Thursday, March 19, 2015

BSides Austin 2015

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In the old days of rock 'n' roll 45 rpm records, the "A" side was the hit release and the "B" side was just so...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Happy Pi Day of the Century

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Every March 14, we celebrate Pi Day.  3.14 is a pretty good approximation, better than 1 part in 1000. This year, being 2015, we acknowledg...
Friday, March 6, 2015

Alternatives to Prison (Part 1 of 3)

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Introduction:   For almost 200 years, the treatment and punishment of convicted criminals was defined by blending the Pennsylvania System a...

Alternatives to Prison (Part 2 of 3)

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Reintegrative Shaming was developed by John Braithwaite based on his experience as an administrative regulator of pharmaceutical firms in ...

Alternatives to Prison (Part 3 of 3)

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Laissez-faire Criminology  is my assertion ( on this blog ) that you do not need to react to every wrong or harm, either against yourself o...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Unit Circle

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Truth to tell, I was disappointed to find a really nice write-up on Wikipedia.  I was hoping that this was still arcane knowledge.  As far a...
Monday, February 23, 2015

An Abundance of Talent: the 2015 Austin Energy Regional Science Festival

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For the fourth time, I served as a judge for behavioral and social sciences in our local science fair.  Again, I met an array of talented a...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Problem of Cultural Patrimony

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From Agent Presse France  via Al-Arabiya online here   On February 18, 2015, news services (Reuters here ) reported that a group of a...