Category Archives: Funny Ha Ha

Look Ma, I'm a Financial Journalist!

Posted on March 7, 2011 by dabacon

In this Saturday’s New York Times, in an article titled The Chasm Between Consumers and the Fed, I found the most amazing chart: Of course I am not a financial journalist, so I have absolutely no understanding of the gigantic … Continue reading →

Posted in $$$, Extralusionary Intelligence, Funny Ha Ha, Nitpicker's Paradiso, Off The Deep End | 5 Comments

Hoisted From the Comments: Funded Research

Posted on October 18, 2010 by dabacon

A while back Michael Nielsen posted a comment in one of my blog posts that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately: Re your last two paragraphs: a few years ago I wrote down a list of the ten papers … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self., The Loony Bin Called Academia | 13 Comments

NRC CS Grad Ranking, Scientifically

Posted on September 29, 2010 by dabacon

NRC deranker. Scroll down to bottom for an explanation of the methodology.

Posted in Computer Science, Funny Ha Ha | 6 Comments

"I sound my lonely trumpet in the dark trying to relax at the edge of precipice which once again faces me"

Posted on September 21, 2010 by dabacon

Steve sends me this gem, arXiv:0905.1039. The title of this blog post being a line from the paper: Citation entropy and research impact estimation Z.K. Silagadze A new indicator, a real valued $s$-index, is suggested to characterize a quality and … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, The Loony Bin Called Academia | 4 Comments