L’Affaire Sokal: The lowest form of humour

10Jan06

Doron Zeilberger at Rutgers publishes a page of opinions that is a wonderful read, even if you are not a mathematician. In opinion 11 he points out better than I can exactly what was wrong with Sokal’s prank on the pomo philosophers:
Opinion 11 of Doron Zeilberger:
Great Scientists, Lousy Philosophers
The intersection of the sets of great [...]

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Alito a sexist and racist… but these days thats a qualification, yes?

10Jan06

Daily Kos: No Believing Alito on Concerned Alumni for Princeton
After stating again this morning that he had no recollection of joining Concerned Alumni for Princeton, the racist and sexist organization that objected to women and minorities being admitted at Princeton, despite having included it in his job application to work for Ed Meese in 1985, [...]

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Mactel? Intac? Mac goes x86

10Jan06

The much awaited MacExpo Jobs keynote brought forth a much expected bit of news: the Intel based Macs are out, starting with the iMac and a new MacBook laptop. The Intel iMacs are priced the same as the G5s. So, will the prices of G5 iMacs drop? In the real world it probably would… but [...]

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Obscure references…

10Jan06

Don’t you just love obscure references? Fortunately, there is always Google!

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