Posts from — March 2004

Blocking w32.beagle.j with postfix. This new worm is particularly annoying, since an AV scanner may not catch it at the server level, the infected… [kasia in a nutshell]

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handy instructions…..

More on the embargo of scientific editing. John Dudley Miller, Publishers steamed by US ban, The Scientist, March 2, 2004. Excerpt: “Most scientific societies are defying or ignoring the rule, which applies to all US publications. Theoretically, their refusal exposes their editors and officers to fines of up to $50,000 and 10 years or more in jail, should the government decide to prosecute, which so far it has not done. A number of technical and general publishers are considering suing to overturn the long-overlooked federal regulation behind the ruling, and many scientific groups are considering donating substantially to that cause. But a Treasury Department official in the center of the fracas told The Scientist that he favors a new reinterpretation that would please all sides.” [Open Access News]

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Do other people find the treasury stance to be completely backward on this?

Useit.Com: Risks of Quantitative Studies. When I read reports from other people's research, I usually find that their qualitative study results are more credible and trustworthy than their quantitative results. It's a dangerous mistake to believe that statistical research is somehow more scientific or credible than insight-based observational research. [Tomalak's Realm]

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be aware of number fetishism….. i agree, but don't discount it. it has its uses and very often can be enlightening, but it does help that it can be informed with more personal accounts and well thought out arguments.

this is a picture of a women wielding a slingshot at a protest in venezuela. i think it is an interesting and compelling statement about democracy in our time.

strange set of similarities

Virtual Sex Change [bOing bOing]

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from George to Georgyna Bush……. hehehe

Tinderbox Research Tools.

Open hypertext guru Les Carr has created a suite of easy-to-use tools that help programmers work on Tinderbox files outside of Tinderbox.

[Mark Bernstein]

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neat tools.

The hacks in the machine. The electronic voting used in today's primaries offers unprecedented opportunities for fraud, write Albert Scardino and John Scardino. [Guardian Unlimited]

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it is even more scary when it is true. major errors have occured in the past, but none have been called fraud, but they may very well have been.

Floss and the Crisis ö Foreigner in a Free Land? [Interactivist Info Exchange]

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interesting article

Penn State professor fired. Penn State president Graham Spanier has spoken: Nona Gerard, the Penn State Altoona theater professor whose outspokenness alienated her colleagues,… [Critical Mass]

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critical mass hopes prof. gerard sues, i just hope she learns the key lessons of collegiality, respect, honesty, etc.