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This isn't particularly new -- the theory has been around for more than 60 years. Anthropologists certainly are aware of the theory. It comes up all the time in student papers and …

I can think of two notable cases where he "changed" the news. The first was his editorial after the Tet offensive, which I already posted above. The second is his (behind the scene…

WALTER CRONKITE'S "WE ARE MIRED IN STALEMATE" BROADCAST, FEBRUARY 27, 1968 Tonight, back in more familiar surroundings in New York, we'd like to sum up our findings in Vietnam, an …

...but absolutely terrible leadership that couldn't figure out where they wanted to go, or how to get there and ended up going nowhere.

It's also a lot easier to compose and edit text a text comment on the fly than a video comment.

I wonder how much background checking the feds did on No. 6 before they hired him to be the warden of Alcatraz. (an absolutely beautiful casting decision)

Whether or not that is the case, the initiative immediately cut property tax income by 57(?)% and made it much more difficult for the state to raise money by increasing taxes. That…

Yeah, right. California's problem is that we keep on spending money like it's flowing in like water, yet the flow was greatly reduced 30 years ago with the passage of proposition 1…

I think there are at least a few nerds who also hate TechCrunch because of some pretty shoddy journalism like the whole Last.fm imbroglio.

Actually, you don't need to install anything. Dust is one of the default themes now :)

I run about 3 miles every morning and then a longer run on Saturday or Sunday. I've found that I really need to exercise every day, or during the day I can't get into that deep zon…

Most of the higher level math text books I've read present theorems and their proofs , but not much on strategies for actually solving problems (a notable exception: Wilf's Generat…

80% of self-made billionaire's completed college, as opposed to 27% of the US adult population (US Census data). What exactly is your point?

This feels like SGI 5 years ago :( (except the Computer History Museum already has a nice home)