Archives for November 13, 2007
Fun with Linux: The Existential File System
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 The Linux file system is very different from that found in other systems. You use Linux files all the time, because most of the time that your browser “gets” a web page, it is accessing a Linux file system. Here, I just want to point out a few cool things about the system. In some…
Judgment Day: Post Game
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Judgment Day, the PBS special on the Dover Trial, just finished airing. I have a few somewhat coherent (compared to my live blogging, see upstream) comments.
Judging Judgment Day. Spontaneous Generation (Live Blogging) IV
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Don’t forget to visit the PBS web site where they have all kinds of cool stuff for everybody, including and especially teachers. So, now the defense gets their shot. …
Judging Judgment Day. Spontaneous Generation (Live Blogging) III
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Oooh, that lawyer for ID was played very smarmily … nice acting. And the guy they got to play Georg Bush was fantastic … looked exactly like him. Darwin’s great great great great grandson has a teleological view of evolution. Well, I guess understanding evolution is not genetic. Or at least, not selected for.
What is this giraffe doing?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 The one on the right:
Judging Judgment Day. Spontaneous Generation (Live Blogging) II
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Hey, Samantha’s husband! Oh, no, John Scopes. Arrested… Oh, Colonel Potter! … Oh, no, never mind. Pay close attention to this textbook stuff Genie is talking about. The whole story is more insidious and horrific than they will ever cover in this show.
Carnival of the Godless 79 — Pie Now on Earth
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Is here, at Aardvarchaeology
Judging Judgment Day. Spontaneous Generation (Live Blogging)
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Spontaneous Generation (Live Blogging) I did not like the verbiage … the wording … of the pre-show intro at all. Listening to it by itself, ID and “Darwin’s Theory” sound like they are of similar import. It really is not necessary in this day and age to pretend that there is actually a debate. Especially…
Hey, turn on the TV…
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 It’s time for Judgment Day.
Overheard in Minneapolis
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Question: In science, in reference to probability, how come what you predict is not always what you get? Answer from 12 year old: Because experimental and theoretical probability are not the same. Answer from Hight School student: Because everyone has their own opinions, views,concepts, and interests, and no one wants to believe they are wrong…
Six out of the world’s eight species of bears are threatened with extinction
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 It is pretty remarkable that there are only eight species of bears to begin with. But, if things go really badly, we could end up with only two. Here’s a press release from IUCN:
Blog Carnival Deadline Approaching
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 For I and the Bird, send your posts to me RIGHT NOW. (Or really soon. Technically the deadline is tonight.) For Oekologie, send them over to Mike, here.
The Boneyard # 9
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Blog Carnival is here, at Catalogue of Organisms.
Judgement Day is Today
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 Or, more accurately, tonight.
Sunlight makes a vicious strain of bacteria even more dangerous
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 A team of researchers has figured out that that certain bacteria can tell the difference between light and dark, and become ten times more virulent when exposed to sunlight…
A good way to cook a turkey
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 My daughter, Julia, is named after two people. One of them is Julia Child. I happen to think Julia Child has had more influence on American society than most other people, by helping to make varied and interesting cuisine part of American culture. One day when Julia was a very young child (my Julia, not…
National Survey Explores Race and Gender in 21st -Century Politics
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) – A team of political scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of New Mexico, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Notre Dame has completed a groundbreaking survey that explores how race and gender is changing the political landscape of the United States. The scholars presented their…
Windows Makes Predictable Random Numbers
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 That’s a problem because these random number generaters are used to make up passwords. So, malicious hackers potentially already know your password even before you know you need a password. Academic paper on this vulnerability here, Slashdot report with other links here.
The Next Logical Step in Evolution of the Web
Posted by Greg Laden on November 13, 2007 StupidFilter was conceived out of necessity. Too long have we suffered in silence under the tyranny of idiocy. In the beginning, the internet was a place where one could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, Eternal September hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has compounded the…
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