The poor cattle of Wyoming

It was a matter of time before someone had collected enough data on the dreaded intertubes and threatened to blow all covers, but now it has happend, and all sorts of perversions, personal habits, preferences and perturbances have been thoroughly numbercrunched and colorcoded. OKC started publishing some very cute statistics about rape fantasies and personal hygiene habits in the US and elsewhere, and I have high hopes for their upcoming work.

Elsewhere, OKC is feeling the strain of its popularity now, all the college people suddenly seem to rush in, and slowly the neerds and geekgirls that populated this cute website become a minority, spambots and russian scammers increas the number of fake profiles, and the forums are already a constant frat party. I will see how long I stick around, especially since I’m not looking for dates anymore.

But as long as they don’t take slashdot away from me, I shall be happy browsing the webs.

Science. It works, bitches!

Mathematic and related sciences have always been very hard work for me – my talents are more suited to social sciences and writing. Which is one reason I have utmost respect for anyone working in those fields. And of course I am always deeply impressed by the amazing results one can achive by smartly combining some facts from different fields.

Lots has been written about the election in Iran already, but throwing the results back into the face of the guardian council like this is indeed a marvellous feat. No need for a recount, no need for monitoring, a simple statistical analysis and their lies fall apart. The scandal is first and foremost that the election has been rigged – its rather secondary by what margin and how. As long as this hasn’t been adressed, the iranian president lacks all legitimacy.

Science. It works, bitches!