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Court Says Police In Ohio Can Just Guess How Fast You Were Going And Give You A Ticket | Techdirt

chap — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:23:19 +0000

Independent verification of the vehicle’s speed is not necessary to support a conviction for speeding. Say what? via Court Says Police In Ohio Can Just Guess How Fast You Were Going And Give You A Ticket | Techdirt. (Shared by … Continue reading →

If San Francisco Crime were Elevation | Doug McCune

chap — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:21:01 +0000

These interesting visualizations transform San Francisco crime data into a topographical map. Mt. Loin and the Mission Range are not very surprising.

I’d be curious to see what a similar visualization for Atlanta would look like.

If San Francisco Crime were Elevation | Doug McCune.

Locals and Tourists

chap — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:51:48 +0000

This is a pretty fascinating set of images produced by plotting the locations of photos taken and coloring them based on whether the photographer was (presumably) a local or a tourist. I can see these being potentially valuable for finding the interesting areas of a new city and avoiding the standard tourist traps.

See them all at: Locals and Tourists – a set on Flickr.

Wondering what century Microsoft thinks this is…

chap — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:00 +0000

via tweetie

PCRM >> Good Medicine Magazine >> Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill >> Autumn 2007

chap — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:24:11 +0000

via pcrm.org

Nice graphical argument for ending the current ag-subsidy programs.

Oh, the irony

chap — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:11:04 +0000

A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence.

via ajc.com

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

chap — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:50:06 +0000

This is a great talk. Kahneman’s vacation thought experiment is particularly interesting.

Dogs catching treats at 1000fps

chap — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:25:23 +0000

via youtube.com

LBJ orders pants

chap — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:39:45 +0000

Take a few minutes out of your day and spend it with this audio tape of Lyndon Baines Johnson, our 36th President, while he orders a few pairs of trousers from the Haggar company in Dallas.

via coudal.com

This is precisely what the internet was invented for.

Richard Feynman explains magnets, sort of

chap — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:31:50 +0000

via kottke.org

This is one of those down-the-rabbit-hole explanations like the ones that make Feynman’s books so interesting to read.