Interesting Links for 15-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• A suggested for selling books/comics online, with no setup costs. It's actually pretty smart.
  (tags: writing marketing publishing comics online business distribution selfpublishing ebook)
• Swine flu gives its survivors supercharged immunity
  (tags: medicine science health swineflu virus)
• Putting food labels on restaurant menus does not affect customer choices even a tiny little bit.
  (tags: food law)
• $1,000 reward offered for stolen cancer research laptop. WILL SOMEONE TEACH RESEARCHERS TO BACK UP!!!!!!!
  (tags: research theft EpicFail OhForFucksSake)
• Researchers Use MRI to Predict 60% Of Your Gaming Prowess
  (tags: psychology games computers brain neuroscience)
• Woman claimed to have cancer and burns in order to have a relationship with another woman while claiming to be a main.
  (tags: relationships wtf)
• How drug classification really works
  (tags: drugs satire funny)
• Fantasy names: a rant.
  (tags: writing scifi fantasy language)
• Government not able to limit RBS bonuses, due to contract signed by Labour
  (tags: rbs bonus banking uk government finance)

Comments

[atreic.livejournal.com]

I think there's probably some sample bias in giving food information to people who have already chosen to eat at Taco Time in the first place. I mean, when I go for MacDonalds, I've _already_ made a decision that this is an 'unhealthy food treat', so giving me further calorie information doesn't really shift my mind. Whereas if I was in a work canteen I might pay more attention to the information.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It's possible that one of the macdonalds meals is very different to the others, but I doubt it's very much so, so comparative ratings won't make much difference.