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Wittgenfeld (Dec 01 2003 18:45 GMT) - “[A]s we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. |
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- Über das Logistikdesaster des europäischen Apple Store in den letzten Monaten: "Apple has admitted that its European Apple Store has experienced “teething problems” this year following the implementation of a new logistics system. It admits that at one time 39 per cent of its online customers experienced delivery delays, it... |
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- The Supreme Court disappointed gun owner groups Monday, refusing to consider whether the Constitution guarantees people a personal right to own a gun. The court has never said if the right to "keep and bear arms" applies to individuals.... |
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- More controversy in Damian's comments section. This time the topic is religion as the basis of law.... |
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- If you can stand one more thing on Spencer, Jim Elves at BlogsCanada takes issue with Colby Cosh's leniency toward... |
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- Efforts to tackle 'mitching' and absenteeism in schools are being stepped up. |
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- Renovations complete, historical eatery enters new modern era |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - News 24 Dec 1 2003 1:26PM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Economist.com | Internet security - Fighting the worms of mass destruction. Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, once made a habit of using his keynote speech at Comdex, the computer industry's top annual trade show, to launch his company's "next big thing". |
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- This is the second of a two-part series that focuses on identifying and then exploiting vulnerabilities and poor configurations in Cisco routers. This article will look at what we can do once we've gotten in. [SecurityFocus] Be sure to follow this link to the first article. ...John |
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- I can't tell you why I know these things, but lately it's been borne on me with greater weight. And... |
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- Our paper submitted to CHI 2004 was rejected. I feel it was a solid paper but the competition was extremely tough this year at CHI and the theme of the conference was not in alignment with the findings we presented. Comments There was (only) a ~16% acceptance rate this year so I don't feel horrible. Our reviewers said that we were really borderline on acceptance - that is sorta painful, though it's supposed to be encouraging. I am going to work on a poster to submit per my recent work in social awareness and affective 'connectedness'. |
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- Our paper submitted to CHI 2004 was rejected. I feel it was a solid paper but the competition was extremely tough this year at CHI and the theme of the conference was not in alignment with the findings we presented. (2 comments) [neema at December 2, 2003 11:54 AM] There was (only) a ~16% acceptance rate this year so I don't feel horrible. Our reviewers said that we were really borderline on acceptance - that is sorta painful, though it's supposed to be encouraging. |
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- Looky who's back! This could make for a fun month of reading. (NOTE: not safe for kids, possibly not safe... |
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- Back at work this morning, after the USA Thanksgiving holiday, in which we show our thankfulness for an over-abundance of food by eating too much. I didn't work much over the holiday, which is unusual, and (don't tell anyone) I kind of enjoyed it. I admit that after a day or two, I was missing my routine and the office, but I got over it. I've been working on some technical content to post to the blog, but frankly they're a lot harder to write than general opinions, random news (or random opinions and general news) and other miscellany, so technical posts are relatively infrequent when I'm busy with "real" work, which has been too often of late. Also, I have found that the more technical the work I am doing, the less likely I am to actually want to write about it .. |
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- China Daily has picked up an Economist article that quotes Professor Lessig.… |
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- China Daily has picked up an Economist article that quotes Professor Lessig.… |
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- Statistics for TWiki.Support Web Month: Topic Views: Topic Saves: Attachment Uploads: |
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- THIS STORY CONNECTING WESLEY CLARK WITH THE WACO DEBACLE is getting a fair amount of attention. Goodness knows that "debacle" is the kindest term for what happened at Waco, and that there's blame to go around, but Clark's role here seems to have been rather minimal, and unless there's a... |
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- THIS STORY CONNECTING WESLEY CLARK WITH THE WACO DEBACLE is getting a fair amount of attention. Goodness knows that "debacle" is the kindest term for what happened at Waco, and that there's blame to go around, but Clark's role here seems to have been rather minimal, and unless there's a... |
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Perspective (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - Hanging out at the scrap yard |
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Bronx Zoo (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - Here are some pictures of my trip to the Bronx Zoo. The dino picture wasn't actually at the zoo - they don't allow dogs. The baby gorilla is out of focus, but it was a good subject. |
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- Hello, I just stumbled on this site and it looks like a great resource for the photographic community. I was hoping for some feedback on this site. Has anyone sold much/anything here? |
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- The orange in the first few pictures is natural. The lighting in this abandoned ampitheatre is very orange. I had to use long exposure times of up to 15 seconds to get this and this Some other random black and white pics, origami and window |
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- It's this type of thing that makes me late to school in the morning. Somethimes I have to deliberately leave my camera at home so I'm not tempted to stop and shoot - the morning light is so beautiful! This particular photo had a wire running through it. |
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The Pauper (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - He begs for mercy. I do not know who cares for him. Surely, one day, the hand of God shall reach for his hand for him to beg no more.He begs for mercy. |
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Rob Roy (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - These are some shots taken of Rob Roy's monument at the foot of Stirling Castle. Rob Roy was a famous cattle thief. What's funny is Liam Neeson played him in the movie but was at least twice his size. Rob Roy Rob Roy1 Rob Roy close |
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The Window (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - I saw this window while walking along the street in Jim Thrope,Pennsylvania. |
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- This is a nighttime shot of the city of Zurich. I have a 8000 pixel wide version on my computer and really enjoy zooming into it and seeing all the detail. Do you think it's too dark or just right? |
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- had our first of two Thanksgiving dinners last night at my girlfriend's mom's house right next to a little lake--where the fog was starting to roll in. Along with the ducks a bunch of Canadian geese are passing through, some stopping and some just flying over. |
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- The first time our cat saw the new puppy, she froze in mid-stride and the hairs on her tail stood straight out like a fuller brush. Now, four years later, she's much more relaxed and simply ignores the dog. Unless Lucy surprises her. Lucy disturbs Cally's nap Lucy likes to take naps of her own. |
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Alyssa (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - She's actually very pretty. It's just an awful pic. |
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- When I went to Colorado Springs I visited Garden of the Gods which is right in the middle of the city. Late in the evening the sun hits the rocks and they look bright orange. Very beautiful. If you look closely you can see two climbers on the rocks.garden |
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Lock gates (Dec 01 2003 18:43 GMT) - I've taken some lock gates shots at different speeds. Let me know what you think? Lockgates slow1 Lock gates fast Lock gates slow |
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- las maquinas entran en el desert de les palmes |
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- Dec. 1 - Senior Disney executive Roy E. Disney stepped down from the board of directors and, in a scathing letter, called on Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to resign. |
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- Dec. 1 - Some local news stations have been blurring the line between news and advertising. Andrew Schmertz looks at this new trend. |
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- I cancelled my TiVo service today, after more than two years with it. I upgraded to a Panasonic DMR-E80H, which offers more capacity than my old Sony SVR-2000, but the main reason for the upgrade was the fact I have for some time lost any vestigial trust for TiVo (the company). They spam you with advertising in the user interface (one of the items in the PVR main menu is a rotating ad), expropriate a portion of your precious hard drive space for the said spam, track your usage patterns behind your back, and have a nasty habit of disabling features in software releases. The Panasonic is pretty much a hard-drive VCR with a DVD recorder (well, at least it can automagically determine the time and time zone to avoid the dreaded blinking "00:00", let's see how well it copes with Daylight Savings Time). |
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- The ISEQ index in Dublin at the close of play jumped 35.85 points today, or 0.76%, to 4751.86 led by CRH and the financials. |
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- London's FTSE 100 Index closed at a new 15-month high today after investors cheered another set of upbeat economic figures. |
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- James Rusenstein, vice-president of Toyota Motor Corp in Europe, said in a radio interview that he expects the European auto market to fall in 2003 from the previous year. |
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- Mohamed Al Fayed, the owner of Harrods, is said to be planning to join the fight for control of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers. |
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- Fruitfield Foods has bought the sales, marketing and distribution rights for The Real Irish Food Company products in a deal worth more than E500,000. |
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- XAML: Vector-based UI described using XML. From Microsoft. FLEX: Vector-based UI described using XML. |
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- Hostilities between the Microsoft monopoly and the upstart Linux distribution aimed squarely at the desktop market are continuing, inside and outside the courtroom. The Register reported over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend that Microsoft has attempted to intimidate small resellers in the Netherlands to keep them from offering LindowsOS for sale. Microsoft has been contacting the retailers by phone, telling them they would like to set up "meetings" in order to avoid legal action based on the Lindows name. |
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- From the anchor desk... The Knight-Ridder news agency carries a story today on the weekend arrest of US Army Col. Jackie Farr, a reserve Army intelligence officer currently stationed at the US terrorist detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. Farr has been cha |
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