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Comment on Dwarf planets, dwarf continents, and the year of the potato by Astronomy Forum

Astronomy Forum — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:25:40 +0000

Although the International Astronomical Union may do some good stuff they seem to not understand:
A. How to run a vote, since less than 5% of the members got to vote on this
B. Public opinion. It is this which decides what is what in most things to do with astronomy.

Sometime in the future, pluto, and the other newbies will be called planets. The IAU seem to think our Solar System is one of a kind!! Before we know it they’ll be saying some moons are no longer moons!!

Comment on Law, Emotions and Cannibalism (final part) by Dayton Lawyer

Dayton Lawyer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:49:05 +0000

I think that the more disgusting crimes should be punished more severely. While it may do very little to deter crime, I believe it sends a symbolic message that we will not tolerate deranged crimes.

Comment on Online Divorce in Switzerland by divorce record

divorce record — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:38:20 +0000

Thank you for the good information

Comment on Discontinuation of this blog by J. Hagmann

J. Hagmann — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:28:46 +0000

Schade; wir hoffen natürlich, dass der Blog auch im Internetarchiv von Brewster Kahle landet.
-> wayback machine www.archive.org) … und nicht unter Schutt und Asche wie das Kölner Stadtarchiv …

Digitalisate können dank dem Internetarchiv noch überliefert werden …
http://tinyurl.com/c89v9d
(disaster recovery, zumindest partiell)

gruss
jürg

Comment on Discontinuation of this blog by write

write — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:39:41 +0000

=( We will miss your posts, even as rare as they have come to be. =(

Comment on Herdict Could Make Broadband Market More Competitive by Global Voices Summit: Future of Internet Filtering « iRevolution

Global Voices Summit: Future of Internet Filtering « iRevolution — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:44:43 +0000

[...] will continue? A Balkanization of social media blocking? Rob closed his presentation by introducing Herdict, a tool (coming soon) to track filtering around the world. Ethan Zuckerman added that he hopes one [...]

Comment on Herdict Could Make Broadband Market More Competitive by Berkman@10: Day Two: Afternoon « Andy on the Road

Berkman@10: Day Two: Afternoon « Andy on the Road — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:07 +0000

[...] And now the unveiling of Herdict, a way of having the “herd” and “verdict.” – people install a plugin into [...]

Comment on Honk for Kosovo by dhaeusermann

dhaeusermann — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:01:42 +0000

I agree with the first hypothesis for sure.

Later that afternoon the honkers made their message clearer by flying Albanian flags, see http://www.tagblatt.ch/index.php?artikelxml=1469573.

Comment on Honk for Kosovo by Malte

Malte — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:21:47 +0000

Interesting idea! Just one thought: the message could actually be more complex than you write and may be very different from its trigger (”Kosovo is declaring its independence”). Some completely hypothetical examples:

- “I am so happy that Kosovo is independent!”
- “Finally, I have a good reason to honk like crazy in this quiet Swiss town.”
- “I wonder why everybody’s honking. Whatever, let’s chime in…”
- “I do not like this whole honking thing, so I just acoustically signal my disagreement.”
- etc.

;-)

Comment on Happy New Year! — And a New Literary Form by al schmid

al schmid — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:21:48 +0000

hilarious! thanks for the heads-up. and a happy new year to you, too.
al