October 2008
46 posts
Audio Slideshow: Photos compete for the Prix... →
The winner of 100,000 Swiss francs (£53,000) is the Canadian photographer Benoit Aquin.
1942 May. →
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa
Understanding screening tests →
Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin recently asked 1,000 gynecologists what the chances a women with a positive mammogram actually has breast cancer. He provided the doctors with the statistics they needed for the women in their region: 1% prevalence of breast cancer (the probability a woman has cancer); 90% sensitivity of breast mammography (the...
Governor of California →
via pierreism
Q: How can you tell if a blonde’s been using the computer?
A: There’s a record of their session in the admin logs.
“I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do...”
– Warren Buffett
“I have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you...”
– Freeman Dyson
Annals of Culture: Late Bloomers →
Genius, in the popular conception, is inextricably tied up with precocity—doing something truly creative, we’re inclined to think, requires the freshness and exuberance and energy of youth.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI →
and the Franciscan timeline.
“I have a fashion question for you: where are my clothes?”
– Abi Harper
“Any fool can convict a guilty man; what distinguishes a great prosecutor is the...”
Kung Fu Panda →
Kung Fu Panda Double Feature: Two 2D sequences that bookend a 3D world.
China 'spying on Skype messages' →
But Skype president Josh Silverman said China’s monitoring was “common knowledge” and that Tom Online, had “established procedures to meet local laws and regulations”. “These regulations include the requirement to monitor and block instant messages containing certain words deemed offensive by the Chinese authorities,” he said.
Mr Silverman said that it...
