April 2011
47 posts
“A few years ago, engineers of CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research) were...”
– Jargon file: phase of the moon
“So you want to be a writer. Well, have I got a deal for you. Join Patch, and...”
– AOL, Huffington Post Seek Another 8,000 Free Bloggers | Epicenter | Wired.com
“For Once We Didn’t Do It”
– Anonymous on the PSN outage
“Only two parties should care about Flash: 1) Adobe, since it’s their bread and...”
– The PlayBook lands RIM in pre-underdog status
CENS.com - The Taiwan Economic News →
When speaking of the future of semiconductor technology, [TSMC Chairman Morris] Chang estimated that Moore`s Law, which concludes the number of components on an IC chip will double roughly every 18 months, will hit its limit in seven to eight years.
“Upon failure, your California systems and the management tool take over. The...”
– The AWS Outage: The Cloud’s Shining Moment - O’Reilly Broadcast
“Facebook is a privately held pre-IPO technology-media company that just hosted...”
– Obama at Facebook: Zuckerberg A Tad Nervous - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com
“Gerade aber weil das Brandenburger Tor zum Inbild der Teilung wurde, ist es...”
– Einheitsdenkmal | ZEIT ONLINE
Morris Chang: Foundry Father →
“These days, the green movement is being taken over by quants. It’s easy to see...”
– The quants and the poets | Energy Bulletin
“Weighing in at 52kg (115lb), the Tesla Roadster’s tiny three-phase induction...”
– The Difference Engine: Nikola’s revenge | The Economist
“Green political thought, in its early incarnations, was radical and challenging....”
– The quants and the poets | Energy Bulletin
The Global Times and Ai Weiwei » The Peking Duck →
Don’t you realize the entire expat community here in Beijing and many others around the world are buzzing about this editorial, shocked at its belligerence, its snide and strident tone, its implied threats and its undercurrent of violence? Maybe, as you keep saying, the West truly doesn’t understand China. Well, you are focusing now on soft power. The Global Times itself is actually an outgrowth...
Credit Slips →
The rule of law is not even worth 20 basis points. That’s the ultimate message in a recent paper by Charles Calomiris, Eric Higgins, and Joseph Mason evaluating the proposed AG mortgage servicing settlement. Calomiris et al. estimate that the settlement will raise mortgage costs at least 20bps, and they think that’s too much. Recognize what they’re really saying: that 20-45bps is...
FACEBOOK LAWSUIT: Paul Ceglia Files New Evidence... →
“We need to vector back to the airport, we got a smoke issue with the airplane.”
– United Airlines pilot, control tower conversation: 8 minutes and 44 seconds of steely calm
“pixel time”
– FT Alphaville finds the replacement for “press time” in the digital age
“SCRAWLED on the front window of the nearest Barclays Bank to the Economist today...”
– Sovereign debt: The five stages of debt grief
“Everything should be an API.”
– FCC managing director Steve Van Roekel as quoted by O’Reilly Radar
“Because many commentators don’t realize that Germany was actually uncompetitive...”
– Is Germany competitive? Is Norway? | Kantoos Economics
“Der Sturz Stoibers in der CSU oder die Krisen in der CDU nach dem Abgang Kohls,...”
– FDP: Die Ära Westerwelle muss beendet werden - Der Kommentar - Politik - FAZ.NET
“The people at SB Nation share my vision of what publishing looks like in the...”
– Joshua Topolsky
“Vor wenigen Wochen hat das Weltraumteleskop Kepler 1235 neue Himmelskörper...”
– Galaktische Geschwister | Deutschlandfunk
Ein Gebet für Fukushima | Deutschlandfunk →
“Vorbei ist die Zeit, in der “Genies” in allen Bereichen gnadenlos...”
– Andreas Rinke, Politisches Feuilleton | Deutschlandradio Kultur
Why Marriott Wants Digital Renderings of... →
“Das Unheil begann damit, dass Steffen Seibert einfach unangekündigt anfing zu...”
– Twitter und die Hauptstadtjournalisten - FAZ.NET
“[Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger] ist außerdem Repräsentantin eines linken...”
– Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger: Nach Westerwelle I - FAZ.NET
“The healthy versions of these [Mediterranean] diets do have one other thing in...”
– Does the Mediterranean Diet Even Exist? - NYTimes.com
