An Eclectic Mind

Here are links I found interesting on August 5, 2010:

• A Pilot’s Perspective On Woman Removed From Plane For Asking If Captain Had Been Drinking – "Do you really think a pilot who has invested years of his life, thousands of dollars, and tens of thousands of hours in the air will risk it all by having a drink before his flight?" I don't think so, either. Smart-ass passengers can ruin a pilot's career. Read more on The Consumerist. Thanks to @DonPerreault for sharing the link.

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Here are links I found interesting on July 29, 2010:

• Redefining Empathy In Light Of Web’s Long Memory – "In an era when 75% of employers research applicants online, erasing youthful indiscretions is next to impossible. Jeffrey Rosen accepts that parts of private lives become public on the Internet, but hopes that it will lead us to be more forgiving of one another's missteps." Read more on NPR.org.
• Oversight Of Immigration At Heart Of Arizona Ruling – "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after a federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure." Who is going to pay for this legal battle? Arizonans? American citizens? I'm a member of both groups and I'm sick of throwing away my tax dollars on political posturing. Read more about the ruling on NPR.
• 100 million Facebook users’ details published online – " The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private." This is just the kind of thing that should teach people to keep their private info OFF social networking systems. As for the guy who made this available to the world, I think he should be sued from here to Pluto. On MSNBC.com.

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Here are links I found interesting on July 26, 2010:

• Scientologists Charged With Extremism – "Prosecutors have opened a criminal case against a Scientology center in the town of Shchyolkovo, 13 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on charges of inciting hatred, punishable with up to five years in prison." Read more in the Moscow Times. Thanks to @krelnik on Twitter for sharing this link.

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Here are links I found interesting on July 20, 2010:

• Scientology’s new enemy: Twitter – PZ Myers tweets about the Twitter-scientology scandal and our right to voice our own opinions.
• Councillor faces inquiry over ‘stupid’ Scientologists tweet – "A COUNCILLOR is facing a disciplinary hearing after calling the Church of Scientology “stupid” in a post on the Twitter website." Of course, this will not go unnoticed by the Twitter community. After being blogged about by PZ Myers in Pharyngula, #stupidscientology began to trend on Twitter and is still going strong. The point PZ makes in his blog post remains: don't we have the right to express our opinions? Read more about the case on WalesOnline.co.uk.
• 15 (+10) Great Photography Links from Around the Web – Just what it says. On Digital Photography School.
• It’s About Light – Great post that makes it clear how important light is to photography. in Digital photography School.
• Do Script Writers Only Use 10% of their Brains? – Steven Novella points out to writers of fiction, "You are allowed to make up new science, but that is not an excuse to get known science wrong." On Skeptic Blog.

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Here are links I found interesting on June 23, 2010:

• Whooping cough epidemic in California – "Whooping cough is now an epidemic in California, and is on pace to break a 50-year record for infections for the year." Thanks, anti-vaxxers. On SFGate.com.
• Texas judge tosses creationists’ plan for science degrees | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle – "A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a creationism think tank and school that attempted to force the state of Texas to allow it to offer master's degrees in science education." Read more on Chron.com. Justice may be blind, but it's not stupid. Thanks to @Swoopy for sharing the link.
• Seven Days in June – "So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can’t even figure out what Rolling Stone is?" Maureen Dowd has a lot to say about this and I agree with every single word. Why the hell are we in Afgahanistan anyway? On NYTimes.com. Thanks to @dedangelo for sharing the link.
• A Simple Blogging Formula – Chris Brogan shares some basic thoughts on how to build a successful blog. It might be simpler than you think. Thanks to @jimkettinger for sharing the link.
• No Depreciation? Really? – Some commentary on the estimated cost of operation and used aircraft price of Robinson Helicopters. I added my two cents in the comments. Don't be fooled by Marketing Materials, folks!

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