{"id":10226,"date":"2013-04-08T04:15:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10226"},"modified":"2013-04-08T04:15:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:15:20","slug":"open-thread482013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/08\/open-thread482013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/8\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was able to find a couple interesting items today.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow I have a prison volunteer day.  I hope to get something up before I leave, if I can.  At worst, I\u2019ll have Open Threads tomorrow and Wednesday, and be full speed Thursday.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:42 (average 4:40).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Steven Goodman, a dean and professor of medicine at Stanford and the editor of the journal Clinical Trials, which has its own imitators, called this phenomenon \u201cthe dark side of open access,\u201d the movement to make scholarly publications freely available. <\/p>\n

The number of these journals and conferences has exploded in recent years as scientific publishing has shifted from a traditional business model for professional societies and organizations built almost entirely on subscription revenues to open access, which relies on authors or their backers to pay for the publication of papers online, where anyone can read them\u2026<\/p>\n

While this article focuses on the academic effects of this problem, there is also a political side, where the Koch Brother and their ilk are funding pseudo-journals and pseudo-conferences to provide authentic sounding citations to "prove" Republican pseudo-science touted by ideologues, as if it were factual.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Before a rapt audience at Facebook headquarters Thursday, Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg unveiled new software that he promised \u201cwill totally change the way you are wasting your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Explaining the development of Facebook\u2019s new phone software, Home, Mr. Zuckerberg said, \u201cOur research showed that Facebook users still had a few hours a day when they were leading somewhat healthy and productive lives. Our new software will change all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borowitz has captured the essence of Facebook with this satire.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NBC<\/a>: <\/font>A man accidentally shot himself outside a mall in El Cajon late Saturday night, police confirmed.<\/p>\n

I would not be at all surprised to see the Republican Party try to recruit this fellow as a school guard.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"8Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Congress was MUCH smarter then!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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