Grading writing by computer

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Writing Formulas in Schools and Grading
by Computers

Writing Formulas in Schools and Grading
by Computers 05/24/2004 11:23 PM
Los Angeles Times May 25 2004 3:18AM GMT

Teachers leave grading up to the
computer

Teachers leave grading up to the
computer 04/07/2005 09:05 PM
CNET News.com Apr 8 2005 12:52AM GMT

Computer Program Makes Essay Grading
Easier

Computer Program Makes Essay Grading
Easier 04/08/2005 01:07 AM

Even the computer is bewildered by a
doctor's writing

Even the computer is bewildered by a
doctor's writing 05/23/2004 10:29 PM
The Scotsman May 24 2004 3:03AM GMT

hand-writing can now be turned into a
computer-friendly font

hand-writing can now be turned into a
computer-friendly font 01/06/2004 05:35 AM
Fontifier, free tool to make a font from your handwriting .. Fontifier

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Writing strategy guide for video and
computer games an all-consuming task

Writing strategy guide for video and
computer games an all-consuming task 04/27/2004 06:39 PM
National Post Apr 27 2004 10:59PM GMT

Fired for grading honestly?

Fired for grading honestly? 08/22/2004 01:38 PM
Fired for grading honestly? Historically black Benedict College's president recently fired two professors for "insubordination" after they refused to comply with the school's SE E ("Success Equals Effort") policy. One of the fired faculty members claims his academic freedom had been violated. (Gratuitious opinion: I think what's getting violated here is the idea that you're supposed to do college-level work in college....)

Grading Bush on tech

Grading Bush on tech 09/13/2004 06:55 AM
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh gives the president an "incomplete" and says Kerry's stances on everything from VoIP wiretaps to file swapping differ very little.

Grading the Class of 2004

Grading the Class of 2004 06/18/2004 01:48 AM
Business Week Jun 18 2004 6:12AM GMT

Indiana First With Computerized Grading

Indiana First With Computerized Grading 05/20/2004 01:15 PM

Grading the States 2005

Grading the States 2005 04/12/2005 05:49 AM
Grading the States 2005 - Government Performance Project
http://results.gpponline.org/

The Government Performance Project (GPP) is the nation’s only source for comprehensive and independent information about state management performance. Their mission is to give state governments information they can use to improve management and achieve their goals. Categories covered in the ratings and in detail include: 1) Money, 2) People, 3) Infrastructure and 4) Information. The GPP is sponsored by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Charlotte company selected for grading
of Dell site

Charlotte company selected for grading
of Dell site 12/29/2004 10:15 PM
bizjournals.com Dec 30 2004 1:34AM GMT

danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner
:: Grading Dean's speech

danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner
:: Grading Dean's speech 12/17/2003 06:07 AM
made a speech on foreign policy .. Daniel Drezner .. his critique

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BCS membership at record level since
grading structure relaunch

BCS membership at record level since
grading structure relaunch 07/26/2004 09:35 PM
Computer Weekly Jul 27 2004 1:44AM GMT

Ulster kids turn tables by grading
teachers online

Ulster kids turn tables by grading
teachers online 03/29/2005 09:08 AM
Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Tue Mar 29, 10:24 am GMT

Bad Writing = Good Writing?

Bad Writing = Good Writing? 10/30/2003 11:56 PM
Bad Writing = Good Writing? The academic journal Philosophy and Literature used to hold a "Bad Writing Contest" to ridicule dense, unreadable academic prose... but a new book argues headache inducing sentences are necessary to express subtle theoretical points.

More On Writing for the Web

More On Writing for the Web 03/19/2003 10:28 PM

Writing for the Web

Writing for the Web 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
One of the things that traditional journalists find unsettling about the weblog medium is the notion that you're "working without a net" -- i.e., without an editor. In fact, everybody edits your stuff, albeit after the fact. The other day I wrote a column in which I asked:

How do we tune networks to deliver the right information to the right people at the right times?

The triteness warning bell sounded in my head, but not loudly enough to force me to find a better way to express that thought. And sure enough, somebody calle d me on it. (How do I know? I found that URL in my referral log.) I really enjoy this kind of thing. Writing is infinitely improvable, and too often mine goes unchallenged. Partly, that's because of my brain wiring. I have an unusually strong built-in editor, watching everything I do as I write, and complaining loudly. As a result, what I write for print publication is very close to what you see in those publications. If you added up the diffs, over the many hundreds of articles I've written over the years, they wouldn't amount to much. ...

Not writing about war

Not writing about war 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
My guess is that now and in the coming days some people will be looking for more news and opinion about the war in Iraq—and other people will be looking for less, they’ll be looking for other things to read about.

So, just so you know, I don’t intend to write about the war either here or on ranchero.com.

Writing

Writing 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
My writing leaves much to be desired. I've been thinking about it lately and I have to say that I didn't start blogging to become a writer as such, let alone a good one. It just helps if you can string together some sentences with a semblance of meaning. Technically speaking, there's much room for improvement. Vocabulary wise I'm circumscribed (like it?) by a short attention span that causes me to spend too little time searching for suitable, uncommon words.

But beyond possessing a good technical ability when it comes to writing well, I suppose that being a good writer all-round must surely mean writing about things that also interest people. There has to be a middle ground, a balancing act between mono-syllabic grunting about albeit very interesting subject matter and writing exquisitely well about excruciatingly boring things.

I can't help but think that it would be a hell of a lot easier to maintain this blog if I wasn't confined by the limited range of source material I choose to be confined by. Perhaps I need a specialism? I can't talk about my work, well I could but it wouldn't be very interesting and I chose not to talk about it early on. Perhaps one day. I envy those that can and do. Nothing wrong with professionals blogging. Speaking of which, the bag lady's new blog design is the best I've seen. Seriously, it looks the cat's pyjamas.

On a different note, World of Ends (World Offends?) strikes me as not only a very cool and necessary thing to do but it inspired me to think about what else we, the people of the Web, should be doing to help outsiders understand, integrate and take part in it more effectively. Surely this honourable responsibility doesn't only lie at the feet of the likes of Doc Searls and David Weinberger, however qualified and bang-on about it they happen to be? Who are the new thought leaders on the Web? Where can I find them?

Writing XML

Writing XML 09/03/2002 04:40 PM
This article shows you how to create XML documents using manual writing, DOM and SAX. It provides you with some excellent learning material, but using either DOM or SAX for creating XML still looks like overkill to me.

"zeldman.ming"

On Writing XML

On Writing XML 01/18/2004 12:24 AM
In a recent essay I offered, given demand, to author some XML-writing software. There’s been quite a bit of feedback, and the consensus seems to be that the Java community is fairly well-served with XML writing software, but that this would be real useful at the C level. So that’ll be my coding fun for the month of February. The rest of this essay lists some of the Java options that people told me about, and introduces some issues around the C implementation...

Writing RSS 1.0

Writing RSS 1.0 01/09/2004 09:54 PM

[VBB] Manifesto writing

[VBB] Manifesto writing 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Joi Ito and Jim Moore are leading a discussion of what could be in a "manifesto for a better global conversation." The first comment is that generally we care about our families and towns before we get to worrying about the world. Alex Steffen from WorldChanging says that our goal should be to expand our notion of family. Ethan says that we should start from the common ground: All of us are trying to reach out beyond where we are. The conversation meanders a bit into more abstract topics. (I am guilty of contributing to it.) Ethan slaps it upside...

so i have this cool new writing gig . .
.

so i have this cool new writing gig . .
. 02/01/2005 09:52 PM

Do you ever have something really exciting that you want to share with the world, but you're not allowed to talk about it? It drives you nuts that you have to keep it to yourself, so you quietly mention it to Janet, but Chrissy overhears you from the kitchen, and thinks you're dying, so she tells Larry, and pretty soon you're attending your own wake down at the Regal Beagle. You think this could be a chance to get Mr. Roper to give you a break on the rent, and maybe get a little something-something from that Kaylnn girl who passes out skates at the roller rink, but Mrs. Roper finds out the truth, and somehow you're learning an embarassing lesson in front of all your friends, rather than getting lucky on the waterbed in your cousin's van conversion.

In other words, I've been sitting on this big news for weeks, and I just got the green light to announce it. So pay attention, Chrissy:

I am writing a weekly column for The Onion A/V Club! Yeah, that's right! The Onion A/V Club! Wooo!

Check out the spiffy announcement:

The Onion A.V. Club also extends a hearty welcome to a new contributor who comes to us from Hollywood via the Internet. Each week, actor/author/gaming enthusiast/icon/renaissance man Wil Wheaton, who maintains an online presence at wilwheaton.net, will take a look back to games past with his Games Of Our Lives column, reaching beyond Pac-Man and Donkey Kong to find the dusty arcade games and worn-out cartridges that paved the way for the games of today.

(When I read that, I told my editor, "I love it. Can I just tell you how happy I am that it's not all 'Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek (tiny font: writes some stuff too.)'?"

He said, "Well, the original draft referred to you as 'the spunky lad who saved the universe' and then went on to say 'Star Trek, Star Trek, Star Trek.' Then I had second thoughts.")

Can you freakin' believe that I get to write for them?! Holy shit! Writing this column is as much fun as doing Love Machine at ACME each week. I get a chance to be funny, add something pretty prestigious to my resume, and I finally have an excuse for playing so many classic video games. I mean, how many people do you know who could deduct an X-arcade Controller? :)

I did an interview with The Onion A/V Club in 2002. If you haven't seen it, you can read it here.

My first Games of Our Lives appears tomorrow. Check it out, and let me know what you think!

Tom on Community Writing

Tom on Community Writing 03/16/2003 09:52 AM
Tom gets at something true in his blogging about writing that creates a sense of community. It's the sort of thing you think you must have always known even though you didn't until you read it....

The Writing Fields

The Writing Fields 01/11/2004 11:16 AM

People of a certain age — mine — will remember Prince Norodom Sihanouk as the incumbent leader of a neutral and relatively peaceful Cambodia, before the war in Vietnam spilled over Cambodia's borders, leading to the rise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, the fall of the Cambodian government, and the killing fields.

Now Sihanouk is an expat king in his eighties, writing a blog by hand with his queen, from France. Sources: Stuart Hughes, The Guardian, Yahoo News.

Collaborative Novel Writing

Collaborative Novel Writing 05/09/2004 12:45 PM
The Great Mahakali Write-A-Thon.

Writing For the Web (Sales)

Writing For the Web (Sales) 03/19/2003 10:28 PM

Web writing a whole new experience

Web writing a whole new experience 10/31/2003 01:56 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Oct 31 2003 12:22PM ET

Help keep the Bird writing

Help keep the Bird writing 09/14/2004 03:51 AM
Shelley of BurningBird is broke and needs a little help paying the hosting bills to keep BurningBird going. Shelley is one of the earliest weblog writers, and she has a distinctive, original and beautiful writing voice. She catches a lot of flack because she is often the one to turn over the rock that everyone would rather leave lying there, revealing a truth that people don't want to see. Truth be told, she probably also catches flack because she can be a bit cranky at times, but she only turns her rhetorical guns against powerful people, and she is incredibly generous with her time and expertise. The web would be a much poorer place without her presence and that of BurningBird, and if you can spare a bit of change, drop some in her Pay Pal jar. If you can't spare a bit, at least help get the word out....

Useful Writing Tools

Useful Writing Tools 04/10/2004 02:29 AM
Let's face it, we all get stuck for words from time to time. I'd like to take a moment to recommend a couple of tools that can help you create more diverting dispatches. By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Writing an end to the bio of BIOS

Writing an end to the bio of BIOS 12/30/2003 07:21 AM
Intel and Microsoft are set to start pitching "EFI" as an improved way of starting up a PC's hardware before its operating system begins loading--a task that's been handled by the BIOS for a quarter century.

Writing Genx

Writing Genx 02/15/2004 08:58 PM
In between beach time and rainforest time, I’ve been coding away on genx; herewith some impressions with one important lesson and an interesting bit of history...

Writing an End to the Bio of BIOS?

Writing an End to the Bio of BIOS? 12/30/2003 10:55 AM
An anonymous reader writes "Intel and Microsoft are gearing up to move toward the first major overhaul of the innermost workings of the personal computer. The ...

Writing about your friends

Writing about your friends 08/09/2004 10:24 PM

Over the years I've become quite friendly with many professional journalists. It's interesting that two of my best friends are journalists and they both have told me, "the only bad thing about becoming your friend is that I can't write about you any more." As a blogger, I don't think I have any trouble writing about my friends if I explain my relationship. The issue of professionalism aside, I think the first person tone of blogging makes it easier to write about your friends in the context of providing information. It's probably much harder or impossible to write about your friends objectively in third person.

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Writing for Google

Writing for Google 05/11/2004 04:33 PM

Tips for writing articles that answer questions posed to search engines.

Writing, Briefly

Writing, Briefly 03/29/2005 04:35 PM
Writing, Briefly:

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Writing in the Margins

Writing in the Margins 02/11/2004 07:35 AM
Our new monthly roundup of indie publishing: Junko Mizuno's deranged manga, Disney's war against the underground, Flann O'Brien on life during wartime, lefty theorist Mike Davis' children's book (set in Greenland), and William Upski Wimsatt bombs the 2004 election.
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Open-Source Grader in Computer Science

Open-Source Grader in Computer Science 04/18/2004 01:38 PM
New Release: Job Scheduler Example

Computer System at U.C. San Diego Hacked

Computer System at U.C. San Diego Hacked 05/07/2004 11:29 PM
Guardian Unlimited May 8 2004 4:16AM GMT

Wear a computer and watch fitness
benefits add up

Wear a computer and watch fitness
benefits add up 08/16/2004 04:43 AM
Los Angeles Times Aug 16 2004 8:45AM GMT

Computer glitch costs GM workers
benefits

Computer glitch costs GM workers
benefits 04/02/2005 10:38 PM
Detroit News Apr 3 2005 2:48AM GMT

Computer crash hits benefits cash

Computer crash hits benefits cash 08/23/2004 12:35 PM
BBC Aug 23 2004 5:13PM GMT

Computer threat to student cash

Computer threat to student cash 08/12/2004 02:38 AM
This Is Money Aug 12 2004 6:54AM GMT

Centrelink computer glitch blocks child
care benefits: ALP

Centrelink computer glitch blocks child
care benefits: ALP 01/05/2004 10:25 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Jan 5 2004 9:19PM ET

I am a 1st year student of Computer
science (Diploma). we ar

I am a 1st year student of Computer
science (Diploma). we ar 08/09/2004 04:20 AM
TechTree Aug 9 2004 8:59AM GMT

German student arrested over computer
virus

German student arrested over computer
virus 05/08/2004 06:43 PM
CTV.ca May 8 2004 11:15PM GMT

Man charged with stealing computer of
slain UF student

Man charged with stealing computer of
slain UF student 01/22/2004 08:42 PM
AP via Florida Times-Union Jan 23 2004 1:02AM GMT

Computer Student on Trial for Aid to
Muslim Web Sites

Computer Student on Trial for Aid to
Muslim Web Sites 04/26/2004 11:03 PM
New York Times Apr 27 2004 3:05AM GMT

Computer glitch hits student loans

Computer glitch hits student loans 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
Guardian Unlimited Aug 12 2004 11:25PM GMT

Student Computer Plan Angers Minn.
Voters

Student Computer Plan Angers Minn.
Voters 12/16/2003 12:27 PM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 16 2003 12:20PM ET

Otago Uni student making mark in
computer graphics

Otago Uni student making mark in
computer graphics 08/29/2004 04:05 PM
stuff.co.nz Aug 29 2004 7:34PM GMT

Student computer plan angers Minn.
voters

Student computer plan angers Minn.
voters 12/16/2003 06:33 PM
Boston Globe Dec 16 2003 5:50PM ET

Terror trial for computer science
student begins (USATODAY.com)

Terror trial for computer science
student begins (USATODAY.com) 04/14/2004 07:45 AM
USATODAY.com - A former University of Idaho graduate student went on trial Tuesday as the federal government tries to prove that people who give money to terrorist organizations are as guilty as the terrorists who plant bombs.

Saudi computer science grad student
makes the news

Saudi computer science grad student
makes the news 04/15/2004 11:36 AM

This story on Sami Omar al-Hussayen is worth the pain of (free) registration at WashingtonPost.com.  Here are a couple of excerpts:

Defense attorney David Nevin portrayed his client as a well-liked leader of the university's Muslim Student Association who had been quick to publicly condemn the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Hussayen, the father of three young boys, is not an angry Muslim who hates the West, he said. On the contrary, Nevin added, he comes from a well-to-do family that has traveled the world. "He doesn't hate the United States. He doesn't hate Western values. That's not who he is," Nevin said.

Hussayen, 34, a doctoral candidate in a computer science program sponsored by the National Security Agency, is accused of creating more than a dozen jihadist Web sites and of moderating a global e-mail group that in February 2003 posted an "urgent appeal" for Muslims in the U.S. military to supply information about American forces and facilities in the Middle East that could be selected as targets for acts of terrorism.

Displaying a chart that showed the links among more than a dozen Web sites, [federal prosecutor] Lindquist told the jury that Hussayen managed "an Internet network -- a platform," and that "the content of this platform was extreme jihad -- terrorism."

...

The Saudi Embassy has pressed for Hussayen's release and is paying for his top-flight legal defense team, which includes Joshua Dratel, who represented Wadih Hage, a former aide to Osama bin Laden.

The case is interesting because Mr. Hussayen's main defense is based on the First Amendment though he is not a U.S. citizen.  If the U.S. government doesn't like someone residing in a foreign country it is free to shoot a missile at the guy's car and summarily kill him.  If, on the other hand, an enemy manages to score himself a student or tourist visa and arrives on our shores we can't touch him because he is now entitled to a variety of protections under the Constitution that were designed for (presumably loyal) citizens.  Sami Al-Arian, the computer engineering professor from University of South Florida, attempted a First Amendment defense as well [Mr. Al-Arian, a Kuwaiti national whose application for U.S. citizenship was turned down based on his fraudulent registration to vote in the early 1990s, is a great example of the American Dream because the taxpayers of Florida are still paying his salary while he sits in federal prison awaiting his trail in January.]

The Ancient Greeks took the rules of hospitality, xenia, very seriously.  Certainly running off with your host's wife was out of the question and thus the abduction of Helen was a sufficiently serious breach to warrant the Trojan War.  Most of our recent troubles with terrorism stem from Arab guests in or immigrants to the United States.  So far the government's response seems to be an attempt to reduce the number of guests and/or screen them more thoroughly for existing connections to terrorist organizations.  In the long run, however, this seems doomed to fail.  You can't expect someone to abandon his beliefs simply because he is visiting the United States or has immigrated here, even if one of those beliefs is hatred of American society.  My prediction:  within the next five years there will be calls to restrict constitutional rights to citizens.  It will be noted that in 1787 everyone in the U.S. was either a citizen, the property of a citizen (slaves), or expected to become a citizen.  It will be argued that times have changed.  Thanks to commercial airlines millions of people land on our soil every year with no intention of joining the society.  Thus a distinction should be made between U.S. citizens and guests.  The counterargument will be that the rights of the Constitution are universal and should not only be extended to guests on our shores but also to human beings anywhere on the planet.  We shouldn't be supporting dictators in poor countries if they won't guarantee U.S.-style rights to all of their citizens and certainly we should not be engaging in extrajudicial assassination of our enemies.

A Gift Of Learning: Donated Computer
Helps JDHS Student

A Gift Of Learning: Donated Computer
Helps JDHS Student 12/10/2003 11:35 AM
Ashley Tomlinson's favorite class is choir. That's the only course in which the 17-year-old alto doesn't have to take notes, an activity her eye condition, aniridia, renders painful. She wants to go to college, perhaps to become a music teacher, and that dream is more feasible now thanks to a $1,400 Macintosh iBook computer the Juneau Moose Lodge bought her. By Masha Herbst (Juneau Empire via MyAppleMenu)

Idaho computer science student goes on
trial on charges he used Web sites to
promote terror

Idaho computer science student goes on
trial on charges he used Web sites to
promote terror 04/13/2004 06:24 PM
AP via New Jersey Online Apr 13 2004 11:07PM GMT

Defense for Saudi computer student
abruptly rests case in terrorism trial

Defense for Saudi computer student
abruptly rests case in terrorism trial 05/27/2004 12:19 AM
AP via New Jersey Online May 27 2004 4:19AM GMT

German high-school student busted for
creating Sasser computer worm

German high-school student busted for
creating Sasser computer worm 05/08/2004 08:09 PM
National Post May 9 2004 0:38AM GMT

Cleared by a jury, but not by Harvard;
Former student seeks to return

Cleared by a jury, but not by Harvard;
Former student seeks to return 12/30/2003 05:05 AM
Boston Globe story

boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/28/cleared_by_a_jury_bu t_not_by_harvard
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Lawyer For Harvard Student Battling
Apple Wants Dismissal

Lawyer For Harvard Student Battling
Apple Wants Dismissal 02/05/2005 09:59 PM
TechWeb Feb 6 2005 1:28AM GMT

Harvard University Approves Student Sex
Magazine (Reuters)

Harvard University Approves Student Sex
Magazine (Reuters) 02/13/2004 09:19 AM
Reuters - Harvard University's newest magazine may be called the "H Bomb" but its topic is more anatomical than atomic.

High School Student Suspected of
Creating 'Sasser' Computer Worm Arrested
in Germany

High School Student Suspected of
Creating 'Sasser' Computer Worm Arrested
in Germany 05/08/2004 09:12 AM
Xposed May 8 2004 12:22PM GMT

German Authorities Arrest 18-Year-Old
Student Suspected of Creating 'Sasser'
Computer Worm

German Authorities Arrest 18-Year-Old
Student Suspected of Creating 'Sasser'
Computer Worm 05/08/2004 02:48 PM
Xposed May 8 2004 6:07PM GMT

Medical files found in boot sale
computer

Medical files found in boot sale
computer 06/19/2004 09:02 AM
Telegraph Jun 19 2004 1:07PM GMT

Grading writing by computer

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