Archive for February, 2007
While I disagree with Patrick Michaels on the point of the movie, which in my opinion is for Al Gore to set himself up as the savior of the world in the event that global warming doesn’t kills us all, I do find the article interesting and his call for a sane solution to global [...]
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Mardi Gras basics Part 2: Holy Trinity – Slashfood:
Most every country or region uses a trinity, or a basic mix of flavors (generally vegetable-based, spice-based, or a combination of the two) for a majority of their signature dishes which include soups, stews, sauces, or variations thereof.
That’s something I did not know, but is interesting. Is [...]
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The Flow of a Debate
As much as I enjoy the process of debating, the goal of argument is, in my opinion, to arrive at truth, or if that can’t happen, at least get to the point where both points of view are understood and agree to disagree. The latter ideally only happening in certain cases, for example when there [...]
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Any Excuse for a Siesta
I am definitely a proponent of naps so any ammo that will help me justify taking a nap is welcome (yet another bias I seek to find supporting evidence for).
Seed: Siesta Touted As Defense Against Heart Disease:
…in a long-term study of Greek men and women, the ones who took at least three 30-minute siestas every [...]
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In a recent study scientists were able to clone mice with better success using a specific type of adult stem cells from hair follicles rather than embryonic stem cells.
Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Mouse Clones Sprout from Adult Skin Cells — Stem cells in hair follicles prove the viability of adult stem cells to [...]
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Sean and I were discussing the article I mentioned previously on net neutrality and we (or at least I) came to the (preliminary) conclusion that a lot of net neutrality comes down to the question of who do you trust more and where do you have more influence–in the telcos and ISP’s (Big Business) or [...]
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These are notes on a lecture from Intercollegiate Studies Institute from 9/11/2002. The lecture is old but D’Souza has recently release another book on the topic, The Enemy at Home and I think his arguments from 4 years ago are still relevant. Again, these are just my notes, all ideas are D’Souza’s.
Three schools of [...]
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Here’s an unexpected interruption of the interruption of Global Warming coverage. New Scientist says the oceans might be able to keep things cool here on planet Earth for a bit longer. This of course comes at the risk of hurting the deep sea creatures.
CO2 being pushed deep into the oceans – earth – 12 February [...]
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Napoleons March on Moscow
I wish I had seen this before I started War and Peace so I could have had this chart as a bookmark while I read. The original chart by Charles Joseph Minard is said to be one of the best charts of all time. The lighter portion shows the size of Napoleons army as he [...]
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The Other Side of Net Neutrality
This is the first argument I’ve ever read against net neutrality by David Cowan, a venture capitalist at Bessemer Venture Partners.
Who Has Time For This?: Net Neutrality is Politically Correct
For one thing, accelerating a stream of packets, even at the mythical expense of some random packets, does not “control what people do online.” Also, [...]
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An Inconvenient Al Gore Truth
I probably should have seen this was coming but I didn’t. I was going to write a serious review of the movie (there are definitely serious issues at stake) but I quickly found out that it’s not a movie about global warming, it’s a movie about one thing principally:
1. Al Gore.
Did you know that Al [...]
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Business Magazines
I subscribed for a year to the following business magazines. This is the order I liked them in:
Inc. – Everything about Inc. I like. Their articles were always the most intelligent, most different and thought provoking. Their design is excellent. I read most issues from cover to cover.
Business 2.0 – Not always as fast and [...]
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Top Science Magazines
Here are the biggest online (and offline) science magazines, most of these from a tip from Justin:
New Scientist
Scientific American
Science Daily
Science Now
Science News Online
The Scientist
Seed Magazine
New Scientist seems to be the best of the bunch. I’m going to do the same thing I did with business magazines awhile back and read (or scan anyway) them all [...]
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Extracellular Matrix
This was in my audio version of the Wall Street Journal This morning. I’m probably oversimplifying again but this is the gist I got.
Extracellular Matrix (subscriber link) is a material that comes from animals that promotes regeneration of tissue and possibly even appendages or organs. From what I understand, it could be an alternate to [...]
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More on Global Warming Skeptics…
Here’s a skeptic in a high place:
Czech president Vaclav Klaus has criticized the UN panel on global warming, claiming that it was a political authority without any scientific basis, Czech media reported Friday.
An in what sounds almost just like my previous article on what happens to scientists skeptical of global warming:
“In general, if you do [...]
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