Interesting Links for 11-2-2011

[andrewducker]

• Protection of Freedoms bill announced. All sorts of authoritarian nonsense to be rolled back.
  (tags: liberal rights government uk)
• GMail announces 2-factor authentication
  (tags: google security authentication)
• Vatican Bans iOS Confessional App
  (tags: catholicism apple)
• Nokia switches to being a microsoft phone provider. What the fucking fuck?
  (tags: nokia phones mobile_phones wtf)
• Even the elite of society can engage in flamewars
  (tags: feminism women usa uk)
• Possibly the ugliest commercial website in existence
  (tags: shopping uk usability awful webdesign EpicFail)
• Some People (a graphic short story)
  (tags: art comic writing society)
• How to drink heavily (without it ruining your night/life).
  (tags: drinking alcohol advice)
• Why you aren't seeing updates from all of your FB friends (a new Facebook setting)
  (tags: facebook)
• The Cthulhu Mythos, As Imagined By Kids
  (tags: art lovecraft cthulhu children)
• Why HP’s take on WebOS could be a very big deal
  (tags: technology hp tablet webos)
• The Reindeer of St Matthew Island. A story that brings a lesson for all of us.
  (tags: environment science earth population reindeer comic)
• Interim Apple Chief Under Fire After Unveiling Grotesque New MacBook
  (tags: computer funny apple)
• Marvel in talks with Shane Black to helm Iron Man 3. Awesome choice.
  (tags: marvel comics IronMan movies)
• Dispelling the myth that because AV isn't most people's idea of the best system it isn't worth voting for.
  (tags: av voting)
• Nourishing a Culture of Failure
  (tags: innovation creativity business people)

Comments

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

Completely agreed. There's some argument that it means people won't try as hard, but on balance, I think it's a better system.

Of course, you also need to encourage a culture of failure, which is where Norway and the UK both do very badly.

[0olong.livejournal.com]

Because even though we jeer at people when they succeed, we point and laugh when they fail?

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

Failing in the UK is seen as Very Bad Indeed. Obviously we like underdogs, but if you've failed at something once, the general national feeling is that you shouldn't try it again because you clearly suck.