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Comment on The CEO of the Sofa by alex

alex — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:03:20 +0000

I’d recommend “eat the rich” as a more interesting P. J. O’Rourke read

Comment on Blink by Risk | Dave O'Reilly's Blog

Risk | Dave O'Reilly's Blog — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:27:49 +0000

[...] of Malcom Gladwell, but I don’t think that does it justice. If you read my previous posts on Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki you can see what my problem with those types of books [...]

Comment on ‘How Much Is It On Amazon?’ is dead by daveor

daveor — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:57:55 +0000

No it didn’t, but the terms of their web service are quite clear. I have asked permission to youse their web service in my mobile app but as yet I have received no reply.

Comment on ‘How Much Is It On Amazon?’ is dead by daveor

daveor — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:56:21 +0000

Nothing that I read in advance of writing the app, but the terms of service are quite explicit about mobile apps. It says you can’t use the amazon web service in a mobile app without permission. I contacted amazon through their web service website about 10 days ago, but I have received no reply as yet.

Comment on ‘How Much Is It On Amazon?’ is dead by conrad

conrad — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:06:55 +0000

That is teh suck! Was there anything in the ToS that made it obvious that Amazon would shoot you down?

Comment on The Wisdom of Crowds by Blink | Dave O'Reilly's Blog

Blink | Dave O'Reilly's Blog — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:27:21 +0000

[...] right. In fact the core hypothesis of this book is almost the exact opposite of the one proposed in the widsom of crowds which says that a group of uneducated people can make a more intelligent decision than even an [...]

Comment on ‘How Much Is It On Amazon?’ is dead by alex

alex — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:41:05 +0000

that seems a bit crap, surely they want people to find out how much it is on amazon. It’s not as if it offered comparisons to other available web shops did it ?

Comment on Did you spot the Gorilla? by Dave O'Reilly's Blog » Quirkology: The curious science of everyday lives

Dave O'Reilly's Blog » Quirkology: The curious science of everyday lives — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:15:53 +0000

[...] is the second book by Richard Wiseman that I have read in the past while (the other one was did you spot the gorilla?). I must say they’re both very enjoyable [...]

Comment on Cotton by Dave O'Reilly's Blog » The Big Oyster

Dave O'Reilly's Blog » The Big Oyster — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:35:21 +0000

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Comment on Philosophy, Physics, Mathematics - Dangerous Knowledge by Chris K. Haley

Chris K. Haley — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:24:03 +0000

Great video find. I’ve not seen any video productions about Boltzmann or Cantor before.