Category — General

YouTube – Bob Newhart as Psychologist (”Stop It!!”):
Psychologist

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classic!

YouTube – Web 2.0 – Catch the Wave:
Web 2.0 – Catch the Wave

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smacks forehead…..

Internet traffic prioritisation:
Internet traffic prioritisation is an increasingly important policy issue as bandwidth demands increase and Internet applications require higher levels of quality of service to function well. Debates about traffic prioritisation, particularly in the context of “network neutrality” discussions, have been divisive. The study provides background for national debates by examining the role of traffic prioritisation in networks and highlighting associated policy and regulatory issues.
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/63/38405781.pdf

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It is the net neutrality debate by another name.

Quantum physics says goodbye to reality (April 2007) – News – PhysicsWeb:
Quantum physics says goodbye to reality

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Berkeley was right? well sort of. ‘reality does not exist when we are not observing it’

this is a hard metaphysical question to address actually, and the ’science’ is not really speaking about reality as much as what can be observed… so the model is probably more of: ‘that which we are trying to measure/observe does not manifest its properties when we are not observing it’

What not to say at your Dissertation Defense:
Things you shouldn’t say at your dissertation defense

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hehe…

Ted Leung on the Air » Macintosh Tips and Tricks:
Macintosh Tips and Tricks

This is a list of hardware, software and information that has been useful to me as I’ve moved over to Mac OS X. I hope that you find it useful as well. This version is now up to date for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and Intel Macs.

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ted’s tools and tips…. worth a glance or more.

Medicating Aliah:
When she was transferred from Austin State Hospital to a residential facility on March 18, 2004, Aliah was on five different medications, putting her on the extreme end of a growing practice known as polypharmacy that worries many doctors. “This is a complicated regimen using powerful psychotropic medications in a barely adolescent girl, so I would be quite concerned about it,” says Dr. Joseph Woolston, a Yale University professor and chief of child psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital. “It isn’t grossly, acutely dangerous, but it is sedating and would make it difficult for a child to experience the world in a normal way. If you or I were on that regimen we would have a lot of trouble attending to work or school. We don’t have any idea what that combination of medications does to a developing child. It may have a number of long-term side effects.” He also suspects that the drugs may have been used as much to control the angry reactions of a girl who was hospitalized against her will as to treat any mental and emotional problems.

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this is a sad story of medicalization going too far into schools and drug treatments going too far in arresting a teenagers natural life of the mind.

Understanding the Birthday Paradox | BetterExplained:
Understanding the Birthday Paradox

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now you know..

15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will | The A.V. Club:
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will

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A solid list of things to remember.

Pipl – People Search (BETA):
Free People Search
The most comprehensive people search on the web

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this could be handy