he refers to as "educational attainment density." Instead of measuring human capital or college degree holders as a function of population, he measures it as a function of land area -- that is, as college degree holders per square mile." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Whoa. That means that these consultants are, practically speaking, always working. The problem with that sort of response time too is an growing expectation that people will be paying attention to their turned on and connected devices, able to receive a notification of a message, and are willing and eager to get back to us and BCG’s consultants were suffering from significant (and increasing) stress related to being seemingly “on call” constantly." - Nathaniel Thurston

I've always resisted this when my employer was urging it on me. It's good to have the research to back up my instinct. - Nathaniel Thurston

"Take a break from your work desk. Get yourself away from your desk and go take a walk. Go to the washroom, walk around the office, go out and get a snack. Your mind is too bogged down and needs some airing. Sometimes I get new ideas right after I walk away from my computer." - Nathaniel Thurston

good choice http://www.lagmonster.org/docs... - Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)

definitely stick with vi then, you know you're sunk when you start creating custom files (.vimrc) - Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)

"Acting within 24 hours of receiving a request from researchers, the National Science Foundation late last week made an emergency allocation of 1 million compute hours on a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas to study how the oil spreading from BP's gusher will affect coastlines." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far reaching benefits for your baby according to researchers at the University of South Florida’s Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby." - Nathaniel Thurston

"Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far reaching benefits for your baby according to researchers at the University of South Florida’s Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby." - Nathaniel Thurston

Big. 1600x900. I'm hoping to get a second one at some point. - laura x

19" set to 1400x900 Been meaning to trade up for a larger one. I have my 15" laptop on the desk as well. - Roberto Bonini