by Tom | Jun 22, 2012 | Google+
Astonishing tale of banks ripping off municipal bonds in the US. Now that banks have clearly stolen from children, nurses and the disabled, might something happen?Equally worrying to me is that these cartels are probably widespread across other...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2012 | Google+
Collusion.Track who's tracking you on the web. Great idea. Firefox only at present.Now to learn how to block and modify the tracking. Collusion Collusion is an experimental add-on for Firefox that allows you to see which sites are using third-party cookies to...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2012 | Google+
Wiffy wins the #numberplate award today.Nothing more you need to say.
by Tom | Jun 22, 2012 | Google+
Group selection is just history.Compelling argument from Pinker that use of the term "group selection" is confusing at best.I wonder if the personal social engineering involved in living in any society or being part of any organised group is qualitatively...
by Tom | Jun 22, 2012 | Google+
New strategy for the Prisoners' Dilemma.Amazing that there is more to discover in the iterated prisoners' dilemma after sixty years of study.Zero-determinant "extortion" strategies allow one player to set the other player's maximum score with...
by Tom | Jun 21, 2012 | Google+
Wellcome Image Awards.The image of a live brain is the most shocking, but there are some very good things indeed in there. Gallery – Biomedical beauties: Wellcome Image Awards winners – Image 1 – New Scientist This was the overall winner. It shows...
by Tom | Jun 21, 2012 | Google+
Monteverdi Choir rocking Bach and English polyphony.I am loving the Bach Motets disc. Tempi are fast and work well. The blend and sound are also excellent. I particularly enjoyed the not-entirely-Bach bonus track 'Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn!'...
by Tom | Jun 20, 2012 | Google+
Not the best build up for Stanley Dragon Boat Regatta…http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120620/news_20120620_56_849232.htm Happy Valley Racecourse...
by Tom | Jun 20, 2012 | Google+
Damn straight! xkcd: Exoplanets
by Tom | Jun 19, 2012 | Google+
What you lookin' at? Hong Kong Island, Wan Chai District, Happy Valley
