IWF chief: why Wikipedia block went wrong
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- New evidence against market timing
- Time for Israel Advocacy 2.0
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IWF chief: why Wikipedia block went wrong
ZDNet UK UK -
Through a combination of technical factors people wishing to edit Wikipedia were blocked from doing so causing an outcry. The image the IWF tried to block was the LP cover for Virgin Killer a 1976 album by German rock band Scorpions. Peter Robbins chief executive of the IWF talked to ZDNet UK about the fallout from the decision to block the page and whether self-regulation of internet content is effective. Q: An IWF action over a Scorpions album cover had an adverse effect on Wikipedia effectively censoring it for some users. Does internet self-regulation work?A: Because of that particular incident [which had an effect on] IWF’s reputation across the world we have been accused of being a self-elected set of individuals set on a particular cause.
n the Net: Does Google inspire sharing or not?
MSNBC -
?” somewhat obsolete. Who needs a smart buddy when you’ve got Google the Internet Movie Database and (gulp) Wikipedia?Exemplifying this is the site Let Me Google That For You:. It describes itself as “for all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their questions rather than google it for themselves. “It’s a simple concept.
New evidence against market timing
Motley Fool -
” For those who are not statisticians data-snooping is what happens when multiple researchers look for patterns in a large set of data. With everyone looking for ways to time the market people are bound to find ways that would have worked in the past just by chance alone if they look hard enough. Also for those of you who say “but I’ve been using X market timing system for 3 years and it works” you are falling prey to a failure to use a strong self-sampling assumption (explained in the Wikipedia article on the. ” Instead you are reasoning as if the market crash had to happen and your market timing system would have worked to predict it. f course your market timing system has worked in the last two years! This has been one of the worst periods ever in a stock market! Any system that was not fully invested in stocks would have outperformed the market no matter how random or useless it was.
Time for Israel Advocacy 2.0
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle -
Things are not much better at the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Palestinians and their sympathizers have added “al Nakba” an Arabic term meaning “the catastrophe” to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War entry. n Google Earth sophisticated Palestinian 2. 0 advocates have tagged many Israeli towns and cities with their Arabic names. Both Google and Wikipedia — two Internet behemoths — take cover behind editorial neutrality and free speech remaining unmoved by Jewish community concerns.
The Week in iPhone Apps: Train Your Brain
Gizmodo -
The more you can get in a set amount of time the higher the score. Cool idea for a game.
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