Wed
Jun
18
Threading through the Tangle
Day to day discussion from Ted Han, mad social scientist, and dictator for life of Skein Searchware. Check out the full blog at http://skein.us/diablog. The project i'm currently dedicating my time to is Videojuicer.com, who are responsible for the World of Martial Arts.tv and PokerStars.tv
Sun
May
18
Interesting Facts about JSON
Javascript Object Notation (JSON) has the following two properties:
- JSON is a proper subset of YAML.
- JSON is based on a subset of JavaScript.
These two facts also demonstrate an interesting relationship between YAML & JavaScript.
Thu
May
1
Creationists fail in bid to offer 'science' degrees : Nature News
Our Creator, within the Trinity, is the only logical answer for our existence. There is no logic in thinking that life on earth arose from inorganic matter or, as one famous Nobel Laureate claimed, from “directed panspermia.” If however, we accept the latter we enter an infinite regress and must ultimately conclude that God is creator since God is infinite. God is the answer and the proof is as plain as day. The 2007 Dawkins-Lennox debate might assist those who think otherwise.
And there you have, yet another case demonstrating that anti-science creationists are indistinguishable from a markov chain.
Sun
Apr
27
On Making Oneself Look Bad: Plagarizing Wikipedia
So, it’s said that “Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery.” Likewise, “There is nothing new under the sun,” and it is certainly true that a great deal of creation and invention was derived through first copying the works of others.
At same time, there is a matter of decorum and manner in the use of others’ works. This is fundamentally the problem that is plagarism. Modern academics, and creators of any sort understand the absolute necessity of open exchange of communication and information (16th century alchemists, not so much). But in any such exchange honesty is equally necessary.
It’s in this context that i find it extremely distasteful and bewilderingly stupid to discover that people all over the web seem to think it’s okay to lift passages from wikipedia and drop them into their blog posts. At least with dead tree papers, you can imagine a world in which a TA/Professor is not simultaneously browsing your paper and wikipedia on the subject of your essay. There’s no such luxury with a blog. If i’ve hit your blog via Google, guess what probably came up for my query before your result? More hilarious yet are people who plagarize wikipedia, change a few connective words and phrasings, and imagine that they have disgused their plagarism.
Sun
Apr
20
Who loves Creative Commons? I do! (Anemones Images)
I’m finally trying to get a site up for myself, now that i’ve got some ideas for a brand/identity for what i want to do. Thanks to Flickr and Creative Commons, i’ve got some source material to work with. I think it’s time i took a look at some of my images and open licensed them.
