Deaths per TWh (terawatt-hour) by Energy Type
The chart says it all, with nuclear winning by two orders of magnitude (via ManyEyes).
#anon member outs himself through Facebook App ID
Oops. Looks like the #anon member in charge of developing the BoA leak site may have outed himself through the Facebook App ID. Pull up the source from bankofamericasuck.com and you'll find this: <script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: '174193262621648', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function()
A quick look at #march11 / #saudi tweets
Well, so much for that #march11 #Saudi day of rage. Whether it was really the "tempest in a teacup" that Prince Al-Waleed suggested on CNBC (video below, transcript here) or not, the oil complex and Saudi markets seem to have shrugged off much of the risk that was priced in after Thursday's rumors of shots.
Marginal Revolution on ideological economist blindspots
Having spent more time than I'd like to recall in rooms with economists, political scientists, and law professors of various stripes and names, this Marginal Revolution post really formalized many of my feelings about current academic research agendae. That said, the critiques are all "in-the-box" and fairly benign relative to something like "your building-block models
Kevin Kelly thinks Computational Legal Studies is Cool
Thanks to Sam Arbesman yesterday for pointing out that Kevin Kelly thinks the blog Dan and I run, Compuational Legal Studies, is a "signpost of the future." We were probably a few years early with some of our ideas and methods, but hey, an innovator's born to innovate, right?
Christoph Gohlke’s Windows Python Packages
Last night, I spent a few hours configuring a new OCZ Vertex 2 on my M4500, my primary workstation. It turns out the drive was a dud and I wasted nearly 10 hours rebuilding and debugging the issue, but during this process, I had the opportunity remember how valuable Christoph Gohlke's unofficial Python package site is.