Links for 24-07-2008
Tobacco to treat cancer; decision making is tiring (who knew?); porn is not recession-proof after all…
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John “Electric Velocipede” Klima talks reality about running a print mag.
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Does what it says on the tin.
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“… using the plants as factories for an antibody chemical specific to the cells which cause follicular B-cell lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” Today’s serving of irony.
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“It turns out, however, that use of executive function—a talent we all rely on throughout the day—draws upon a single resource of limited capacity in the brain.” HAPPY BRAIN HAS RUN OUT OF HAPPY.
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“The team also found that death rates rose almost 1% for each percent increase in the size of the loan, and by another 4% for each year of IMF involvement.” Ouch.
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Does what it says on the tin; hat tip to Phil Bradley.
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“We’ve identified the reasons we think sales are down. First and foremost, there’s a glut of product. The laws of supply and demand have been turned upside down. We’re on par to put out 15,000 new releases this year, which is just insane.”
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July 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I’ve seen that link to Gwyneth’s top ten female sf novels in near a dozen places today… and yet the article itself dates from late 2003. There’s probably something ironic in that…
July 25th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Ironic indeed. The Grimwood and Harrison lists were even older, IIRC. Matt Staggs has been digging in the crates for his SF Signal round-ups, methinks!