Archive for October, 2007

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Soon, I’ll be replaced by a computer

Today, I was joking to one of my co-workers that at first, we were going to replace him with a computer, but then we decided instead to replace a computer with him. Alas, I think “mechanical turk” schemes don’t have much life left in them, while the age-old fear of replacing more people with computers […]

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

When all else fails, go to YouTube

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

A very good year

This year, Al Gore Jr. had a best-selling book, and won an Oscar* and the Nobel Peace Prize. Tyler Cowen asks, has anyone had a better year? Excellent nominations from the comments: Tim Allen’s 1994: #1 TV show, #1 grossing film, #1 on the NYT best-seller list. Einstein’s 1905: one paper that ultimately won him […]

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Sunday, October 7th, 2007

The black bike

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Monday, October 1st, 2007

TLO’s Life lesson curriculum

Coping with husband/dog rebellion 101 Finding lost or missing items 200 – prerequisite: coping with husband/dog rebellion 101The Art of Relaxation 100 – For beginners – who have never learned how to relax and feel it cannot be justifiedLinguistics 100 – learning how to understand people who speak while yawning or eating I think I […]

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