Archive for December, 2005

Sarcastic Fringehead

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Some people think I can be a bit gruff and moody, but I have nothing on this beast:

 
No joke - this is for real. Well, it is listed in the Animal Diversity Web, which describes this beast’s behaviour thus:
As suggested by their name, sarcastic fringeheads are extremely temperamental. They are fiercely territorial creatures that aggressively […]

Judge: ID is religion, not science

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Just to close out my series of posts on the Dover “Intelligent Design” trial, the final judgement of Judge Jones has been handed down, and it makes for some excellent reading.
Basically, the Judge ruled that Intelligent Design is a disguised form of Creationism, and as such should not be taught along side Darwinism in school […]

Larry Prusak’s ACKMIDS Keynote

Friday, December 9th, 2005

I’ve taken the liberty of uploading some mp3s of Larry Prusak’s keynote address from this week’s ACKMIDS2005 conference here in Melbourne. Unfortunately Larry was unable to attend the conference in person, so his presentation was via videoconference. My recording is in 3 parts, and unfortunately there is about 15-20 minutes of Larry’s talk missing between […]

ACKMIDS

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

I’ll be busy this week attending ACKMIDS2005, the 8th Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support.
This year the conference theme will explore
“Why Culture Matters: the Local and Global in Knowledge Management”.
The conference is hosted by the Knowledge Management Research Program, Monash University, Melbourne.
We are delighted to have Larry Prusak and Karlheinz Kautz […]

Jeremy

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