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Michael Osinski on New York: My Manhattan Project:How I helped build the bomb that blew up Wall Street..

David X. Li on Wired: Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

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“Welcome to the Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis. In the past other journals and reviewers have exhibited a bias against articles that did not reject the null hypothesis. We seek to change that by offering an outlet for experiments that do not reach the traditional significance levels (p < .05). Thus, reducing the file drawer problem, and reducing the bias in psychological literature. Without such a resource researchers could be wasting their time examining empirical questions that have already been examined. We collect these articles and provide them to the scientific community free of cost.

JASNH is published online bi-yearly.”

And read a statistician’s view of this journal

Have no idea of their criteria, and it is amused to find to classical music album also were listed. But Mahler and Beethoven, no Bach? They must be joking.

Below is the list of their 74 albums except the classical ones, for those like me who hates to hit the “next” button on their page:

• Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen
• Phases and Stages, Willie Nelson
• The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
• Lust for Life, Iggy Pop
• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie
• Live at The Apollo, James Brown
• What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye
• Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement
• Illmatic, NaS
• Dire Straits, Dire Straits
• American Beauty, Grateful Dead
• Out of Step, Minor Threat
• Aftermath, The Rolling Stones
• Paul’s Boutique, The Beastie Boys
• Led Zeppelin (I), Led Zeppelin
• Imperial Bedroom, Elvis Costello
• The Cars, The Cars
• Being There, Wilco
• Destroyer, KISS
• The Bends, Radiohead
• Gettin’ Ready, The Temptations
• Highway to Hell, AC/DC
• The Dictionary of Soul, Otis Redding
• The Headphone Masterpiece, Cody Chessnut
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Soundtrack, Ennio Morricone
• Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
• Take a Giant Step/De Ole Foiks at Home, Taj Mahal
• Catch a Fire, Bob Marley
• MTV Unplugged in New York, Nirvana
• The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (Live at Oberlin College, 1966), Mississippi John Hurt
• The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1, The Traveling Wilburys
• Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas, Townes Van Zandt
• Woke on a Whaleheart, Bill Callahan
• Rubber Soul, The Beatles
• The Velvet Underground & Nico, Velvet Underground
• Workin’ Together, Ike & Tina Turner
• The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, Explosions in the Sky
• True Stories, Talking Heads
• This Is Hardcore, Pulp
• Appetite for Destruction, Guns N’ Roses
• In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra
• Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis
• Combat Rock, The Clash
• Road to Ruin, The Ramones
• Marquee Moon, Television
• Animals, Pink Floyd
• Doolittle, The Pixies
• The Adventures of Slick Rick, Slick Rick
• Ready to Die, The Notorious B.I.G.
• The Unreleased Recordings, Hank Williams
• Ten, Pearl Jam
• Band of Gypsys, Jimi Hendrix
• Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, Drive-By Truckers
• Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles
• …And Justice for All, Metallica
• Fair Warning, Van Halen
• Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z
• Pet Sounds, Beach Boys
• Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair
• Look Sharp!, Joe Jackson
• Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
• Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
• Who’s Next, The Who
• Left to His Own Devices, Vic Chessnut
• Night Beat, Sam Cooke
• Songs of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen
• Penthouse, Luna
• Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club
• Small Change, Tom Waits
• Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (Live), Johnny Cash
• Harvest, Neil Young
• Mingus Ah Um, Charles Mingus
• Grace, Jeff Buckley

不知以后江湖色还有没有那些精彩的照片了。这里也算是中国最早的几个BBS之一了。新网址是http://uupage.com/ 和菜头也提到此事。

恶性通货膨胀将在中国开始并且会摧毁美元

Original English version: Hyperinflation Will begin In China And It Will Destroy The Dollar

It is a very interesting series showing the working condition at different countries.

And people in photo #42 have a nice job.

This seems a common DC, but dpreview tells that this one has a wider dynamic range than normal DCs, “(i)t helps to suppress white-out and expands dynamic range by up to 1EV compared to previous models.”  And they also pointed out that the technology Ricoh uses “is in contrast to many existing dynamic range expansion technologies that limit the available ISO range (and can result in increased noise), or reduce the camera’s performance when engaged.”  And they further note that “(f)or more extreme lighting situations, there is also a built-in high-dynamic range mode. This shoots two, differently exposed, images consecutively and combines them to enable to capture of a greater dynamic range than would be possible in a single exposure.”

Finally, Ricoh “claims the CX1 will be able to capture and convey dynamic range of up to 12EV. However, Rioch stresses that its feature isn’t trying to produce the fashionable, heavily-processed ‘HDR-look.’ ‘it aims to portray the scene in as natural a way as possible.’”

This sounds very interesting, I look forward to seeing the samples made buy CX1.

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胡子在豆瓣上写了一篇博，历数《雷人考研试卷》。 每年我都盼着过完春节去批阅考研试卷，对俺们这种收入低微的中青年叫兽来说，阅卷不啻是最佳的福利，每次批阅专业课试卷的时候采集到的雷量都足够雷俺们好几个月，对改善少金生活带来的抑郁大有帮助。 今天吾又如愿以偿地上工了，批阅xx大学我所在专业的专业课试卷和我所在学院其他专业的综合试卷。我估摸着是因为今年经济危机本科毕业生工作不大好找、阿猫阿狗们甭管准备得怎样都想考个研留条后路的缘故，今年打酱油的卷子超级多，不 但雷量空前巨大而且雷点都很高妙。 最牛X的是一张外语专业的综合试卷，连续四个名词解释答出了一个华丽的四连发连环雷—— ————————————- 紫式部：日本古代负责紫色和样式的部门 《一千零一夜》：一位少女为了不让新婚的丈夫发现自己不是处女之身而给丈夫讲了1001夜的故事 喜剧：据说周星驰靠它发家的 现代主义：后现代主义的前任 ————————————- 分割线以上绝对为原汁原味不带任何编辑痕迹的四连发连环雷，有手机照片为证。不过在网上公布这个照片似乎有违相关法律，只好憋在电脑里雷自己玩了。 上面这个连环雷算是脑筋急转弯型打酱油雷，还有更彪悍更有敬业精神的山寨学术雷，在鄙专业世界文论试卷上，有这么一个轰天巨雷—— ————————————- 法兰克福学派：法兰克福学派是指中世纪聚集在法国兰克福地区的一群圣殿骑士，主攻文体为骑士抒情诗 ————————————- 我完全被这哥们打败了，就算是让我抡圆了诌我也诌不出这么神异的答案来，如果以后我办一个山寨大学的话，我一定要请这哥们来当学科带头人。 还有纯口水型的凑字雷，比如这个—— ————————————- 法国新小说：法国新小说，就是法国人写的新小说。何谓新小说？就是和旧小说相对的小说。旧小说就是旧的、不能再称其为“新”的小说，新小说就是对旧小说的超越，就是全新的小说……（此处删去100字类似的口水） ————————————- 还有执着型雷，在外语专业综合试卷的赏析题里，有个哥们儿先答对波德莱尔《忧郁症》一诗的赏析，因为诗中有“当雨水洒泼下无数的线条，/仿效着大监狱的铁栏的形状”的句子，哥们儿写道：“这是革命志士波德莱尔在革命失败后被西方反动势力关在监狱里所写的囚诗，诗中表达了一个空有一身革命热情的爱国青年被囚禁在监狱里的忧郁，但也传达出了共产主义必胜的信心……”如果说波德莱尔好歹跟巴黎公社有些关系，这么诌也还有点影子的话，紧接下来的雷点就更诡异了。接下来是对朝鲜李朝时代诗人尹善道《五友诗》的赏析，原诗为“我友几？水石与松竹。/东山升明月，更使我愉悦。/除此五友伴我身，更有谁？ “,这哥们在回答的时候依然无比执着地大谈革命：“这首诗反映了作者在革命进入低潮之后在大后方休整的状态，表面上看是在描写大后方的自然景物，实际上是在感怀革命斗争中的革命同志……”什么叫做执着？？！！！ 至于得分，胡子继续写道： 偶们其实也够手下留情的啦，答紫式部是“日本古代负责紫色和样式的部门”，因为答出了“日本古代”，5分的题还得了一分呢，这哥们儿的其他三个雷也都各得了一分。法兰克福那个实在没法给分，新小说那个我给了一分，那个革命赏析主儿，每个赏析我都还给了4分呢（每个10分） 无独有偶，一位朋友说： 今年北大中文系研究生考题论述题之一是李白李贺李商隐的共通处，30分。有卷子答了8点：第一都姓李，第二都是唐朝的，第三都是诗人，第四都爱国，第五都很勤奋，第六都文笔流畅，第七写诗都合乎格律，第八都很有才。阅卷老师给了8分!

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胡子的日记和白板报

New York is running a piece about a 30-like girl’s life in New York who is suffering Usher syndrome which causes her losing her eyesight and hearing.

Read: “Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights