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Tuesday, 7 February 2017

TMI

I will never, ever again fall back on the old adage, "in the age of information, ignorance is a choice". Anyone quoting that has never read the ALMA CASA cookbook. Or the example training PDF. And the less said about the vast, stupendous data reduction wiki, the better.

In the age of information overload, I need more tea. Much more tea.
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7 comments:

  1. André Esteves7 February 2017 at 15:46

    Or more brains... :(

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  2. Winchell Chung7 February 2017 at 17:38

    Back in the 1990's some comedian said trying to get information from the internet was like trying to get a little sip of water from a high-pressure fire truck hose.

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  3. Ciro Villa7 February 2017 at 18:35

    In the age of information, (some form of) ignorance is a necessity...

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  4. Christopher Butler8 February 2017 at 02:15

    Winchell Chung that is vaguely familiar. Can't remember who that was, tho.

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  5. Winchell Chung8 February 2017 at 02:45

    Christopher Butler this site
    cyber.harvard.edu - Quotations about the Internet
    attributes it to Mitch Kapor about 1991

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  6. Chris Greene8 February 2017 at 09:15

    André Esteves, I've tried that. Unfortunately, even after the second or third scientist; I find that my productivity doesn't improve. Maybe I'm preparing them wrong.

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  7. André Esteves8 February 2017 at 11:31

    Chris Greene from what i gather they must be very fresh!

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