A couple of thoughts on Climategate 9 December, 2009
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I don’t really wanna get too mired in this, as right now there’s lots of heat but little light. It never ceases to amazes me how people appear to be incapable of seeing how stupid they look when they type stuff on the internet. (more…)
A rant on deathcare 6 November, 2009
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‘Cause it can’t be called healthcare anymore can it?!
What gets my goat about this is how disingenuous it is, and how we as a culture are harvesting the results of our inability to make tough choices (our approach to healthcare is much like our approach to economics it would seem). (more…)
An attempt at synergy 27 October, 2009
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I had two utterly insane thoughts today. The second I cannot share. The first however, is fair game. Following my fascination with economics recently, it’s an attempt at a solution to the liquidity trap.
What’s a liquidity trap I hear you cry? Well, take the following scenario: (more…)
The purpose of economy 30 August, 2009
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As part of my attempt to understand the current financial times, I’ve been constructing an imaginary world in my head, and trying to visualise the first principles of trade. Yes, I know, I have far too much time on my hands. (more…)
Something needs to be done… 26 August, 2009
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So the financial world is in chaos, and has been for the best part of 2 years. By official accounts, the chaos is now ending, but I find it hard to understand how that could possibly be, seeing as nothing has been done to address the proximate cause. (more…)
Greed is good? Part 2 23 October, 2008
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The problem isn’t what they say, it’s the way they say it.
What possible justification do they have for invoking ‘commercial realities’? Those being the very things the banks have been desparately asking the government to save them from!
When the wicked rule….
Copyright stifles creativity by making it blinkin’ impossible to know when you’re infringing 20 September, 2008
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Last night (well, tonight – I haven’t got to bed yet!) was the first rehearsal for this year’s Christmas Concert for our Stake Choir. While there I heard about an extremely bizarre anecdote. Last year, we performed ‘O Holy Night’. The version we have music for only as the first 2 verses for some reason. During rehearsals the director decided that after the second chorus, we’d repeat the first to finish. So that’s what we did in the concerts. After one of them, a former director of the choir (incidentally the previous Stake President) was approached by a gentleman who asked who had given us permission to change the song. The man (who is supposedly in the music business) then claimed that by repeating the chorus we had rearranged the piece and thus infringed copyright. The sum result of this conversation is that the choir director now refuses to do the same this year in order to not cause trouble.
All of which I find quite incredible. My question is: whose copyright is being infringed and how? (more…)
How to know when your bank is lying to you 7 January, 2008
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Found this amusing little snippet today. As funny as it is that Clarkson got exactly what he asked for, he at least had the decency to a) put his money (quite literally) where his mouth was in the first place, which is more than you’ll see any government minister doing, and b) admit he was wrong. (more…)
