I've had my Galaxy for many months now, and I still don't quite get all the hype. Yes, it grants some convenience, but the interface is so awkward compared to a desktop computer. It takes "computer frustration" to an all new deeper level.
Is it only me who sees "smartphones" as a mark of poverty, not wealth? When a smartphone becomes the common idea of what a computer is, huh.
My brother Mike and I were talking about comptures and children, his being under 5. The touch-screen is what lets them use the device. So what is this, you want a computer interface designed to operate at the level of a preschooler? WTF?
Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
Monday, December 5, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Play the horses with R
Brian Lewis and Colin Magee of http://betwise.co.uk have released an R package which interfaces with Betfair.com, allowing one to create a sports- or horse-betting bot. They also have a large database available for backtesting ideas.
The idea was presented at the R Finance 2011 conference
The idea was presented at the R Finance 2011 conference
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The focus of US law enforcement
Dear Tiger,
I shared a rant with Mike the other day, let's see if I can find it-- ah, yes,
Millions of Americans are without jobs and are having their homes foreclosed. The U.S. is currently fighting three out-in-the-open wars (or, if you prefer, one war, one occupation, and one kinetic humanitarian intervention) and several other covert ones. Financial and political elites are preparing to tell Americans (quite unpersuasively) that they have to sacrifice Social Security, Medicare and other entitlements because the U.S. debt is so large and unmanageable that it threatens to subvert America's superior creditworthiness. And we're constantly told that civil liberties erosions are necessary to combat the Great Menace of Domestic Terrorism. So what is our political class focused on, and to what are law enforcement resources being devoted? "
The answers: online pornography and online poker.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/04/19/priorities/index.html
There you go.
His reply was
"Six times a day I stop whatever I am doing, turn to face the capitol building and shake my fist in the air at congress. "
Maybe we could turn this into a movement?
I shared a rant with Mike the other day, let's see if I can find it-- ah, yes,
Millions of Americans are without jobs and are having their homes foreclosed. The U.S. is currently fighting three out-in-the-open wars (or, if you prefer, one war, one occupation, and one kinetic humanitarian intervention) and several other covert ones. Financial and political elites are preparing to tell Americans (quite unpersuasively) that they have to sacrifice Social Security, Medicare and other entitlements because the U.S. debt is so large and unmanageable that it threatens to subvert America's superior creditworthiness. And we're constantly told that civil liberties erosions are necessary to combat the Great Menace of Domestic Terrorism. So what is our political class focused on, and to what are law enforcement resources being devoted? "
The answers: online pornography and online poker.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/04/19/priorities/index.html
There you go.
His reply was
"Six times a day I stop whatever I am doing, turn to face the capitol building and shake my fist in the air at congress. "
Maybe we could turn this into a movement?
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