The StupidFilter Project is building a filter that will remove stupidity from online content in the same way that spam filters deal with email. Apparently it’s going to use the excellently-named CRM114 Discriminator. Hat tip to Bad Language.
Comments, anyone?
Someone (it was probably Meg) said that it’s a good idea to invite people to comment occasionally, especially people who haven’t commented before. So, if that’s you, I encourage you to take a look around, perhaps the popular posts or perhaps those which I like, and add your bit.
Reuters pictures of 2007
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2007 collection is well worth a browse.
Old Man
At first I thought this essay on lying language would be the usual stuff — war deaths called “collateral damage”, that sort of thing. It does start off that way, but takes a delicious turn mid-way.
Define yourself!
I really like what Alex Willemyns has said in response to Guy Rundle’s article about Australia’s search for an identity. “Who are we? Who the heck cares? I’m Alex Willemyns, and that’s all I need to worry about… How we define ourselves to others doesn’t have to be based on anything else apart from who we are, at any one point in time.”
Toyota says robotics is “key”
Pay attention! Toyota, who make cars and stuff, says that robotics is now a core business. They plan on having real “partner robots” by 2010.