Irish Class, January 31, 2011
Rang Gaeilge, 31ú lá mí Eanáir 2011
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Monday Night Irish Class, January 31, 2011
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According to the Bombay High Court….
As noted at Slashdot:
At least we can know for certain the people trying to get creationism taught as science in our schools have equally wacky friends around the globe.
Incredible Basement
Apple turns the screws
Apple wants 30% of Kindle App ebook sales
It’s quite amazing how unpopular the move is. Even people on Apple sites are against it.
It’s all rather strange – Unless you consider the fact that people who are reading are not doing things Apple wants them to do i.e. watch movies, grow stupid, become consumers, watch TV, etc.
Books turn brainwashed consumers into free thinkers, and that might be the last thing Apple wants.
More, including comments (many NSFW), at Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales.
Politics and the AntiVaccination Movement
From Why the ‘Prius Driving, Composting’ Set Fears Vaccines
I talked to a public health official and asked him what’s the best way to anticipate where there might be higher than normal rates of vaccine noncompliance, and he said take a map and put a pin wherever there’s a Whole Foods. I sort of laughed, and he said, “No, really, I’m not joking.” It’s those communities with the Prius driving, composting, organic food-eating people.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 