Interesting Links for 09-08-2013

[andrewducker]

• Queensland Govt outlaws new IBM contracts over horribly botched contract
  (tags: outsourcing australia ibm )
• No internet access in 17% of UK homes.
  1% to 83% in under 20 years. Impressive.
  (tags: uk internet )
• Edward Snowden's Email Provider Shuts Down After Secret Court Battle
  I am, of course, completely against the idea of secret courts.
  (tags: law

Comments

[crazymeandave]

i can't help but feel that this absolute gem of a news item has slipped through your net...

[edited to give better link]

[bracknellexile]

Looks like the Civ MMO wil be Korea only for the foreseeable :(

[gonzo21]

If it is anything like the facebook based Civ game, this may be no great loss.

[andrewducker]

The description didn't look anything like that...

[a_pawson]

The map of worldwide driving orientation needs updating. It suggests that India drives on the right, which is incorrect. In India you drive on whichever side of the road you feel like.

[fub]

WTF is the world map of national IQ scores? Those are 100 all across the board, by definition.

[crazymeandave]

that would be true iff the tests weren't culturally biased and the distribution of intelligence amongst the peoples of the world was truly even

[fub]

IQ tests are culturally biased. That's why every country/culture needs its own IQ test. And by the very definition of IQ, the average (and mean!) score on that test by the target population would be 100.

[andrewducker]

Even in non-biased tests you still get variation, because IQ is strongly affected by all sorts of environmental considerations.

[philmophlegm]

The interesting thing about those ice valuations is seeing the effect of the Gulf Stream on the British Isles - we're the only place so far north not to get icy.

The slightly annoying thing is that it doesn't do sea ice.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, sea ice would be nice.

And it was fascinating to see how luck the British Isles are!