“This is what global warming looks like at the regional or personal level,” said Jonathan Overpeck, professor of geosciences and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona. “The extra heat increases the odds of worse heat waves, droughts, storms and wildfire. This is certainly what I and many other climate scientists have been warning about.” …
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Psychology’s five aspects of wisdom
A recent article in the Economist used a complex, but somewhat small in scope, survey to study wisdom. They found that Americans definitely get smarter with age. They scored 45 points at age 25, and 55 by age 75. In comparison, the Japanese learn wisdom much quicker, scoring 51 in both age groups. This led …
My funny personal assistant: entertaining yourself with Siri jokes
More… There is a blog with over 100 more – stuff Siri says The first Siri TV commercial Apple’s Siri vs. Google Voice Example of what you can say to Siri
Examples of what you can say to Siri on iOS 5 and iPhone 4S
When Apple announced the new iPhone the hubbub was over the hardware and the name (iPhone 4S and not iPhone 5). Then there was this little buzz about Siri that kept popping up. Most of us ignored the announcement because of all the (negative) hoopla around voice-recognition. Yet, many are predicting that this software, indeed …
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