Entries from September 2004

Monday, September 27th, 2004

Branson Wants to have Virgin in Space by 2007

http://www.profindpages.com/news/2004/09/27/MN402.htm Branson wants to have Virgin in Space by 2007 (27.09.2004) Sir Richard Branson has announced that the Virgin Group have set up a special company to offer commercial space flights by the year 2007. The investment costs for this new project are expected to reach around $100 million. However, with the interest in Space [...]

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

Craziest

One of my nightmares is to play Scrabble with a beautiful woman. A woman I fancy. My nightmare was filmed in one of the episodes of the HBO series, The Sopranos. In that episode, Meadow, Tony Soprano's daughter, plays Scrabble with her boyfriend, Jackie, Jr. As Meadow surveys the board, she tally's the words Jackie, [...]

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Ken Kam chat at Business Week Online

Ken Kam, the CEO of Marketocracy (the company I work for) was recently interviewed for Business Week Online.

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

What happens to the losers?

http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=122470&cid=10300421 He didn't answer the question I most wanted answers: What happens to the losers in a Liberitarian society? What will happen to the people who, through no fault of their own, can't find a job or become productive members of society? Or those who become invalids? Two examples: My fiancee worked hospice care for [...]

Monday, September 20th, 2004

Sky Captain: capsule review plus ranting.

Sky Captain, and the World of Tomorrow: pros: 30 story giant flying robots. Harryhausenesque monsters. Hero scientists. Angelina Jolie in aviator pants. Gorgeous sets straight out of 30's pulp fiction. Jude Law as Sky Captain. cons: Plot holes you could fly a 30 story robot through. Dramatic tension drained by multiple deux ex machina rescues. [...]

Sunday, September 19th, 2004

Most people lie

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-06/uoma-urf061002.php Date: 10-Jun-2002 Contact: Nicole LeTourneau nletourneau@admin.umass.edu 413-545-0444 University of Massachusetts at Amherst UMass researcher finds most people lie in everyday conversation Study shows differences in types of lies told by men and women AMHERST, Mass. – Most people lie in everyday conversation when they are trying to appear likable and competent, according to a [...]

Sunday, September 19th, 2004

Most popular students are the best liars

Source: University Of Massachusetts At Amherst Date: 1999-12-14 URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/12/991214072623.htm UMass Researcher Finds Link Between Lying And Popularity AMHERST, Mass. – The most popular students in school sometimes are the best liars, according to a study conducted by University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert S. Feldman and published in the most recent Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. [...]

Sunday, September 19th, 2004

Sky Captain: capsule review plus ranting.

Sky Captain, and the World of Tomorrow: pros: 30 story giant flying robots. Harryhausenesque monsters. Hero scientists. Angelina Jolie in aviator pants. Gorgeous sets straight out of 30's pulp fiction. Jude Law as Sky Captain. cons: Plot holes you could fly a 30 story robot through. Dramatic tension drained by multiple deux ex machina rescues. [...]

Sunday, September 19th, 2004

Machinima

Via . From The Economist ——————————- Deus ex machinima? Sep 16th 2004 Computer graphics: Hollywood movies increasingly resemble computer games. Now a growing band of enthusiasts is using games to make films PAUL MARINO vividly recalls the first time he watched an animated film made from a video game. It was 1996, and Mr Marino, [...]

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

John Lott — Michael Bellesiles of the pro-gun movement?

[Note that I'm in favor of gun rights. I want John Lott's arguments to be true. However, he's admitted that he used a pseudonym to tout his own work, and may have made up data to support his arguments. I think it's important that gun rights activists investigate these accusations thoroughly, and, if necessary, disassociate [...]