tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post8966920795152662019..comments2024-03-29T00:39:31.629-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: A potpourri of ironies for the weekendDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-60894724582090035482013-04-29T07:53:51.439-07:002013-04-29T07:53:51.439-07:00They named a medical/professional school after Ros...They named a medical/professional school after Rosalind Franklin in Chicago. Back when I embraced the myth of progress, I spent some time toiling there in their basement with a number of educators, teaching assistants, trolls & other superbly effective comedians. Best.locumranchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4494535943224184592013-04-28T22:30:23.654-07:002013-04-28T22:30:23.654-07:00It's a real shame Rosalind Elsie Franklin died...It's a real shame Rosalind Elsie Franklin died so young. Then she might at least get mentioned alongside Watson and Crick.sociotardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697154298087412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-86523553640998168182013-04-28T15:18:58.540-07:002013-04-28T15:18:58.540-07:00Tom I have been following your efforts and I wish ...Tom I have been following your efforts and I wish you luck. Just use "trawl" for fishing for help. "Troll" has bad connotations!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18346746681082416283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-75537842540913565772013-04-28T03:58:39.405-07:002013-04-28T03:58:39.405-07:00Dr. Brin,
Via Los Angeles Venture Association I w...Dr. Brin,<br /><br />Via Los Angeles Venture Association I was connected with head of Maverick Angels... (he's also a prof of entrepreneurship at USC)...<br /><br />I make a pretty good impression generally when I can meet and talk and he is connecting me with attorneys who may be helpful in forming team... (I've been honest about my strengths and weaknesses).<br /><br />I believe its getting across not only about practicality of the method... but why the political microtransaction capability at least must not be 'split-up'... and certain P2P characteristics of such a network must be included. <br /><br />In other words (e.g.) why a separate "Democratic" cash card and a "Republican" cash card would inhibit cross-party opinion and further cement a status-quo.<br /><br />If I can get this across and get this going... I hope as I always have that your thoughts on such a network and its characteristics would be an important part of it.<br /><br />Political Fundraising: Act Blue, Facebook and the Missing Network Imperative<br />http://culturalengineer.blogspot.com/2010/08/political-fundraising-act-blue-facebook.html<br /><br />Speaking of irony... for all the time I've spent trolling amongst the eggheads for support... for this publicly oriented capability...<br /><br />Its the capitalists that are the most interested in paying attention and will be key in getting it built.<br /><br />There's a lesson there about a need for finding common ground.Tom Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444476865484424912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-13109247944615133682013-04-27T18:12:30.316-07:002013-04-27T18:12:30.316-07:00"In the finest tradition of satire (often sel..."In the finest tradition of satire (often self-satire) John Cleese moonlighted as a corporate shill for many years, giving a large number informative and mockingly perverse lectures on team work, creativity, going to meetings, meeting menaces & stupidity, etc"<br /><br />John Cleese created training videos - the finest and most effective training videos I have ever seen (by a long way)<br />I saw two videos on cash flow and one on delegation<br />There were incredibly effective as learning tools<br /><br />"moonlighted as a corporate shill"<br /><br />Is a terribly shallow way of describing a superbly effective educator<br />Duncan Cairncrossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-16803914547083060672013-04-27T08:26:11.730-07:002013-04-27T08:26:11.730-07:00Why watch the interview when you can read the book...Why watch the interview when you can read the book as 'The Double Helix," written by James Watson, was first published in 1968?<br /><br />In the finest tradition of satire (often self-satire) John Cleese moonlighted as a corporate shill for many years, giving a large number informative and mockingly perverse lectures on team work, creativity, going to meetings, meeting menaces & stupidity, etc. <br /><br />Check out his bit on 'The Scientist' at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-vnmejwXo<br /><br />This is what our culture needs more of, IMO, the ability to laugh at ourselves while simultaneously taking our abilities, accomplishments, heroes & belief systems much less seriously which is a lesson (unfortunately) that many scientists like James Watson have failed to learn. <br /><br />So, when and if you choose to read the testament to Watson's clever intellect called 'The Double Helix', you also find that it is a vast repository of pompous mean-spirited nastiness that is humanity.<br /><br />Best.locumranchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4532323977300405842013-04-27T05:56:10.287-07:002013-04-27T05:56:10.287-07:00The Postman was mentioned this week on the AV Club...The Postman was mentioned this week on the AV Club in a list of post-apocalyptic product placement.<br /><br />http://www.avclub.com/articles/welcome-to-the-end-of-the-world-have-a-coke-10-cas,96855/<br /><br />The USPS means much more in The Postman than other items on the list relative to their works (Coke in The Road, for example), but it was still fun to see our host mentioned.Howiehttp://mrfuriousrecords.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-47999996608132248582013-04-27T02:17:40.837-07:002013-04-27T02:17:40.837-07:00Funny I thought was all rainbows and candy in Icel...Funny I thought was all rainbows and candy in Iceland;<br /><br />"Iceland goes to the polls in a general election expected to punish the ruling Social Democrat coalition over the austerity measures to bring the economy back from the brink.<br /><br />The last opinion poll published before voting booths were due to open on Saturday showed that the opposition centre-right coalition was likely to make major gains four years after it was ousted over its handling of a dire financial crisis.<br /><br />Iceland's 235,000 eligible voters will cast their ballots from 0900 GMT to 2200 GMT with first results expected shortly after polls close.<br /><br />The ruling coalition which dragged Iceland back towards economic viability after the 2008 banking crisis faces backlash amid promise of tax cuts and debt relief by the opposition.<br /><br />"To me, this election is about whether my daughter will be able to keep her house or not," said Thury Steinthorsdottir, 55, who runs a small bed and breakfast in Laugarvatn, 30km east of the capital, Reykjavik.<br /><br />"The crash wiped out all the equity on her house and she's now working 70-80 hours a week with three children just to keep up with payments. This can't go on anymore." "<br /><br />http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2013/04/201342744233345307.htmlIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739671401151990700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-35534099995203935512013-04-26T20:10:06.199-07:002013-04-26T20:10:06.199-07:00I can forgive Shakespeare the "no traveller e...I can forgive Shakespeare the "no traveller ever returns" thing in this manner: that ghosts in popular fiction seem not to be entities who have "returned" from death, but rather those who haven't been able to leave yet.LarryHartnoreply@blogger.com