Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-20-2010

[andrewducker]

• Turmeric reduces Alzheimer's symptoms by 30%
  (tags: health brain diet food alzheimers)
• Inside the acrimonious AT&T/Apple relationship
  (tags: apple iphone network mobile technology att phones)
• Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales
  (tags: ebooks amazon technology)
• Five reasons to envy the French
  (tags: charlesstross france healthcare technology trains transport)
• Leonardo was up for the role of Anakin. Oh, how I wish he'd taken it.
  (tags: LeonardoDiCaprio StarWars)
• Tobacco manufacturers target major music festivals to reach young audience
  (tags: marketing smoking advertising facebook festival music socialnetworking health)
• Comparative photos of Mount Everest 'confirm ice loss'
  (tags: environment globalwarming climatechange)

Comments

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

The TGV is not 'powered by nuclear power'. It's powered by electricity. The fact that that leccy is produced by nuclear has no impact at all on the TGV's performance or speed or impressiveness. Logical fallacy here, whose name I can't be bothered to look up. But unimpressed.

[andrewducker]

Did you actually read the article? At no point does he claim that its speed is related to the fact that the electricity is produced by nuclear power stations.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Saying it's an 'awesome atomic-powered high speed train' makes an implied connection.

[andrewducker]

The awesomeness is connected to both bits.

[broin.livejournal.com]

+1 Astute
+1 Amusing
+1 Awesome.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Amazon's figures are slightly distorted. They have included all the downloads of old, out of copyright books which are available free of charge.

[andrewducker]

Aaah, interesting. Thanks!

For real comparison we'd need to look at numbers sold only of books which were available in both hardback and kindle forms, I suppose.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Leonardo was up for the role of Anakin. Oh, how I wish he'd taken it.
(tags: LeonardoDiCaprio StarWars)

I personally doubt it would have made a difference. Lucas is a bad director of actors. A good director would have gotten better performances out of everyone. Just my thoughts.