Miscellany
§ - James Joyce: Father of Sexual Harassment - Why the heck is this student wasting time and money on college?! So one person didn't like the professor's style of teaching. Could have just dropped out of the class and let the others get on with things, but oh no, let's try to control what everybody else does too.
§ - Targeted ads way off the mark - "Reading the news was shocking enough, but it was especially disgusting to see how one news site presented inappropriate advertising with its coverage."
§ - A Test of Paying Attention Behind the Wheel - "The researchers found that this kind of intent listening had almost no effect on how closely the drivers paid attention to the road and the dashboard. But when the drivers were asked to talk about what they had heard, their ability to pay attention dropped by as much as a third."
§ - Filters run amok - Toppenish Filter
§ - Really dumb joke - Al-Qaeda joke sparks air scare
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