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Flood Lite: Apple's Attention to Detail

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:52:16 +0100

Flood Lite: Apple's Attention to Detail:

In July 2002, Appled filed a patent for a “Breathing Status LED Indicator” (No. US 6,658,577 B2). They described it as a “blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator in accordance with the present invention mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing.”

The average…

Good-bye to Dubai

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:56:16 +0100

Good-bye to Dubai:

Sheikh Mo is an angry man

"Far from being chastised, therefore, former chief executive Meg Whitman deserves credit for..."

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:44:29 +0100

“Far from being chastised, therefore, former chief executive Meg Whitman deserves credit for orchestrating one of the better performing investments over the past five years.”

- FT.com / Lex / Technology, media & telecoms - Ebay / Skype

Nonsense. You have to adjust for the risk of such a large M&A deal—which is at least as risky as early stage venture. A 6% return (over the index) in four years is fine if you are a mutual fund, not fine for a high risk deal.

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:47:23 +0100

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"My attention has been drawn to a couple of recent cases (among the many) where public prediction..."

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:51:24 +0100

“My attention has been drawn to a couple of recent cases (among the many) where public prediction markets failed (miserably) to predict the future outcomes.”

- Toronto Prediction Market Blog

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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:38:00 +0100

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Mortgage Market Locks Up

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:16:05 +0100

Mortgage Market Locks Up:

Mortgage Market Locks Up

Weighing China's Role In The Global Recession : NPR

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:15:26 +0100

Weighing China's Role In The Global Recession : NPR:

Weighing China’s Role In The Global Recessio

Incredibly weird, inch-wide single-celled creatures discovered rolling across the sea floor

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:13:11 +0100

Incredibly weird, inch-wide single-celled creatures discovered rolling across the sea floor:

Gromia sphaerica, as the organisms are known, are superbig amoebas, growing up to 1.5 inches in diameter.

Figures of Speech - Teach a Kid to Argue

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:10:43 +0100

Figures of Speech - Teach a Kid to Argue:

I’ve worked hard at making my kids good at arguing

Animals can tell right from wrong

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:08:02 +0100

Animals can tell right from wrong:

Scientists studying animal behaviour believe they have growing evidence that species ranging from mice to primates are governed by moral codes of conduct in the same way as humans.

"Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:44:03 +0100

“Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States’ universities. At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with SAT, Vocabulary, and Analogy test scores.”

- Intelligence : Conservatism and cognitive ability

"It was similar poor driving that contributed to the hasty departure of the North Koreans last time..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 13:13:41 +0100

“It was similar poor driving that contributed to the hasty departure of the North Koreans last time they abandoned Canberra in 1975. On that occasion, they crashed their Mercedes in the Canberra suburb of Red Hill and when they went to the nearest house for help, they were aghast to find it was the home of their arch-enemy, the South Korean ambassador.”

- N Korea to close its lonely embassy | Class Comedy!

Human interest... Iraqi teen cracks Bernouilli problem (at age 16)

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:47:50 +0100

Human interest... Iraqi teen cracks Bernouilli problem (at age 16) :

Swedish teen cracks centuries-old numbers puzzle

Great example of the value of revisionism-and why it is worth continuing to do history

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:41:01 +0100

Great example of the value of revisionism-and why it is worth continuing to do history

Pakistan on the Brink - NYRB

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:51:05 +0100

Pakistan on the Brink - NYRB

Like Boiling a Frog (LRB)

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:32:58 +0100

Like Boiling a Frog (LRB):

Review of ‘The Wikipedia Revolution’

Study shows depressed people see the world differently

Sun, 24 May 2009 22:39:06 +0100

Study shows depressed people see the world differently:

The clinically depressed lacked the ability to fill in parts of a picture when those parts were missing or faint.

Hitler's European Holocaust Helpers

Sun, 24 May 2009 22:35:40 +0100

Hitler's European Holocaust Helpers :

The Germans are responsible for the industrial-scale mass murder of 6 million Jews. But the collusion of other European countries in the Holocaust has received surprisingly little attention until recently.

"Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72..."

Fri, 22 May 2009 22:38:24 +0100

“Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age.”

- What Makes Us Happy?