April 2007
7 posts
Excessive precision →
“You sometimes read news articles that say that some object is 98.42 feet tall, and it is clear what happened was that the object was originally reported to be 30 meters tall, and some knucklehead translated 30 meters to 98.42 feet, instead of to 100….”
Illegal prime →
Wikipedia: “An illegal prime is a prime number which represents information forbidden by United States law to possess or distribute. It is a matter of debate whether the number itself is therefore illegal in the USA, and under what circumstances.”
“…most American doctors and hospitals have no economic interest in your...”
– Philip Longman, Misdiagnosed
Third Manhattan Apple store to dwarf them all →
“…a New York Post journalist has found that Apple will indeed rent out a high-profile space at 401 W. 14th Street [at 9th Ave], a recently upscaled building at the heart of the Meatpacking district….
“…The space will easily outsize both the 21,577 square feet of Apple Store SoHo and the yet-larger 25,000 square feet of the subterranean Fifth Avenue...
Complete List of 2006 Peabody Award Winners →
Including This American Life and Good Eats
Six Basic Truths of Free APIs →
“2. If you build your own business on top of an API, you need a contractual relationship to ensure the service doesn’t get taken away from you. These generally cost money…. 5… free APIs are a very poor substitute for having the source and the data…”
“Like chimpanzees, people are strongly territorial and value the lives of those...”
– Frans de Waal, Our Inner Ape