Still independent

The New York Times now owns the Freakonomics Blog. But Half Sigma still remains independent.

Comments

[Spungen]

Yeah, you just act like you're run by Murdoch.

[Turambar]

A lame attempt by the Times to stay relevant.

The fact is they still haven't closed the gap with the WSJ "Numbers Guy" column.

The only point of the NYT is if you want to willingly cocoon, or if you read it with ironic amusement.

[JewishAtheist]

Phew.

Yeah, you just act like you're run by Murdoch.

Why keep visiting then?

[roissy]

Why keep visiting then?

she can't help herself. chicks dig badboys.

[Turambar]

The newly integrated NYT Freakanomics blog is having a brainstorming contest for people to suggest ways in which terrorists can cause the most mental damage on the US population.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/if-you-were-a-terrorist-how-would-you-attack/

They assure the reader:
I’m sure many readers have far better ideas. I would love to hear them. Consider that posting them could be a form of public service: I presume that a lot more folks who oppose and fight terror read this blog than actual terrorists. So by getting these ideas out in the open, it gives terror fighters a chance to consider and plan for these scenarios before they occur.

But this is after they advocate roving teams of snipers in 20 major US cities. How is one of the "folks" fighting terrorism supposed to fight against that? The only thing I can think of is to deny entry to suspicious types in the first place, require extra documentation of identity and to conduct extra eavesdropping- all of which the Times opposes as unnecessary.

Security through obscurity may not be sufficient, but it is certainly helpful if we dont have our university professors brainstorming for the tent dwellers.

I would like to see HS fisk this latest Freak column, assuming Rupert approve of such as retaliation for Pinch's presumptions.

[Spungen]

she can't help herself. chicks dig badboys.

That's right, Roissy. You should take lessons next time he bitch-slaps that mouthy NY Times. Your problem with women is that you're just too nice a guy (eyeroll).

[David Alexander]

I read Half Sigma because self-hatred is addictive.

[Spungen]

Now, David. Half is a bright, well-read guy who occasionally comes up with original insights. It's just too bad that his good qualities are often handicapped by his ... issues.

she can't help herself. chicks dig badboys.

That's right, Roissy. You should take lessons next time he bitch-slaps that mouthy NY Times. Your problem with women is that you're just too nice a guy (eyeroll).

I guess she can't.

[Spungen]

So I'm accused of being hot for Half because he's a bad boy. But we also know that Half was, until recently, a computer programmer. And didn't Roissy claim just the other day that a computer programmer was less likely to score than a serial killer?

If complaining about women on the Internet makes someone a bad boy, the barrier to entry is low enough for all you dorks to clear. So stop whining about women's high standards.

Spungen | August 09, 2007 at 09:53 PM

Still coming back?

[Spungen]

Why is someone so eager to chase the one regular, self-identified female commenter off HS's blog?