David Hamilton
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Richard Dawkins & Darwinian Societies
Very amusing description of PZ Myers being ejected from the preview of ‘Excluded’ - the new film on Intelligent Design. But that is not what interested me.
In the 11th paragraph Dawkins repeats his view from ‘The Selfish Gene’ that our origins in Darwinian evolution do not mean that we should structure our society in the same way. He argues that we should use our brains to combat the selfish gene and build societies that rise above pure selfishness.
I believe that this statement encapsulates probably the most important idea of his career - that Darwinism does not doom us to a dog-eat-dog society.
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The Role of Powerpoint in the Colombia Disaster
It does seem odd that NASA’s engineers presented technical information in the form of Powerpoint slides. It suggests to me a culture focussed on ‘managing the managers’ rather than engineering problem solving.
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Even MS boxes suffer from poor usability!
ROFLMAO! Thanks to John Gruber from pointing this one out.
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Sozzled Oz footie fan tattoed with 'Left Arm' and "Right Arm' on his arms | The Register
He also ended up with “Gay Premiers 2007” on his arm, rather than celebrating his team’s win in the “Day Premiers 2007”!
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ROTD - Monkeys and MS Word Formatting
Why the bloody hell do so many people have so little clue on how to use Microsoft Word?
Microsoft have spent years adding sophisticated formatting abilities, and yet most users space out documents by hitting the carriage return key like a bunch of demented monkeys. And adding a headline means ‘poke the bold button’
Clue Guys - there are are formatting properties and - gasp - stylesheets for you to use. Things that allow quick and easy formatting/reformatting of the document.
It is amazing that companies spend millions on buying high powered word processors and then forget to train the staff!
(Note- OpenOffice IMHO is even better for stylesheet use, and I do wonder if those who argue so vehemently for using MS Word are the same ones who only know how to use 5% of the features.)
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RDC 2.0 for Mac Beta 2
Haven’t seen this announced elsewhere, but on Wednesday Microsoft released a new beta of the updated Remote Desktop Connection for Mac.
Strangely no mention of Leopard compatibility in the release notes, though.
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This is genuinely Microsoft’s idea of a “streamlined”, “optimized” UI for Windows Explorer. They...
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So, Steve Jobs has left his role as Apple’s CEO. Like, for good this time. It’s a shame, but it...
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Rope-A-Dope, Indeed
Sometimes you want so badly to say “I told you so!” after months of...
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My TSA Encounter
“You don’t need to see his identification.”
On November 21, 2010, I was allowed...
