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US INS destroys Canadian woman's passport, sends her to India |
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5:26 pm EST, Feb 20, 2003 |
From Boing Boing (http://www.boingboing.net/):
Zed sez: "An Indian-born Canadian citizen was flying home from India to Toronto, and transferring at O'Hare. INS decided her passport was funny-looking, destroyed it, denied her access to the Canadian consul, and deported her to India via Kuwait with her papers in such disorder she might not have been able to get into India if Kuwaiti and Indian authorities hadn't been so co-operative."
Permanent link to Boing Boing post: (http://boingboing.net/2003_02_01_archive.html#90351481) You know, it's a good thing that, when I was living in both Ireland and Canada, none of their customs officials ever voided my passport due to "funkiness" and sent me to Japan or Germany. US INS destroys Canadian woman's passport, sends her to India |
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| Topic: Recreation |
5:15 pm EST, Feb 20, 2003 |
Can't get up in the morning? Hook up your ride with whistle tips. You should be up cookin' breakfas' o sumpin anyway. Woo wooo! Woo wooo! |
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Paul Perry's Links on Collaborative Filtering |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:18 pm EST, Feb 10, 2003 |
Paul Perry's high-quality cache of links on Net-available resource dealing with collaborative filtering, relevant to MemeStreams itself. Many highly recommended papers and links included. Paul Perry's Links on Collaborative Filtering |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:09 pm EST, Feb 10, 2003 |
Of particular interest to MemeStreams itself, I recommend Lenny Foner's work on Yenta. Yenta deals with distributed similarity and reputation, and was one of the primary influences of a software system I was once employed to help design and build for a former employer. Yenta |
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| Topic: Current Events |
2:00 pm EST, Feb 10, 2003 |
Exposure to crime dramas and cop shows like CSI has the public setting unrealistic expectations on solving cases, with wide ranging impacts on court trials. I've linked to the BoingBoing snippet because I don't know how to submit a recommendation with multiple URLs. The CSI Effect |
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Murky Water for Clear Channel |
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| Topic: Business |
12:53 pm EDT, Aug 7, 2002 |
Wired News article on the potential for congressional crackdown on everyone's favorite Top 40 airwave homogenizer. Murky Water for Clear Channel |
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| Topic: Science |
3:37 pm EDT, Jul 26, 2002 |
A great transcription of Richard Hamming's 1986 talk on what it takes to do great work. All I can say is: wow. I'm doing lots of thinking on this now, having read this. Speaks very deeply to my mind of things involved in the work I do. Brilliant paper. You and Your Research |
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