November 2011
The "multiple reflection error" - yet another way... →
Considering the ubiquity of mirrors in everyday life, it’s amazing how confused we are about them. For example, many of us are oblivious to the small size of our heads as they appear reflected in the mirror. A new study by Rebecca Lawson has provided a compelling demonstration of the “multiple reflection error” - yet another striking way that we misunderstand mirrors.
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“I’ve been on the web for 17 years now, I’m a professional link...”
– Kottke. Ugh.
“Does your pussy hurt too?”
– Heather. I am tired and achey, and my wife is an asshole.
About Pepper Spray →
mikelernerphotography:
Honestly. WHO FUCKING CARES. Guess what, police can be assholes. They use pepper spray. Is this somehow new all of the sudden? If you protest ANYTHING, there is a very high possibility you MIGHT get pepper sprayed, regardless of how peaceful you are. For all I care let these assholes keep getting pepper sprayed, there are MEN who got far worse then pepper sprayed who...
About Pepper Spray →
One hundred years ago, an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the intensity of a pepper’s burn. The scale – as you can see on the widely used chart to the left – puts sweet bell peppers at the zero mark and the blistering habenero at up to 350,000 Scoville Units.
I checked the Scoville Scale for something else yesterday. I was looking for a way to measure...
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Couple of nice pieces on the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident last week:
Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike, Alexis Madrigal
Militarization of Campus Police, Bob Ostertag, a professor at UC Davis
Dog leads police on freeway chase after rollover →
So this is funny. Give Me Something To Read used to be a “Top Contributor” in the #Long Reads tracked tag. Actually, it was the top contributor, pretty much from the day the tag page launched and every day afterwards. At least one of my posts there was promoted almost every day. Suddenly: nothing. Not a single one of my posts has been promoted there for about a month. (I’m still...
“Emergence of the Unmarked” - Honkies...
