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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 17 2013 @ 07:24 PM EDT |
However, the underlying numbers and the existence of the correlation
was broadly accepted,
due in part to Reinhart and Rogoff's paper not
including the source data they used to draw their
inferences. [emphasis
added]
arstechnica Ummm, sounds like a more fundamental
problem here than just spreadsheet abuse. ars also
says at the bottom of the
article there was no peer review before publication, and still the gullible
swallowed it.
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- No, no, no - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 03:11 PM EDT
- No, no, no - Authored by: PolR on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 06:11 PM EDT
- Or even.... - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 03:31 PM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 17 2013 @ 07:30 PM EDT |
Neologism for today: Prenderast
But if Prenda go down for administrative
reasons
some technical evidence (PDF) may become moot.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 07:46 PM EDT |
Apple Inc.
(AAPL)’s Massive Patent Haul: 8 Intriguing
Images - Insider
Monkey
led me to:
U
nited States Patent Application:
0130095464 which, on reading some of
the claims
before admitting defeat. I just don't get it... I did
host
a
few Moodle sites in the past but, innovative? ...
inventive
step?...patentable subject matter? I'm getting
old! Can anyone
honestly find anything
interesting of value in this? Maybe,
defensive
patent? Surely not to bar competition?
and, for completeness,
credited by original article:
Apple's Virtual University
Patent
Finally
Comes to Light - Patently Apple[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: RichardB on Friday, April 19 2013 @ 03:44 AM EDT |
A little light relief from Apple v Samsung:
L
ink [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 19 2013 @ 03:50 PM EDT |
I have a rather interesting question. From the article:
The process is similar to a grand
jury proceeding, but people can defend themselves against the evidence
presented.
That seems to indicate that a person can't defend
themselves against the evidence presented in a Grand Jury.
Anyone know if
that's true? And if so, what the process of a Grand Jury is such that such a
defense is not required/allowed?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 20 2013 @ 12:56 AM EDT |
<blockquote>The defendants who fight for their rights must pay millions,
and they have virtually no ability to recover their legal fees.
</blockquote>
Perhaps if the contingency lawyers had to share the downside as well they would
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 20 2013 @ 08:38 AM EDT |
What could be more innocuous, more sure of a friendly,
positive response, than calling up an upscale bookstore and
asking for the ISBN of a book they carry?
Just don't call our local university bookstore. It's _their
policy_ not to provide ISBNs when asked. They know, you see,
that once you obtain a book's ISBN you'll go rent the book
instead of buying it from them at should-trigger-antitrust-
investigation-class prices. (Of course, where possible the
book you buy is a software/book bundle, suitably up-priced,
that includes software you don't need and won't use in the
class.)
So our collegegoing son makes a quick trip up to campus with
his booklist, obtains the ISBNs with a bit of on-the-spot
investigation--move over, Brains Benton--and returns home to
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