Ask Mick LaSalle
The News Review:
- Ask Mick LaSalle
- Madoff Goes To Jail
- IE8 faster than Firefox and Chrome? Hmmm …
- Billy Packer Booted by CBS but Still Talking
- New Website Focuses on World’s Need for Better Thinking
Ask Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Williams (1897-1931) has a small but important role in that but it’s nothing like the showcase he had in “Platinum Blonde. ” He really left a one-movie legacy but I’m sure that had he lived he would have been a huge star. Dear Mick: Wikipedia claims that Clark Gable’s character in “It Happened ne Night” was the inspiration for “Bugs Bunny” from the wise-guy patter to several memorable carrot-eating scenes. And then of course there were those trademark ears. Len Bakker Berkeley Dear Len: Maybe. But I also read on Wikipedia that Harriet Andersson was discovered by Ingmar Bergman when she worked as an elevator operator. She told me that although she did once operate an elevator it was two years before she met Bergman at an audition.
Madoff Goes To Jail
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
As noted in Wikipedia. ”This name for a pyramid scheme is attributed to Charles Ponzi who operated such a large scheme after immigrating to the United States more than a century ago that he has been the face of this type of financial deceit since that time. As the Post reports many of Madoff’s clients.
Related from Investingmonster: Madoff Pleads Guilty to $65 Billion Investment Scam
IE8 faster than Firefox and Chrome? Hmmm …
ZDNet
Does Google’s landing page really give the browser much of a workout? Yahoo!? Wikipedia? Sure these landing pages are very very popular but most are very tight and highly optimized. What I’d like to see is how the browsers compare when you’re looking at a results page on Google or a really big entry on Wikipedia or when looking at the store on Apple’s site. If you’re just visiting the landing sites of these sites then IE8 will be faster about half the time what I’d really like to see is how it performs as you’re browsing away from the landing page and actually start doing something on the site you’re visiting. So while I’m reasonably happy with the way the test was done I feel that the choice of sites was poor and don’t reflect well what people do with their browsers. Also my experience with the different browsers seems to support my belief that IE is not the fastest for general browsing.
Billy Packer Booted by CBS but Still Talking
New York Times
First Packer admitted he did not have a computer and had no idea what Wikipedia was. He denied the claim on his page that he plays golf courses backward. But he said he did hire a psychic to find the murder weapon used to kill. Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman.
New Website Focuses on World’s Need for Better Thinking
PR Newswire (press release)
BestThinking is an open access website focused on transparency and collaboration where identity-verified thinkers create search and share reliable content and expertise. As its name suggests BestThinking is for the wide variety of topics that have no certain conclusions only the current best thinking of the best minds available. BestThinking joins Wikipedia and Google Knol as a place for people with a passion and expertise for knowledge-based content. BestThinking believes it can overcome the challenges of other open access websites through its dedication to transparency and by applying the latest thinking on content rating systems and enhanced peer moderation. Transparency at BestThinking means all contributors must have their identities verified and all editing moderation discussion and rating are done openly and on the record. “BestThinking is a place where people with expertise are willing to say who they are and stand up for the work they produce” said Butler. “The BestThinking content rating system limits bias and manipulation and represents a significant advancement over the commonly used 5-star rating system.
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