Posts from — December 2004

Ten Things: “Ten Things Women Should Know About Men”

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MLM #33: “I’m fairly often asked by people from some corner or other of the media to suggest to their readers/listeners/viewers how I think couples can keep their relationships springy and vibrant. It seems to me that the secret turns out to be for both your minds to harbour the barely-covered suspicion that the other one of you is a killer. That ‘incipient hunch that your partner is prone to homicide’ really will stop you becoming complacent and taking each other for granted. Thus, relationships shouldn’t look to some book like ‘How to Make Love to the Same Person for the Rest of Your Life’, but rather to, say, the movie ‘Jagged Edge’.
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mil millington….

Angster (n). angsters are people who as part of the blogworld or whatever world they might think they exist in, proceed to express angst. Ongoing, and indeterminate of cause, though any given cause is the cause of the moment, angsters spew their worries and feelings about it for their audience, their people, or frequently just themselves. angsterize, angsterate, angstiferous.

I believe in angsters, and I believe they have effects on other people that are almost entirely negative.

ols-master: “”

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2005 OII Doctoral Programme .

They are indeed going to Beijing! and the applications system is open.

don’t tax, spend anyway: “

Why oh why is this administration so bent on flagrantly irresponsible
tax cuts?

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The real problem with these torrential deficits is not that Japan and China might decide to stop buying our
bonds and so dislocate the economy, not any arcane calculations about trade
deficits and the domestic interest rate. The real problem is that we are plundering
future generations, who have no democratic voice at all. ‘Responsible leadership’? Gag me with a spoon.

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(Via Left2Right.)

well yes, and with a declining birthrate, this actually multiplies……

Not surprising to most of my readers: ”

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(Via Bitch. Ph.D..)

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it is not surprising to us, but it would likely be surprising to the buggers on capital hill…. If they want to label ru-486 then they darn well better label everything with a mortality rate worse than it.

Cost of Cyberliving: “Internet surfers in many countries have to spend as much as a day’s earning for an hour in a cybercafe. This page provides a map and table of Internet surfing rates at Internet cafes and the percentage of people living on $1 per day in 26 nations. Dated July/August 2004, published by Foreign Policy.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2594“

(Via Information Policy.)

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wow, this is somewhat amazing. i wonder how the profit works out….

Skills Shortage Could Mean Growing Pains for Open Source: “In a survey released by Forrester Research, 57 percent of those using Linux or open-source software said their biggest concern was lack of support; 36 percent said it was a lack of skills or knowledge. Of the respondents who weren’t using Linux or open-source software, 55 percent tagged lack of skills or knowledge as their biggest concern; 53 percent said it was lack of support.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/38759.html“

(Via Information Policy.)

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i wonder what they actually mean by support. this is a significant problem, if it really exists, but i’m not sure. i’m sure there is institutional impediments.

Facilitation: the Anti-Lecture – Kaarin Record, techLearning: “The best of online classrooms intelligently employ a discussion board to foster a sense of community and to become a vehicle for sharing and learning. The role of the facilitator is to enable groups of people to work cooperatively and effectively. T”

(Via Online Learning Update.)

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this is a key point that people need to pay attention to.