Google Compliance with Court Takedown Orders : The Stats

Google only complies with about two-thirds of court takedown orders, company says

hat tip to @Outlaw_lawyer

Journals Now Hinder Progress

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: How journals once facilitated and now hinder scientific progress

It is the same in law where antiquated methods of publication still hold the upper hand.

The Future? Train to Leave Assumptions Behind

Andy Kessler at the Wall Street Journal online writes in

The Weekend Interview With Sebastian Thrun: What's Next for Silicon Valley?

"[Thrun] eventually found his way to Stanford, leading the university team's entry in the 2005 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) Grand Challenge to create an autonomous vehicle that could navigate 132 miles through a desert. He insisted on a blank slate, letting student imaginations run wild as opposed to proving that some professor's arcane research actually works. "It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind," he says. Stanford won by 11 minutes."

Hat tip to CaryGEE.