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They were applying his own paradigms for learning
Wow, this is tragic. Logo wasn't the first encounter I had with a programming language - it was far more simple than the BASIC I'd been exposed to at that point. I could still see the value in it to introduce a lot of programming concepts and I certainly absorbed something while using it.
Get well and good luck, Mr. Papert. I hope you find your way back.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 10:52 PM on July 15, 2008
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Now, here's the way I work...
Yet another self-styled "Pick Up Artist". I remember reading about him on Metachat quite a while ago and someone just mentioned this link to me at a dinner party earlier this evening. Quite weird to see him pop up here on the blue.
He seems more like the kind of guy who propositions every woman he meets with the expectation that at least one out of the many he asks will relent. It also seems that he's trying to pimp his services as a pick up artist guru, so... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:36 AM on June 27, 2008
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Slow Motion Punches to The Face
Boot Sock to the head!
High speed camerawork is always fun to watch, especially when it exposes weird phenomena which isn't apparent to the naked eye. In this case I didn't expect *that* much facial deformation, no matter how momentary it was. Makes me wish Ali/Foreman was captured using high-speed film.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 4:28 PM on May 21, 2008
martinX's bellbottoms, I'm not quite sure what you mean - you're linking to this post, which is exactly what I'm referring to in my comment.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 6:04 PM on May 21, 2008
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Dollar for Dollar?
Way back in the 80's the Malaysian government decided to add indicator dots to the Ringgit notes in order to make them more accessible to blind people - one dot would indicate 10 ringgit, two dots would indicate twenty, three would be fifty, etc.
They just forgot to make the dots tactile.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 11:27 AM on May 20, 2008
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Lesbians vs. Lesbians
There's similar outrage in Ecuador and Peru where the rainbow flag has traditionally been used to represent the native peoples of the Andes. They, too, are quite upset at the widespread association of the rainbow flag with the GLBT movement. I was eavesdropping on a local tour guide as he was giving his spiel in a museum down in Cusco when he became nearly apoplectic with rage explaning the significance of the rainbow flag and how it had been co-opted by "filthy types of questionable... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 3:20 PM on May 1, 2008
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Perhaps the end of the hype cycle?
citron - I think that the issue with MetaMan is not so much that he is a Clinton supporter, if that's what he is in actuality, but that he resorts to ad hominem, is dismissive of others' opinions, comes across as condescending, and argues poorly.
Not to mention that this is a thread about the media manufacturing nontroversies, and MetaMan's comments in here are pure derail and should be flagged as such. Sorry to contribute to the further derailing.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 8:55 PM on April 17, 2008
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Brain Cake.
The recipe says to repeat for each cortex. I guess we only have to do it once, then!
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 3:56 PM on April 14, 2008
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Hate's Haberdasher
Countess Elena - the KKK wikipedia entry states that the Klan was active in resisting reconstruction by going after "carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freed slaves", but it suggests that it was violence perpetrated upon white northeners and those who were perceived to be representatives of Northern Oppression. I haven't really found anything which corroborates Ms. Ruth's statement that the Klan were more of a moral police force on the local community, though.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:39 PM on April 13, 2008
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Dancing boys of Afghanistan
I wonder if it's relevant that Death by Ugabooga's username is a reference to a joke about butt rape.
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:18 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Hey!
Can't be. Becuase the actual punchline of the joke is "Unga-BUNGA." Which is funny. Obviously.
Whew!
"Ugabooga?" Pfft. What-the-hell? That doesn't even make any... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 9:04 PM on April 1, 2008
Weirdly enough, I was putting together an FPP about a closely related subject - homosexuality in Afghani/Kandahari society - a couple of months ago but lost it when my laptop fan went kablooie and I never got around to recreating it.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 9:28 PM on April 1, 2008
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Slipping the mortal coil
I couldn't bear it after the third or fourth one, especially once I started reading the captions. This is a fantastic project and a great FPP but it's just a little too personal for me right now at work.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 12:16 PM on April 1, 2008
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Best Story Ever
I don't know who Grant Lawrence is but his story is pretty darn fantastic. Heavy on the schadenfreude admittedly, but he also tells it really well. Not for germaphobes or people who have had unfortunate encounters with airplane toilets.
I have to say that it's not particularly surprising that it's the actors and showpeople who have to talk as part of their schtick who really come across the best - their pacing's good, they work the audience well, and it helps that the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2008
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How Not to Run a Bookstore
Dang. This means that I need to use that Borders gift card that's been moldering in my wallet for the last three years.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:42 PM on March 27, 2008
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One for the History Books
Reading the speech brought tears to my eyes, and I was prepared for the tugging of heartstrings. If the reports that he wrote this himself are true, I take my hat off to him.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:22 AM on March 19, 2008
Amen to the chicken.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 12:15 AM on March 27, 2008
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Robot Dog
Strap a gatling gun to it, wrap it in bacon, and we're ready to send it back to 1984 and terminate Sarah Connor.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 9:53 AM on March 18, 2008
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Meooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
This is just irresponsible to the highest order.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:08 PM on March 15, 2008
Doohickie - terror doesn't require comprehension. And I think the objection to this stems from the fact that the cat is being subjected to this purely for the entertainment of its owner.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 2:33 PM on March 15, 2008
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Bloggers in Parliament
Whoa - PKR and PAS together? Politics does make strange bedfellows.
The current situation is Mahathir's chickens coming home to roost (Anwar Ibrahim, specifically), and that's rather evident. It always puzzled me why Mahathir felt such enmity towards his former protege that he would go to such lengths as to frame him and attempt to remove him from the Malaysian political scene. Since Dr. M had been grooming Anwar as his replacement without any eye towards... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 12:08 AM on March 10, 2008
For those interested in what the youtube video was all about, here's a rough translation:
Man at podium: Ladies and gentlemen, our country is so advanced now!
We have Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, the IT song...hey!
Hey you! What are you doing?
Blogger: Oh, I'm just updating my blog.
Man: What blog? You're destroying... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 12:21 AM on March 10, 2008
Whoops! A mistranslation on my part - the text in the youtube video reads "People who are dense are afraid of shadows" - I got fooled by the false cognate. By the way languagehat, the accent of the man behind the podium is that of the the northern state Kedah, although it's not particularly strong here. The distinguishing feature is that the "r"s are pronounced in the back of the throat as opposed to in the front of the mouth.
BinGregory - it's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 11:28 AM on March 10, 2008
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Horselover Fat and the Big Pink Light
Thanks mwhybark - I missed it the first time around. It also just struck me that Crumb must have been a significant influence on Richard Corben - the scene where Dick as John the Baptist gets garotted looks just like classic Corben.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 7:11 PM on March 8, 2008
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Hey! Fred Milton is still SO #1! Wow!
Late to the thread but I wanted to say that Cruddy is a fantastic read, regardless of whether you're a fan of Barry's comics. I think emjaybee's characterization of her ability to recreate the doodles and drawing style of an adolescent is remarkably on the nose, which is why there is such a disparity between those who relate to her work and those who don't. One Hundred Demons is also highly recommended. She is the #1 Groover!
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 12:11 AM on March 3, 2008
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Psychologist FTW
Good show, escabeche! It's not often that I see science/tech writing which doesn't shy away from giving the reader some credit while at the same time giving enough technical background so that interested parties have good starting points to do further research. Bravo! And, quite frankly, I was rather surprised to see this published by Wired, of all places.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:15 PM on March 1, 2008
