Delicious LiveJournal Links for 12-18-2009

[andrewducker]

• The Evolution of Cooperation and Trench Warfare in WWI - utterly fascinating
  (tags: history cooperation psychology war wwi)
• Women rate photos of men higher if they're at the top of the page. Men rate women inversely.
  (tags: gender women men attraction psychology)
• eBooks are not significantly cheaper to produce than paper books.
  (tags: publishing books)
• Season Shot - Ammo with flavor.
  A perfect christmas present for the hunter in your life!
  (tags: cooking food ammo guns)
• What happens when you don't invest in your computer systems
  (tags: banking computers EpicFail ibm)

Comments

[meihua.livejournal.com]

> Women rate photos of men higher if they're at the top of the page. Men rate women inversely.

Hah. I clicked this link in the fatalistic expectation that it would have some bullshit evolutionary "psychology" explanation, and I wasn't disappointed.

[andrewducker]

Oh, I don't believe the explanation for an instant. But the effect is still interesting.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

I don't even believe in the effect based on that size sample!

Still - another fascinating collection of links as always sir.