The ‘wisdom of the crowds’ is the most ridiculous statement I’ve heard in my life. Crowds are dumb.
We usually break our records every Monday, so we’ll see what turns up tonight after midnight. Next month it’ll probably be higher, which is always weird.
I love Sweden. The entire world should be like Sweden. They all like to drink and get naked, and the women are hot. I can’t think of a better nation on the planet.
Most people I’ve talked to are convinced that they’re not getting valuable information from news media anymore. I’m not talking about tinfoil-hatters either, these are intelligent people who believe their news media has failed them.
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.
If I see anything remotely like a telcom-run faster internet that you have to pay more to get preferential traffic on, I’m out folks. I’ve seen this story before, I ran an ISP back in the late 90s.
Personally I’m hoping to spend the last years of my life plugged into a real life MMORPG simulation that makes me think and feel like I’m 18 again while my 90 year old body lies in a tube somewhere getting fed thru an IV. Be a great way to finish up a life.
I think anytime you start relying on a format to get you by you’ve got weak material to begin with.
It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.
Most people treat the news media like the exercise bike they have in their basement. They’re glad it’s there but they never use it.
Journalism is straying into entertainment.
You don’t notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.
Don’t negotiate with terrorists; patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization in history, every year.
Don’t fight the patent, fight the infringement.