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Taking photographs vs. giving photographs (33)
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Things flip. Many cultures long viewed photographs with fear, worrying that a piece of the soul disappeared when a photo was taken. Today, celebrities hire publicists who have no other job but to get their photographs to appear in print. Oprah doesn't pay authors to appear on her show, they pay publicists for the privilege... even though they are "giving away" all the ideas in their book for free. It's a tricky line to walk. ...Shared by Adriana (25) aElian (20) AJ (255) Alex (19) Andrew Meyer (30) Andy (15) Ashwin (25) atul (153) Ben (3) Ben Shoemate (64) chrisbrogan.com (37) Colin (27) Dominik (47) Erik (15) grow (29) Igor (6) Lee (20) Matt Dickman (22) Mike (26) noel (28) Noelle (20) p0ps (52) ralph (22) ScorpFromHell (28) Steven Correy (83) Terence Lo (21) Thomas Smith (38) Todd (20) Waqas (19) Will Cole (19) wrburgess (19) Xdroot (88) Yuancheng (27)- Steven Correy said: I thought about that the last time I went to a shop, they ask me to put my camera in my bag. Just in case I wanted to take pictures.... If I want to spy I buy a tiny camera and take pictures, or I just Google it
- Yuancheng said: Sometimes, forbid taking photographs is just a way avoid disordering. Think about a little place crowed of cameras? That's a disaster for real customers and tourists.
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What to do! (2)
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Finally actionable advise on how individuals can address the current market turmoil: If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95, with HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50, £1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5, but if you bought £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank it all, then took the empty cans to ...Shared by Adriana (25) Colin Charles (21)- Adriana said: brilliant!
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Michael Moore's Lawyers Think They Can Limit BitTorrent To Just US And Canada (10)
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It's always amusing when people seem to think that geographic borders actually apply to the internet. We recently wrote about Michael Moore's plan to freely distribute his latest movie online, which supported Moore's earlier statements saying the greater the number of people who see his movies (for free or not), the better off he is. However, when the movie was finally released online, and users were told to share it, some were reasonably surprised that ...Shared by [Curtis W] (46) Adriana (25) Christopher Gizzi (46) Frog (21) Jamin (67) krs (20) Mike F (700) MrXcitement (2) nybble (29) TiTi (161)Contribute comment -
YouTube blocks Pat Condell’s attack on sharia in Britain (1)
permalinkVia PZ, Barry Duke at Freethinker reports that: The poison of shariah law which has begun infecting Britain is of considerable concern to many, not least British comedian Pat Condell, who posted an attack on this creeping Islamic threat on our legal system on YouTube. Condell, of course, does not mince his words, and his video predictably got up certain noses. So YouTube, to its shame, blocked it. However as John Gilmore famously said, “The ...Shared by Adriana (25)Contribute comment
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Skype security flub leads to discovery of Chinese monitoring (41)
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Researchers have found evidence that Skype and Chinese partner TOM Online are monitoring text communications online for "sensitive" topics, and storing extensive logs on publicly-accessible servers. Not only is this a major security risk, it also raises questions as to what level Skype is complying with the requests of the Chinese government.Read More...Shared by 8dee (97) Adriana (25) AJ (10) Alexander13 (76) bittin (313) Brad (208) brad (11) Brandon (39) charles (297) Courtney (20) Danny O'Brien (9) Doug Funny (97) drew shobbrook (14) Duffy (53) Erik Edwards (7) Eugene (44) Gil (79) Hakicoma (197) Hassan (24) Jeff (20) Joh Rogers (32) Jonathan (18) Kabren Levinson (61) Keef (38) Kris (99) Leena (1134) MeghnaK (889) mejaredme (5) Mike Hurren (6) Mike Perkins (166) mopperx2 (13) Mr. BabyMan (506) Nikollas Ordway (67) Philip Campbell (135) Randy (16) renganathan (99) Rich (26) Samuel (85) Shocm (61) William Z. (27) Yerameyahu (95)Contribute comment -
Bob Sutton: Dr. Giuliano's Ten Commandments for Minimizing Medical Errors (3)
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About two weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking at a conference in San Francisco that was attended by doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and parents for at least 30 hospitals who were working together to improve the quality of care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU's). It was organized by the Vermont Oxford Network, a " Non-profit voluntary collaboration concerned with medical care for newborn infants and their families." Dr. Jeff Horbar, the CEO ...Contribute comment - Emerging Technologies Librarian: Cool Toys Conversations: September 2008 (2)
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The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got (12)
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This week's question for Ask the Coach:As a coach, you are asked to give others advice - what is the best coaching advice that you have ever received? Like many young Ph.D. students, I was deeply impressed with my own intelligence, wisdom and profound insights into the human condition. I consistently amazed myself with my ability to judge others and see what they were doing wrong. UCLA Professor Fred Case was my advisor and head ...Shared by Adriana (25) Barry Cott (1) Brandon (16) Cagliano (1) David (17) Frank Lin (14) Jonathon Juvenal (33) Macintoy (21) Matti Kolu (24) morberg (13) schauba (33) Shankar Ganesh (80)- Adriana said: hm, apart from the fact that anger with things being wrong can keep you going and come up with new ways of dealing with them. sometimes. when it comes to politics, it is indeed a waste of time to try to fix it.
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Once and for all (26)
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Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman (50)
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Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaignerShared by Adriana (25) Alan McCluskey (1) anafpires (4) Andy Piper (16) Angad Singh (7) b (29) Babychen Mathew (373) Cesar (6) Charles Iliya Krempeaux (14) Christiane (2) Claude (9) Duliece (130) Duncan Hull (8) Eingang (18) esdaniel (11) Ethan Hein (10) Frédéric Sidler (2) garykoelling (7) Glenn J. Ward (2) HUNG (123) JenM (39) Joi (26) Katharina Brunner (14) Kim Mahan (11) l.m.orchard (27) Lenny (23) Lohan G (30) Marc Beharry (30) Martin Hall (20) Matias Attwell (2) Matt (25) Michael Lockyear (8) Michel Bauwens (153) OrcsBR (32) Pam (14) peter harris (5) R Karthick (19) Rakesh (17) rene de paula jr (2) RomanZolotarev (4) Sallie Goetsch (28) Shannon Hubbell (7) Sharjeel (18) Shaun (20) shayanlinux (46) Sunpech (17) Sweyn Venderbush (9) Takayuki (71) Tiago Doria (1) Zoli (39)- shayanlinux said: What do you think about this controversy?
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- Eduardo Coutinho said: O universo observável, de cima para baixo. E em escala logarítmica.
- Brad P. from NJ said: A great perspective.
- Jen said: A diagram of the universe, on a logarithmic scale? I wish I had this as a poster on my wall growing up. :) (I love both the Eiffel Tower and redwood drawings.)
- K said: Lovely !!
- zar said: Che meraviglia...
- Patrick said: ahahhaha!
- Ed said: I call "dibs" on posting this outside my/Bryan's office door. :-)
- Andrew Walkingshaw said: XKCD has some genius infographics.
- Penny said: I would buy a print of this.
- Corvus said: I want this as a full sized door poster for my office.
- mwsmedia said: I can haz poztur, pleeze?
- Andreas said: I can haz poster plz?
- Typo180 said: Just outstanding.
- Steve said: Tall tale
- rishabh said: i can see this one being shared some thousand times. Awesome!!!
- Bruce said: This version is funner than a similar but less fanciful graph I saw awhile back online.
- BuildMaster said: really cool, as per usual
- easyon said: WOOPYTHON!
- Jason Wojciechowski said: That's really good. Really good.
- Nicholas Schiller said: Yet another example of how amazing XKCD can be.
- Ryan Cahoon said: I love this type of his comics best; when he crams so much stuff in.
- focoma said: "It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos; for man was always small compared to the nearest tree." -G.K. Chesterton
- booyaa said: a beautiful illustration with a fantastic twist
- Smal said: познавательно
- Heather said: Ohhh so here's where the WMDs were hiding. Chock-full of awesome.
- Debbie said: Dear Lord, But I Want This On a Poster For My Cubicle SOOO BADLY.
- Chris said: I want this as a poster. What an awesome work of art!
- Carl said: EVEN IF you've already seen it, check the img alt text!Best XKCD in a while anyway.
- Berkay said: fantastic!
- hronir said: Interestingly, on a true vertical log plot, I think the Eiffel Tower's sides really would be straight lines.
- Andrew M said: it's stuff like this that makes XKCD the best webcomic ever.
- Jeff said: awesome xkcd (including ford prefect)
- Will said: This is fantastic. Can I get this in a poster?
- crispy said: This is really neat but he missed the other half that starts at 1' and goes smaller.
- pilgrimjohn said: Awesome
- munir said: I love me some log scales nerdery.
- Edgar Gonçalves said: Undoubtedly one of the finest xkcd strips. Now really, what are the odds of the person thinking about this kind of stuff being the same that actually can draw it?
- chills said: This is actually pretty cool...
- James F said: This is actually pretty cool.
- Fernando said: This is absolutely fantastic!
- afreytes said: xkcd should be a synonym for awesome
- clickykbd said: nearly the best XKCD EVAR. I want a poster.
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