/tags/social/Recent content in Social on madd0's tech blogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:28 +0000/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual/Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:28 +0000/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual/Well, I didn’t think an escalator needed one, but the numbers seem to say different: For those who can’t read the poor quality text, it says “Last year: 1,024 injuries”. The number drew my attention for two reasons: What are the probabilities of the number of injuries on escalators being a power of 2? How can there be almost 3 injuries per day on something as trivial as an escalator? (that’s an interrobang, in case you’re wondering) Sure, the escalators on the London tube can be impressive:/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual-fr/Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:20 +0000/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual-fr/Je ne pensais pas qu’un escalator en aurait besoin, mais les chiffres semblent indiquer le contraire : Pour ceux qui n’arrivent pas à lire le texte, c’est marqué “Last year: 1,024 injuries”, c’est-à-dire “L’an dernier : 1024 blessés”. Le chiffre a attiré mon attention pour deux raisons : Quelles sont les probabilités que le nombre de blessés dans un escalator soit une puissance de 2 ? Comment peut-il y avoir presque 3 blessés par jour dans quelque chose d’aussi trivial qu’un escalator ?/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual-es/Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:00 +0000/2008/02/05/does-this-thing-have-a-manual-es/Pues, nunca pensé que una escalera eléctrica necesitara uno, pero las cifras indican lo contrario: Para los que no logran leer el texto, dice “Last year: 1,024 injuries”, o sea “El año pasado: 1024 heridos”. El número me llamó la atención por dos razones: ¿Cuáles son las probabilidades de que el número de heridos en escaleras eléctricas sea una potencia de 2? ¿Cómo puede haber casi 3 heridos por día en algo tan trivial como una escalera eléctrica?/2007/12/30/bionic-monkeytalk-at-ted/Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:30:02 +0000/2007/12/30/bionic-monkeytalk-at-ted/OK, maybe the title doesn’t mean much, but I couldn’t think of anything better. So how about you just watch the videos? I was barely finished with last week’s TED post when I stumbled upon the first of this week’s recommendations. I know I said that TED videos were only 18 minutes long, but I guess when you’re Jane Goodall you’re inherently expected to need a little more: As inspiring as Mrs./2007/02/04/your-help-is-needed-to-find-jim-gray/Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:34:27 +0000/2007/02/04/your-help-is-needed-to-find-jim-gray/I know I have a tendency to abuse exclamation marks, but this time it is really important. On Sunday, January 28th, 2007, Jim Gray, a renowned computer scientist was reported missing at sea. As of Thursday, Feb. 1st, the US Coast Guard has called off the search, having found no trace of the boat or any of its emergency equipment. Follow the story here. Through the generous efforts of his friends, family, various communities and agencies, detailed satellite imagery has been made available for his last known whereabouts./2006/01/13/the-international-language-of-gestures/Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:52:09 +0000/2006/01/13/the-international-language-of-gestures/We take most of the gestures we make every day for granted: nodding means “yes”, shaking your head means “no”, a thumb up means “OK”, etc. But are they universal? Will people from other regions, countries, cultures understand what you mean when making these gestures? The answer is no. A while back, I wrote a post about counting with your fingers, commenting another post by Alex Barnett. Based on the comments received by Alex’s post you can already conclude that people around the world use their fingers in different ways to represent numbers.