Comments on: Fine-tune your Cosmic Variance! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Dissident http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9670 Dissident Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:18:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9670 I love the concept of short "lists" with only one name. Ostalgia galore. I love the concept of short “lists” with only one name. Ostalgia galore.

]]> By: Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9669 Sean Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:12:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9669 Risa is fine; just a bit <a href="http://www.hp-h.com/b/astromill/" rel="nofollow">busy</a>. Risa is fine; just a bit busy.

]]> By: erc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9647 erc Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:16:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9647 I thought Plato was in Canada, possibly Vancouver. I've been meaning to ask: where is Risa? Is she ok? I thought Plato was in Canada, possibly Vancouver.

I’ve been meaning to ask: where is Risa? Is she ok?

]]> By: allen and george http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9648 allen and george Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:41:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9648 Plato, just because you created the dialogues does not mean you can use our names. Creating names is easy, but can you capture the essence of who we are? :) an example too. Plato, just because you created the dialogues does not mean you can use our names. Creating names is easy, but can you capture the essence of who we are? :)

an example too.

]]> By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9649 Plato Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:24:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9649 okay okay! we know enough about IP's and such do we not? It's our signature, and it readily available, but using servers in other countries, the trail becomes a little confused, but non, I am not french, and the political affairs in other countries I refrain from speaking on, yet, the threads run through our countries. Those who manage this site know me. :) We know of what some of these threads are in terms of issues on the political scale. Sean is a patriot, as many of those that host this site. Some care about their cities, as part of the larger global network. :) I wonder, is a walkabout a English term? If it is, then the travel to australia, might reveal "the link" and history of this usage? What do the aborigines call it then? But here are scientists, mathematicians and all the like, whether you believe in a god or not. I like to learn as much as I can. I respect these divisions of boundaries, and like, the undivisiveness of learning? Learning to manipulate software application and methods in bloggery developement, are equally interesting as we look at the Rss feeds and such, methods to contain things, or skip over them. Jacque is well versed and created "no link follow" ?:)We'll give a bit of ourselves along the way. Hit counters, as google bombs to increase traffic. Non! Ingenuity, is the neighbors way, to see another road around this and other issues, yet the freedom of the "future of the notebook" is always on my mind. Progressive. Allen, of Japan :) okay okay!

we know enough about IP’s and such do we not? It’s our signature, and it readily available, but using servers in other countries, the trail becomes a little confused, but non, I am not french, and the political affairs in other countries I refrain from speaking on, yet, the threads run through our countries. Those who manage this site know me. :)

We know of what some of these threads are in terms of issues on the political scale. Sean is a patriot, as many of those that host this site. Some care about their cities, as part of the larger global network. :)

I wonder, is a walkabout a English term? If it is, then the travel to australia, might reveal “the link” and history of this usage? What do the aborigines call it then?

But here are scientists, mathematicians and all the like, whether you believe in a god or not. I like to learn as much as I can. I respect these divisions of boundaries, and like, the undivisiveness of learning?

Learning to manipulate software application and methods in bloggery developement, are equally interesting as we look at the Rss feeds and such, methods to contain things, or skip over them. Jacque is well versed and created “no link follow” ?:)We’ll give a bit of ourselves along the way. Hit counters, as google bombs to increase traffic. Non!

Ingenuity, is the neighbors way, to see another road around this and other issues, yet the freedom of the “future of the notebook” is always on my mind. Progressive.

Allen, of Japan :)

]]> By: Chris W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9650 Chris W. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:25:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9650 Would you mind including those numbers on the CV 'Contributor' pages? Please don't take this the wrong way. I really don't want to annoy anybody... Would you mind including those numbers on the CV ‘Contributor’ pages? Please don’t take this the wrong way. I really don’t want to annoy anybody…

]]> By: Dissident http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9668 Dissident Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:45:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9668 Alas, it seems the story was just too good to be true: http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101563&start=-1 http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101619&start=-1 http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101659&start=-1 http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101754&start=-1 http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101996&start=-1 Alas, it seems the story was just too good to be true:

http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101563&start=-1
http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101619&start=-1
http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101659&start=-1
http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101754&start=-1
http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12943&messageID=101996&start=-1

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9667 Elliot Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:54:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9667 the law says "intent to annoy". I'm sure the majority of people don't INTEND to be annoying they just happen to be so. From a legal perspective this raises the bar a bit. How do you prove that someone had the intent to annoy? I think it would be hard to win a case like that. Anyway I guess that's some comfort. Note also this is associated with a law prohibiting violence against women. I think the "intent" of the law is to give the authorities one more tool to go after people deliberately harrassing women. I'm all for that. Elliot (what I meant to say was I'm for going after people who harrass women not that I'm all for harassing women. Oh never mind....) the law says “intent to annoy”. I’m sure the majority of people don’t INTEND to be annoying they just happen to be so.

From a legal perspective this raises the bar a bit. How do you prove that someone had the intent to annoy? I think it would be hard to win a case like that.

Anyway I guess that’s some comfort. Note also this is associated with a law prohibiting violence against women. I think the “intent” of the law is to give the authorities one more tool to go after people deliberately harrassing women. I’m all for that.

Elliot

(what I meant to say was I’m for going after people who harrass women not that I’m all for harassing women. Oh never mind….)

]]> By: Michael Williams http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9666 Michael Williams Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:53:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9666 Skipping posts is like manually deleting spam: it's irritating, stressful and surprisingly time-consuming. Moreover, until you do it there's an ominously large number of unread emails to look at; a task you subconsciously defer because you know it will be boring and unpleasant. We have great tools to deal with spam, but identifying interesting articles is much more difficult than spotting Viagra adverts, which is why politicians have people to read the papers for them. Unfortunately, I don't have someone to do this for me, so, for now, I'm trying out the above. YMMV. I want to stress again that I don't have an ideological or personal problem with any of the authors. I'm just trying to cut down the amount of noise in my brain. Skipping posts is like manually deleting spam: it’s irritating, stressful and surprisingly time-consuming. Moreover, until you do it there’s an ominously large number of unread emails to look at; a task you subconsciously defer because you know it will be boring and unpleasant.

We have great tools to deal with spam, but identifying interesting articles is much more difficult than spotting Viagra adverts, which is why politicians have people to read the papers for them. Unfortunately, I don’t have someone to do this for me, so, for now, I’m trying out the above. YMMV.

I want to stress again that I don’t have an ideological or personal problem with any of the authors. I’m just trying to cut down the amount of noise in my brain.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9665 Clifford Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:45:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/01/10/fine-tune-your-cosmic-variance/#comment-9665 Plato, you're in Taiwan? I did not run into you in a packed bar in Taipei (more later) on December 31st did I? It was kind of crazy night, and I met lots of people.....so sorry if I did not say hi! -cvj Plato, you’re in Taiwan? I did not run into you in a packed bar in Taipei (more later) on December 31st did I? It was kind of crazy night, and I met lots of people…..so sorry if I did not say hi!

-cvj

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