Worth a thousand words

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"A .psd is worth a thousand words."

"A .psd is worth a thousand words." 04/17/2004 02:21 AM

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words 03/22/2005 04:54 PM

The Idea: Five sites that effectively convey information through visuals in ways that would be impossible with words. 1/ Market Maps: UK Innovation consultant Steve Griffiths at Breakthroo has develop ed a set of interactive maps that show supply chains and customer chains for the telecom market as network charts of the market space.  You can drill down from any of the connecting nodes, or see lists of competitors, or view (in red above) the sustaining and disruptive innovations in each space. Gorgeous, eh? 2/ Now That's Power: In 2003 I published the first of the two charts US income above, to show just how skewed US income and wealth really is. Now there's a whole statistical discipline called Econophysics and a conference looking at such curves, and they've produced the second curve above, showing this data plotted logarithmically. They claim the richest 0.1% of the population's income is described by Pareto's Law -- meaning that if you're born into that kind of money, you'll only get richer, no matter what you do. And they claim the poorest 99.9% of the population's income is explained by Boltzman's Law -- describing random movement of gases in an enclosed area, and meaning that even if you've struggled up to the left end of the green curve, you're far more likely to then get poorer than to make it to the 0.1% elite. So much for the American Dream. 3/ Sim-Anything: Net-Logo, a project of Northwestern University, provides a free downloadable set of models that allow you to perform simulations in just about any imaginable scientific or social science discipline, and more are being added all the time. 4/ Progressive Video:  Big Picture pro vides free, high-quality downloadable video clips of many of the world's leading progressive voices. Put a face to a name: Jane Goodall (picture above), Naomi Klein, Amory Lovins, Georges Monbiot, Elisabet Sahtouris and dozens more. 5/ Social Network Analysis: Cleveland consultant Valdis Krebs explains how to analyze and optimize social networks, provides a raft of online articles and example, and has some fun online demos of his software.

A picture is no longer worth a thousand
words

A picture is no longer worth a thousand
words 04/22/2004 01:02 AM
Salon Apr 22 2004 5:22AM GMT

THE ENTIRE SILMARILLION IN ONE THOUSAND
WORDS

THE ENTIRE SILMARILLION IN ONE THOUSAND
WORDS 04/23/2004 05:37 AM

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"THE ENTIRE SILMARILLION OF J. R. R.
TOLKIEN IN ONE THOUSAND WORDS."

"THE ENTIRE SILMARILLION OF J. R. R.
TOLKIEN IN ONE THOUSAND WORDS." 04/24/2004 09:05 AM

Is A Picture Worth 1,024 Words?

Is A Picture Worth 1,024 Words? 04/19/2005 11:07 AM
One of the things we're always interested here at Techdirt are new ways to use technology -- specifically when it comes to the sharing and exchange of information. While there's been a lot of atten tion paid to the online photo space over the past few months, most have just been focused on the recreating a photo album for aesthetic purposes, rather than real information sharing. That's why it's been interesting to play around with Spogger, a new service (and company), launching today, that is much more focused on information sharing through photographs (mainly cameraphones). The idea being that you can often convey a lot of information in a simple photograph, and with the ease of snapping a cameraphone photo and sending it to a site, it's possible to provide near real-time info on just about anything -- from items for sale, to traffic conditions, to the daily lunch specials at the deli down the street. The other thing that is interesting about the service is that, while it does jump on that tagging bandwagon, it also steps away from it with a classification system that lets people propose and vote on the proper classification for images. The problem that's clearly going to come to "tagging," is spam. Tagging, in many ways, is just a slight update on keywords -- which within the search engine world quickly fell victim to spam. However, in putting together a proposal and classification system, it allows for the community to properly organize things as a group -- and keep out the spam. This also isn't a new idea -- but seems to have been lost in the recent fascination with completely open tagging. In this particular case, with Spogger, the risk with the classification system is that different people could feel that the images/information should be classified in different ways (it's all relative, you see...), but with the combination of voting classifications and tags perhaps a happy middle ground is reached. Still, what remains to be seen is how seriously people use imagery for information sharing. Snapshots, historically, are more about aesthetics than pure information sharing -- and while the rise of cameraphones (which both make it easy to take photos anywhere and to share them) makes it easier to use photos for information gathering and sharing, it is still a mental and behavioral change, that not everyone will be willing to make. However, as the lines between the digital and analog worlds merge, we're going to be seeing more innovative uses of technology for gathering and sharing information.

Words Worth Fighting For

Words Worth Fighting For 09/27/2004 05:19 AM
Weasel words and truth telling.

Clandestina is worth 1000 words

Clandestina is worth 1000 words 09/03/2004 04:31 AM
Clandestina is a great online magazine covering illustration and photography. Check out its colors, trips, dreams and interviews with artists.

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening."

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening." 04/13/2004 03:29 AM

If a job's worth doing, it's worth
overdoing.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth
overdoing. 04/15/2005 11:58 AM
For Sale: Wothahellizat? It's definitely not built for speed, but this weird off-road truck is truly a labor of love.

What's a few thousand between friends?

What's a few thousand between friends? 09/05/2004 11:13 AM
<I>(Editor’s note: Michael Simon is currently taking a (much deserved and long overdue) vacation. Consequently, this will be his last post until Monday, Sept. 13. He thanks everyone for reading and apologizes for not personally responding to any notes.)</I> It seems that there are two kinds of Mac fans — those who buy (or want to buy) simply based on aesthetics, and those who honestly weigh form, function and price, and are content to watch from the sidelines if the specs don’t add up. With Apple, price is, and will likely remain one of the principal drawbacks to true mainstream acceptance. To break it down, it seems that Apple’s latest wonder always seems to be priced just out of reach of <I>really</I> affordable. While it may not seem so from first glance, the G5 iMac may very well be the most affordable professional Mac to date. While it certainly won’t pack the punch of a Power Mac (especially since they’ve gone all dual) but the new iMac is no slouch. Like when it was first introduced, the iMac now shares the same processor as its professional counterpart. It took the iMac more than two years to see a G4 chip, but in 1998, the low-end professional model and the iMac shared speeds. Of course, the line between consumer and pro has become much more defined over the years, and it’s interesting to see Apple put a G5 into its consumer model after just a single Power Mac revision. With IBM’s yield troubles, though, it could be a while before the iMac goes much higher (though a 23-inch, 2GHz version <I>would</A> be nice). Right now, a 1.6GHz G5 Power Mac (which was available through the Apple Store for $1,799) just can be had for a little shy of $1,600. The iMac G5, with a 17-inch widescreen monitor, can be yours for $1,299. There are a few pundits out there who insist on comparing the price of the iMacs — which has not changed from its $1299 base in more than six years. While it’s certainly worth noting that the low-end iMac costs the same as it did in 1998, I fail to see how this is a sticking point. And the 20-inch display still sells for $1,299 by itself and the previous 20-inch iMac sells for $2,199. Now, it’s just $1,899 with a bigger hard drive, better graphics card and more RAM potential. Speaking of RAM… what are they thinking?!! How can they expect any self-respecting consumers to run OS X, iMovie and iTunes — not to mention help power a 20-inch display — without <I>at least</I> 512MB of RAM… And then charge another $75 for a simple upgrade? C’mon guys… And Airport and Bluetooth should definitely be standard. (Though here's something you may have not seen: for just $100, the iMac can be configured with a Bluetooth module and an Apple Bluetooth and Mouse. So we’re really talking $2,000 for a full-featured top-of-the line iMac, still cheaper then last month’s model and the same price as the closest <A HREF="http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Stor e/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=zIyu7-rDpvOu2Kv462Wk5KXTqSu0L1ng FM4=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIODesktopComputers_WSeries&Dept=cpu_VAIODeskto pComputers">alternative</A>. Plus, it comes with iLife, Quicken, World Book and Panther. While Apple is touting its thinness, the iMac may very well be the most affordable professional computer ever made by Apple, and while creative types across the world busy themselves with their G4 Power Macs, dreaming of an upgrade, perhaps it’s time for Apple to switch itself — from strictly marketing iMacs to consumers, that is.

And about a thousand links, as well.

And about a thousand links, as well. 08/13/2004 07:55 PM
1,000 Reasons to Vote Against George Bush. Reasons are in alphabetical order, by category. Last updated Friday, August 13, 2004, 5:18 PM

A thousand J. Edgar Hoovers

A thousand J. Edgar Hoovers 02/12/2004 07:41 AM
State and local police are taking it upon themselves to investigate antiwar activists -- and in the computer age, the threat to our civil liberties is even greater than it was in Hoover's day.

"kills several thousand webl0gs"

"kills several thousand webl0gs" 06/16/2004 11:01 PM

Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom

Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom 09/02/2004 04:38 AM
Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on Earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.

One Thousand Reviews of Firefox

One Thousand Reviews of Firefox 07/08/2004 02:06 PM

Get into Google for under a thousand
bucks

Get into Google for under a thousand
bucks 07/28/2004 05:48 AM
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City of a Thousand Handshakes

City of a Thousand Handshakes 05/22/2004 02:14 PM
New York is a city with eight million stories, and that figure might appear to be rivaled by the number of handshakes used each day in the city's neighborhoods.

One Thousand Reasons: The List

One Thousand Reasons: The List 08/14/2004 11:52 AM
One thousand, two hundred and twenty three reasons to vote against George Bush

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The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships

The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships 05/11/2004 10:10 PM
The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships Just in time for "Troy Story", a lyrical evocation of the Iliad.

A thousand monkeys filtering advertising

A thousand monkeys filtering advertising 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
A common thread between the most effective forms of online advertising is the introduction of a hyperlink to a targeted user. In this respect, there is no difference between Google text ads, Orbitz pop-ups, and DoubleClick banner ads: for the advertisement to be effect, the viewer must follow a link. The browser market is ripe for plugin that, like Vipul's Razor, harnesses the efforts of many humans to identify and block unwanted advertisements. Users have proven with the SpamNet that they are willing to flag spam for the greater good, as long as it serves them as well; browsers should provide a mechanism for them to do so. Once the browser detects a community-reported ad, it can automatically obscure it – or remove it completely. This solution is in no way limited to banner ads. When a blog comment is...

Let a thousand conspiracy theories bloom

Let a thousand conspiracy theories bloom 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

I'm about to hit the sack, but current indications are that Bush has won Ohio by a couple of percentage points and thus has been re-elected as President of the United States.

Ohio. Isn't that the state that Diebold president Walden O'Dell promised to deliver to the Republicans?

I don't know if Ohio voters used Diebold machines. If they did, I'm certainly not about to say that the machines were fixed in any way. But the problem with voting machines without a paper trail is that there's no way anyone can be absolutely certain that the election wasn't stolen. In a modern democracy, that just ain't healthy.

The Grand Canyon is only a few thousand
years old!

The Grand Canyon is only a few thousand
years old! 12/23/2003 04:31 PM
In addition to cutting out scenes of gay events held at National Parks, the US Park service is also selling books that "prove" the Grand Canyon is only a few thousand years old.

This fall, the Park Service also approved a creationist text, 'Grand Canyon: A Different View' for sale in park bookstores and museums. The book by Tom Vail, claims that the Grand Canyon is really only a few thousand years old, developing on a biblical rather than an evolutionary time scale. At the same time, Park Service leadership has blocked publication of guidance for park rangers and other interpretative staff that labeled creationism as lacking any scientific basis."

Here's a quote from the book: "... in the creationist's view, the carving of the Canyon would have taken place when the sedimentary layers were still soft, allowing the catastrophic erosion process to quickly and easily cut through the layers." From Amazon.com: "Author Tom Vail and his wife are the founders of Canyon Ministries, which offers Christ-centered voyages through the canyon." Link (thanks, Nadine!)

A thousand show up for Clinton film
debut

A thousand show up for Clinton film
debut 06/16/2004 08:32 AM

DVForge Offering Twenty-Five Thousand
for Mac Virus

DVForge Offering Twenty-Five Thousand
for Mac Virus 03/26/2005 05:26 AM

First of all are these guys idiots. Actually offering $25,000 for someone to write a Mac Virus that they want to spread net wide. I tell you what I am going to do. If my Mac gets infected because of their actions I am going to sue them for damages. I am not a sue happy type of guy, quite the contrary but these types of actions need to be handled in a way that makes companies think twice before doing something so idiotic.

I had to look at the calendar to make sure it was not April's Fools Day as this is the most crazed thing I have seen someone do yet. To be so damn arrogant that you think a Mac is above getting a virus.

It's pure arrogance and that is what is going to do them in. Some hacker is gonna say ok I am gonna teach these arrogant fools a lesson and release something so horrific that Mac users worldwide will wake up with a hard-drive that has been formated or worse.

How many times do I have to say it. Their a bunch of idiots. They think their precious operating systems is so strong that it is safe from any Virus. They are going to eat lot of crow and I hope the Mac community speaks loudly and smacks them in the head.

I have already vowed to never buy a product from this company ever. I swear they are now on my forever I will not do busiess with stupid people list.

They must be prepared becuase they have their lawyers number on their contact page never seen that before.

Tell this company what you think. [DVForge] [Telephone Number (615) 822-9270] [Contact]

Problem is, no Swan Vestas to be had for
a thousand miles

Problem is, no Swan Vestas to be had for
a thousand miles 01/23/2004 05:21 PM
Not content for working for Scaramanga, Nick Nack later reclaimed his given name, Herve Villechaize, and, renouncing violence, asked, musically, Why do people have to fight? Sing it, brother. (via CrazyAss13) Talking of Bond, as I know you know we...

Four thousand Bible reference eBooks
coming to the Mac

Four thousand Bible reference eBooks
coming to the Mac 03/29/2005 01:47 PM
Logos Bible Software announced today that a Macintosh version of the company's digital library software is slated for release in December 2005, making thousands of Bible reference eBooks available to Macintosh users. The Macintosh version will read the same book files as the PC version, making 14 years of digital book publishing instantly available to Mac users. Categories include Bibles, original language texts, morphological databases, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, grammars, maps and more. Electronic books can be acquired in money-saving library collections or unlocked individually.

"One Thousand Reasons to Vote Against
George Bush"

"One Thousand Reasons to Vote Against
George Bush" 08/15/2004 03:43 PM

Longhorn Foghorn: A Journey of a
Thousand Miles

Longhorn Foghorn: A Journey of a
Thousand Miles 02/11/2004 09:45 AM
Chris Sells begins his "Longhorn" Solitaire project at the ground floor, exploring the initial decisions developers will make when building new applications targeting Longhorn.

Let a Thousand Ideas Flower: China Is a
New Hotbed of Research

Let a Thousand Ideas Flower: China Is a
New Hotbed of Research 09/12/2004 09:26 PM
In recent years hundreds of multinational companies have set up research laboratories in China.

The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits
Two Thousand Articles

The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits
Two Thousand Articles 09/09/2004 03:22 AM
The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits 2000 Articles. [PRWEB Sep 9, 2004]

25 thousand wedding proposals for Ahmad
Zaki over the Internet

25 thousand wedding proposals for Ahmad
Zaki over the Internet 08/21/2004 05:46 AM
Albawaba Aug 21 2004 10:14AM GMT

Ten Thousand Visual Basic Users Find an
Alternative

Ten Thousand Visual Basic Users Find an
Alternative 04/05/2005 02:21 AM
In the first two weeks of REAL Software's promotion offering REALbasic for free to Visual Basic users, over 10,000 Visual Basic users have downloaded REALbasic for free. The offer has been extended through April 15, 2005. Interested VB users can get REALbasic for free by visiting http://www.realsoftware.com/vb6. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

Four Thousand Bible Reference eBooks
Available for Macintosh Users Soon

Four Thousand Bible Reference eBooks
Available for Macintosh Users Soon 03/29/2005 04:19 AM
Logos Bible Software announces a release date of December 2005 for Macintosh version. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Thousand of curious surfers log on to
Shin Bet's new Internet site

Thousand of curious surfers log on to
Shin Bet's new Internet site 03/23/2005 12:43 AM
Haaretz Mar 23 2005 3:59AM GMT

Roger L. Simon: Get Yer Hot
Oil-for-Food, Part Five Thousand and
Six! (And a request to our readers)

Roger L. Simon: Get Yer Hot
Oil-for-Food, Part Five Thousand and
Six! (And a request to our readers) 04/14/2004 11:44 PM
Iraqi Oil-for-Food Program? .. looking for a good name .. Roger L. Simon

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"Felt as a gentle roll that made
chandeliers sway in Thousand Oaks,
here's the data:"

"Felt as a gentle roll that made
chandeliers sway in Thousand Oaks,
here's the data:" 12/23/2003 02:47 AM

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner 05/15/2004 05:52 AM
a pictorial essay on Helen of Troy .. explains .. Slate

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"Operation Give, the bl0gosphere's
effort to help U.S. service members and
Iraqi children, has had $30,000 (THIRTY
THOUSAND) dollars stolen from it by a
company in Atlanta"

"Operation Give, the bl0gosphere's
effort to help U.S. service members and
Iraqi children, has had $30,000 (THIRTY
THOUSAND) dollars stolen from it by a
company in Atlanta" 07/14/2004 08:35 AM

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