Month: February 2017

Attempted Logistics

Attempted Logistics – The Continuing Ineptness of I-Parcel – How I-Parcel Managed To See The Future (Or Lie) – The End Of the I-Parcel Affair – The Saga of UPS and i-Parcel Continues – Customer Service Done Properly I am not making this up*. On Feb 1st, my wonderful publisher EG&J Press shipped me a box […]

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How Science Is Maimed And Destroyed On Social Media

This video has been doing the rounds again. It claims to prove human proclivity for herd behavior, while all it really shows is the urgent need for critical thinking, for understanding of the scientific method, for a sceptical attitude towards any claim, and most of all, for actual facts. Let’s break it down. The caption […]

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Messing With The Messer

[phone rings] Me: “Hello?” Stranger: “Hello sir. I am calling from the technical department at Microsoft.” Me: [suppressing my first instinct to hang up, and deciding to have some fun with this evil hacker instead] “Oh, hello.” Evil hacker: “Yes. Because, the reason why I am calling you sir, is that… You are a Windows […]

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