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Monthly Archives: February 2005
The Wikipedia Effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I just tried contributing to Wikipedia, the wonderful free-for-all online encyclopedia that, despite being written by the likes of you and I, is actually factually accurate and increasingly comprehensive. (I like to think) I am articulate and well-informed individual … Continue reading
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vision things
http:// another new category.. you work it out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/onemonkey/
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Hunter Stockton Thompson
http://www.gonzo.org It is time to start a new category for quotations, and where HST is concerned it is only appropriate that it ought to be woefully inappropriate: ThatÃs why I live out here in the mountains with a flag on … Continue reading
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Letter to the Editor
It’s not often I write letters to public figures. But I spotted a bit of breath-taking stupidity in today’s Times that could not pass without comment. To the Editor, The Times Sir, It is unclear to me if it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Caspar Addyman, Editor, Hugo Rifkind, Noam Chomsky, Steve Fuller, The Times
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Eavesdroppings
“You’re not going into Marks and Spenser if you carry on like that” “He could play the spoons OR the bagpipes!”
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beekeeper of the heart
As any foole knows, Saint Valentine is actually three different semi-legendary people all of who were grusomely martyred. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm You probably knew that they are the patron saints of beekeepers, but far more disturbingly they are also the patron saints … Continue reading
Laughing man breaks Necker
No, this is not a ‘Ha Ha Bonk’ joke. Some Australian optometrist has discovered that laughing makes your brain go funny. Prof. Pettigrew is a jovial chap who happens to be director of Queensland Uni’s Vision Thing. He noticed that … Continue reading
Mutual mutilation at IN2U
I can’t quite believe that there is anyone as idosyncratically enthusiastic nor as enthusiastically reckless as me, but there is and now she is easy to spot in a crowd. That’ll be Ade and she’ll be the one with the … Continue reading
Time Reversible Cellular Automata
http://sjsu.rudyrucker.com/~kwanghyung.paek/paper/ I’ve just finished reading Greg Egan’s Permutation City. As ever, he is way out there, describing (amongst other things) a massive cellular automata universe, the rules of which are such that it can act as interesting ‘toy model’ of … Continue reading
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making connections
It’s a small metropolis! My mate Mike (see this) reviews a new book by my blog-buddy and friend of a friend Tom Stafford. But what is most amazing, is that this is the first I’ve heard of it. Especially, when … Continue reading
paralysed with joy.
Recently, in the wee small hours of the morning I’ve been waking up in a cold sweat, paralysed with fear, literally unable to move. Often, I may even feel that there is some sinister presence nearby, but that a heavy … Continue reading
Deckchairs Rearranged.. Full steam ahead!
As you may have noticed, (to misquote Humphrey Bogart) there have been a few changes round here. Those charming Japanese whale crews have been consigned to history. I’d been threatening to move the blog to the front page for a … Continue reading
Simple Heuristics that make smart
just finished reading Simple Heuristics that make smart – Gigerenzer & Todd (OUP, 2000) – on first appearance a dry academic psychology text on bounded rationality and how we use lots of shortcuts to get close to the right answer … Continue reading
deadlines, creditlines and trendlines
My final year project is finished and handed in. It was inevitably a mad scramble in the last few days before the deadline and an exhausted anti-climax afterward. But now i’ve caught up on my sleep, i’d do it all … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Ann E. Nicholson, artificial intelligence, Bayesian Artificial Intelligence, Bob Norrington (Illustrator), Charles H. Anderson, Chris Eliasmith, Editor, GBP, Greg Egan, Illustrator, James L. McClelland (Foreword), Jimmy Shadbolt, John G. Taylor, Kevin B. Korb, Mark H. Johnson, Neural Networks, Neurobiological Systems, Neuroscience
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