{"id":16523,"date":"2010-01-12T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-12-january-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-01-12T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T00:00:27","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-12-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-12-january-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 12 January 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/44861\">mental_floss Blog \u00bb A $100,000 Bill? The Story Behind Large-Denomination Currency<\/a> &#8211; Money can be fun!  (I also remember being introduced to Salmon P Chase on money in old &#8220;Game of Life&#8221; gamesets.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/kerns-oklahoma-you-can-get-divorced-impotency-not-incompatibility\">In Kern&#8217;s Oklahoma, You Can Get Divorced for Impotency, But Not Incompatibility: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/erlc-files-bible-heavy-prop-8-brief\">ERLC Files Bible-Heavy Prop. 8 Brief<\/a> &#8211; Are you reeeeealllly sure you want to have a court ruling based on Scriptural citations?  Really?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/ehkfakAxToM\/casey_luskin_embarrasses_himse.php\">Casey Luskin embarrasses himself again<\/a> &#8211; Before people try to draw grand scientific conclusions from scientific discoveries, it would be helpful if the actually understood a bit about science.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news182452055.html\">Exercise associated with preventing, improving mild cognitive impairment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/allfacebook\/~3\/wI6NbelNlYg\/\">\u201cAnonymous\u201d Facebook Employee Interview: Fact vs Fiction: Nick O&#8217;Neill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailygifblog.com\/2010\/01\/respect-your-fingers-and-thumbs.html\">Respect Your Fingers And Thumbs: Doublebanker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/Dg8RTgRCH8Y\/even-amazon-cant-kee.html\">Even Amazon can&#8217;t keep its EULA story straight<\/a> &#8211; Practical issues of books vs ebooks aside, the DRM and licensing issues surrounding ebooks make the Kindle a non-starter for me.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5445812\/why-i-believe-printers-were-sent-from-hell-to-make-us-miserable?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader#\">Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell to Make Us Miserable &#8211; Printers &#8211; Gizmodo<\/a> &#8211; insightful<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2010\/01\/google-learning-that-users-want-real-support-for-nexus-one.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">Google learning that users want real support for Nexus One<\/a> &#8211; Google has always been a bit laid-back on the support side.  For most of their online apps, that&#8217;s been okay (if occasionally frustrating), but I can see it a serious problem for something critical like a phone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/KQQAqkQrG18\/new-study-no-net-neutrality-means-weaker-internet-economy.ars\">Cost-benefit analysis: net neutrality makes economic sense<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s the power of the marketplace &#8212; a less restrictive market where everyone works with the same opportunities is going to be more robust and successful than one riddled with governmental or private regulation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5445592\/why-you-shouldnt-trust-facebook-with-your-data-an-employees-revelations\">Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Trust Facebook with Your Data: An Employee&#8217;s Revelations &#8211; Facebook &#8211; Gawker<\/a> &#8211; No great surprises here &#8212; admins and DBAs have access to stuff and, if they are so inclined, can abuse that access.  Caveat poster.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20527425.900-why-the-blame-game-shouldnt-be-played-in-public.html\">Why the blame game shouldn&#8217;t be played in public &#8211; life &#8211; 12 January 2010 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Interesting.  Blame begets blame.  Not too surprising.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. mental_floss Blog \u00bb A $100,000 Bill? The Story Behind Large-Denomination Currency &#8211; Money can be fun! (I also remember being introduced to Salmon P Chase on money in old &#8220;Game of Life&#8221; gamesets.) In Kern&#8217;s Oklahoma, You Can Get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/unblogged-bits-for-tuesday-12-january-2010.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Tuesday, 12 January 2010&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10129,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/28\/the_signs_of_bo.html","url_meta":{"origin":16523,"position":0},"title":"The Signs of Bogus Science","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 28-Aug-06 8:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"Originally designed as a guide for judges having to evaluate scientific claims and witnesses, this article is worth reading for the \"laity,\" too. 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