Links I found interesting for 09-09-2012

[nwhyte]

• The GOP convention negative bounce: a final look
  I feel like I am cheating on Nate Silver (my secret psephological boyfriend) by reading this. But if you're only doing it online it doesn't count.
  (tags: uspolitics )
• Underground, by Suelette Dreyfus
  See chapters 8 and 9 about Julian Assange.
  (tags: wikileaks internet )
• Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten

Comments

[strange_complex]

I really love that I know someone who can even come up with the concept of a 'secret psephological boyfriend'. :-)

It is indeed a good site, though - thanks for the link.

[lonemagpie]

Actually, there *is* a good scientific reason to not use cellphones on planes - but it has nothing to do with aviation safety.

It's because of the way telecom cells work - used from a plane, several cells will pick up the same phone, and it really fucks up the signal system. So that rule is really more to protect the signal quailty of the cell system, but nobody remembers that now!