ttctciyf

88 ms·

811.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
Interesting read, thanks. I do wonder about his characterisation of Philosophical Investigations : he seems to be saying it's only good for showing philosophy students that philosophical ideas are duff, whereas I think it has more val
812.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
Reminds me of http://www.google.com/patents/US20070258329 : "Method and apparatus for the exploitation of piezoelectric and other effects in carbon-based life forms." Despite the huge prolegomena which would
813.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
Evidently not-so-faint-of-heart people don't use noScript, which makes sense, I guess ;)
814.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
I still mourn the passing of Vern Buerg's LIST.COM (and Buerg (d. 2009) himself) though the enhanced v1.81 version is still available for download if you search for it, it is 16-bit only, and would anyhow be not much use to me since I
815.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
Note the byline: Duncan Campbell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Campbell_%28journalist%2... That's how :)
816.
by ttctciyf 12y ago
I agree with your analysis of nbevans' post, but another valid reason not to know might be simple embarrassment at the incompetence of the secret state. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/BUG
817.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Hey, nice idea! Can't comment on functionality or usability, (I only loaded the initial page) but I'm guessing this has some appeal, since out of a small sample of two here in this room, one is interested enough to take a go at it
818.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%2...
819.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
I was pretty surprised to see the EFF's naive take on the Tea Party [1] in "recent deeplinks" underneath the linked article, which seems not to recognize it as pretty much an astroturf instrument of the neo-bircher Kochs [2],
820.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Yep, in particular the Guardian article which the linked Reuters one is based on [1], says: >"For the past decade, NSA has lead [sic] an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to break widely used internet encryption technologies," s
821.
“Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket(firstlook.org)
69 points by ttctciyf 13y ago|4 comments
822.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Code envy: yes indeed! :) Apart from the nice graphical touches like animating the branches and zooming and whatnot, the node-based navigation looks like a win for dealing with scale issues. It's also nice that he abstracted the layout
823.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Just slightly away from the practical job of finding a usable editor, but I found the following demo of an in-game node-based tree display/editing interface from Limit Theory[1] lone developer Josh Parnell quite impressive as eye candy
824.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Very bracing read. Thanks!
825.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
I was unaware of Levine before posting the link, which I think is a fair enough story, rather than a "hatchet job", btw. Having looked now, though, I'd say "interesting" rather than "ridiculous." See, for
826.
Google apparently scrubs military partner listing, after report(pando.com)
25 points by ttctciyf 13y ago|7 comments
827.
As old journalism models die, billionaires grab ...(pando.com)
1 points by ttctciyf 13y ago|0 comments
828.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
> Looks like early DOS supported both? Yes, according to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2005/06/24/432... which says: > they coded the OS to accept either "/&quot
829.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Well, I suppose there is a presumption of an enjoyable TV program to start with. I'd overlooked that. I suppose it's quite possible (and maybe even common) to craft TV that is so awful that even the commercials serve to improve th
830.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
I find a lot of this interesting and plausible, but have to take issue with: > Hedonic Adaptation ... Enjoyment of a television program is actually enhanced by commercial interruptions, despite what viewers say. I haven't read the
831.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Thanks for the reply!
832.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
It's often stated that there is some kind of deep contradiction between quantum theory and relativity, so in an effort to add a comment here, I went off to google that, and found this: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q
833.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
I wonder if you're in a position to comment on a couple of recollections I have from the first Iraq war (which I was aware of via TV news here in the UK, no direct involvement) - things that I've wondered about over the years? The
834.
Cisco's security supremo on the Internet of Everything(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by ttctciyf 13y ago|0 comments
835.
Computers are writing your news(dailydot.com)
1 points by ttctciyf 13y ago|0 comments
836.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
I don't think we disagree that thirst presents strong grounds for belief in the existence of water, if we assume received knowledge about physiology, etc.
837.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
"Proof" is strong word here, given that thirst is a subjective phenomenon and hard to pin down. But, at least along with the assumption that a large body of related knowledge to do with physiology, evolution and psychology, not to
838.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Can someone create thetakingpledge.com/ so that I can sign up?
839.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
Thanks for the info! We should remember that UK intelligence has a venerable history of plagiarising from public sources: > The British government's latest report on Iraq's non-compliance with weapons inspections, which claims
840.
by ttctciyf 13y ago
According to this[1] it was more that the senate committee staffers found an internal CIA report (the 'Panetta review') that contradicted information CIA had made available to the committee (about their torture-enhanced interrogat

More ›