May 2012
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The Avengers: Who’s Gonna Pay for That? | Law and... →
As some have already noted, the damage done to Midtown Manhattan in The Avengers could easily top $160 billion, all told (here’s the original source of that estimate).
That’s a lot of money. By comparison, as the link notes, the total impact of the September 11th attacks was about $83 billion and Hurricane Katrina cost about $90 billion. This is about as much as the two of those put together.
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Publications Catalog (Comics) - Federal Reserve... →
Federal Reserve Bank Comics! :))
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Education - Creative Commons →
We work with the global Open Educational Resources (OER) movement, providing the legal framework for OER — teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.1 With CC licenses, learners can find and incorporate free materials for reports and presentations;...
SHOULD ADDICTS BE STERILIZED? →
criminalwisdom:
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s eyes…and her mommy’s heroin addiction.” Then: “Get birth control, get ca$h.” These are posters that show up nationwide in homeless shelters and methadone clinics, in AA and NA meeting rooms and near needle exchange programs, distributed by volunteers for Project...
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Mies van der Rohe Society | Projects | The Seagram... →
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A Critique of Chernoff Faces →
What is even more problematic, however, is that there is a strong hierarchy in which features we look at, and how we identify people. There are features that are clearly much more important (eyes, lips) than others (overall shape). Thus, representing data through these visual features means that some data will be much more visible than others.
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WatchThe Fog of War - Errol Morris
April 2012
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Jeffrey Snover on PowerShell
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Ridiculously Photogenic Guy on Good Morning America (now that’s what I call news)
Tumblr is now the best agent you could possibly have.
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TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A CON MAN →
criminalwisdom:
From the desk of Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower:
Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a con-man his coups).
Never look bored.
Wait for the other person to reveal any political opinions, then agree with them.
Let the other person reveal religious views, then have the same ones.
Hint at sex talk, but don’t follow it up unless the...
Print Math - MARK WAID →
One: American comics are distributed almost exclusively by one company, Diamond, which—whether you like Diamond or not—is, in a free market system, madness. Diamond has no serious competition. Therefore, it can pretty much set whatever terms it likes with publishers, particularly the smaller ones. The “Premier Publishers” —DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, IDW—can get more...
March 2012
13 posts
Want Someone to Shut Up? There's a (Non-Lethal)... →
criminalwisdom:
Japanese researchers have created a non-lethal gun that silences people up to 100 feet away.
Via Extreme Tech:
The gun has two purposes, according to the researchers: At its most basic, this gun could be used in libraries and other quiet spaces to stop people from speaking — but its second application is a lot more chilling.
The researchers were looking for a way to stop...
February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
12 posts
American “Accidentally” Deported to Colombia Found... →
A veteran Dallas police detective who was part of the effort to find a missing 15-year-old Oak Cliff girl said she was “floored” to learn that Jakadrien Turner was deported to South America by federal immigration agents.
“Military men are not before you because they served their country. They are here...”
– Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal | Robert H. Jackson Center
Arfa Karim →
Arfa Karim Randhawa (February 2, 1995 – January 14, 2012), was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCPs) in the world.
“Managers often use metrics to help make decisions about the state of the product...”
– Meaningful Metrics « Developsense Blog
December 2011
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