tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110728509003610154..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Virtual meetings overdueSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1107369952939037142005-02-02T13:45:00.000-05:002005-02-02T13:45:00.000-05:00Pankaj,
I bought my house in 1998, and the going ...Pankaj,<br /><br />I bought my house in 1998, and the going rate was about $100 per sq ft. (Plus or minus, depending on quality, location, etc.)<br /><br />Now I would say it is roughly $130-150, so about 6% annualized return (nominal) over the last 7 years. Not a bubble at all, although I did see a small (1400 sqf) mission-style bungalow near campus listed for $429K ! That might be cheap for Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1107313164255251082005-02-01T21:59:00.000-05:002005-02-01T21:59:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01evo.ht...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01evo.html?pagewanted=all&position=<br /><br />Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect<br />By SANDRA BLAKESLEE <br /> <br />Birdbrain has long been a colloquial term of ridicule. The common notion is that birds' brains are simple, or so scientists thought and taught for many years. But that notion has increasingly been called into question as crows and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1107313080355062872005-02-01T21:58:00.000-05:002005-02-01T21:58:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01evo.ht...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01evo.html?pagewanted=all&position=<br /><br />Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes<br />By CORNELIA DEAN <br /> <br />Dr. John Frandsen, a retired zoologist, was at a dinner for teachers in Birmingham, Ala., recently when he met a young woman who had just begun work as a biology teacher in a small school district in the state. Their conversation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1107313007486988652005-02-01T21:56:00.000-05:002005-02-01T21:56:00.000-05:00I know, I know :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/...I know, I know :)<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01math.html<br /><br />For Some Girls, the Problem With Math Is That They're Good at It<br />By CORNELIA DEAN <br /> <br />A few years ago, I told Donald Kennedy, editor of the journal Science, that I wanted to write an essay for his publication. It would say, "Anyone who thinks that sexism is no longer a problem in science Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com