Archive for November, 2007
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Apparently it can be used to detect stupidity. Well, sort of. StupidFilter is an open source project to identify “rampant stupidity in written English.” Eventually, the authors hope to create a Firefox and Wordpress plugin. I wonder if they can create one for email, considering some of the ones I get from my students.
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Does this remind you of something?
Venezuela is slated to vote on profound constitutional reforms in December, among them abolition of presidential term limits.
In addition to abolishing presidential term limits, President Chavez is also proposing to bypass legal controls on the executive during a state of emergency, bring in a maximum six-hour working day, cut the voting age from 18 [...]
