A Brief Monty Hall Problem Digression
At lunch at the Spoonbill Bowl on Saturday, I was privileged to volunteer with a group of students, faculty, and
Read moreAuthor: Wesley R. Elsberry
Biological History: Strickland on Zoological Systematics
In looking at the Wallace biogeography flap, I came across an interesting passage in Wallace’s 1855 Sarawak paper: We shall
Read moreCoyne, Wallace, and Flannery
There’s a post on “PRUnderground” that takes delight in an alleged screwup by Prof. Jerry Coyne. Coyne is stated to
Read moreLosing Revenue?
Have a look at this article on the BBC site. There’s just so much wrong. The mobile telephony companies are
Read moreSome Data Analysis and Visualization
As noted here before, I’m working through refreshing archived data, mostly from CD-ROM media. I’ve run into a whole batch
Read moreThe Weekend
I don’t know what other people got up to this weekend, but mine has been pretty well filled with computing
Read moreCritical Analysis, Critically Analyzed
Dr. Eugenie Scott is giving a public talk Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Read moreVerizon FIOS Continues to Not Talk to Verizon FIOS
I have two new trouble tickets with Verizon FIOS as the connectivity situation continues to be nearly completely non-functional, as
Read moreVerizon FIOS Doesn’t Talk to Verizon FIOS?
I have a bit more information about the connection difficulties I’ve been having with my ISP, Verizon FIOS. I have
Read moreConnection Issues
My connection to the servers in Texas from my home systems is unreliable. For the moment, my only reliable link
Read moreA Quick Snap
View at St. Pete.
Read moreNo One Expects the Comparative Anatomist
Upcoming television series on PBS: Inside Nature’s Giants, begins January 18th at 10 PM. Professor Joy Reidenberg is an unlikely
Read moreSMM 2011: Sirenian Workshop
I’m attending the Society for Marine Mammalogy biennial conference this year. The location is the Tampa Convention Center, making this
Read moreNot as Simple as They Think
The editors of the Tulsa World think that Lawmakers should adopt stronger wildlife laws. That’s fair enough in light of
Read moreRefreshing Data, Part Two
Some time back, I mentioned getting data off CD-ROM and putting it on hard disk with a second hard disk
Read moreEducating Casey on Publishing
We’ve known for a long time that Casey Luskin has some very odd ideas about what constitutes a technical publication.
Read moreTaxes and Incentives for Job Creation
In the Terry Pratchett novel “Witches Abroad”, he sets up an image of “the optimist’s fire”, which he then defines
Read moreRevising Assessment of Clayton Williams, Jr.
Back in 1990, Clayton Williams, Jr. was in the news a lot as he ran for governor in Texas. His
Read moreMultiple Sound Sources in the Bottlenose Dolphin
It’s been a long time coming, but the paper on evidence for multiple sound sources in the bottlenose dolphin appears
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