If any part of the headline is 'in quotation marks,' the story is either a vast distortion of the truth, or an outright lie.
If the headline ends in a question mark, the answer is no.
If the headline suggests a major medical breakthrough, the study will be small, the results not statistically significant, or there will simply be no mention of these things.
Addendum: If the headline is written in a publication in the Northwest Territories, hey! Look over there! Something shiny!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
In today's top CBC headlines...
"Libyan snipers fire on mourners"
and
"Winnipeg girl to sing with Lady Gaga"
There is something wrong with a world where it is implied those two events deserve the same degree of national attention.
and
"Winnipeg girl to sing with Lady Gaga"
There is something wrong with a world where it is implied those two events deserve the same degree of national attention.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Congratulations to Egypt!
The People got what they asked for.
Now comes the hard part: getting what they want.
Now comes the hard part: getting what they want.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Bo*bs
One of my posts from Oct 2008 receives a large number of hits from Google. Considering that the Internet is powered primarily by porn this is hardly surprising.
The short version is, it's a survey of the number of Google hits depending on the number of additional O's added to the word "boobs." Being one of the more entertaining bits of original research I have done (in a geek way, not what you were just thinking), it's time for part 2.
As you can see, compared with the original data (blue), there has been a significant increase in the large-O count instances (red). There is a curious spike at 11 O's where there was a dip previously, and 22 O's is also considerably off the trend line for no apparent reason. 35 also shows a bit of a bump. Note that the scale is logarithmic, so while there were 34,800,000 boobs on the internet previously, there are now 40,600,000 even thought the bars are not significantly different in size.
Of other interest, I sampled a larger data set as well (up to 125 O's from the 97 in the previous survey). Did you know that the longest word Google will index is 127 characters? Interestingly, there are hits all the way out to 124 O's, with the exception of 111. This data was actually gathered in August 2010, so it may be slightly out of date.
So, in the spirit of data openness, and a shameless attempt for more Google hits, here is the raw data (.csv format) comparing the 2008 data with 2010 data:
"Google Search","Hits 2008","Number of o's 2008","Log10(x+1)","Hits 2010","Number of o's 2010","Log10(x+1)"
"bbs",168000000,0,8.23,540000000,0,8.73
"bobs",6080000,1,6.78,16200000,1,7.21
"boobs",34800000,2,7.54,40600000,2,7.61
"booobs",203000,3,5.31,302000,3,5.48
"boooobs",11700,4,4.07,275000,4,5.44
"booooobs",9500,5,3.98,101000,5,5
"boooooobs",10800,6,4.03,52500,6,4.72
"booooooobs",3110,7,3.49,26700,7,4.43
"boooooooobs",1930,8,3.29,24100,8,4.38
"booooooooobs",2230,9,3.35,9310,9,3.97
"boooooooooobs",5830,10,3.77,12900,10,4.11
"booooooooooobs",1320,11,3.12,52000,11,4.72
"boooooooooooobs",2820,12,3.45,11300,12,4.05
"booooooooooooobs",707,13,2.85,4570,13,3.66
"boooooooooooooobs",857,14,2.93,4150,14,3.62
"booooooooooooooobs",395,15,2.6,7600,15,3.88
"boooooooooooooooobs",450,16,2.65,1950,16,3.29
"booooooooooooooooobs",645,17,2.81,1920,17,3.28
"boooooooooooooooooobs",94,18,1.98,1150,18,3.06
"booooooooooooooooooobs",292,19,2.47,1530,19,3.18
"boooooooooooooooooooobs",91,20,1.96,1100,20,3.04
"booooooooooooooooooooobs",77,21,1.89,907,21,2.96
"boooooooooooooooooooooobs",65,22,1.82,8680,22,3.94
"booooooooooooooooooooooobs",50,23,1.71,791,23,2.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooobs",63,24,1.81,619,24,2.79
"booooooooooooooooooooooooobs",54,25,1.74,678,25,2.83
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",43,26,1.64,518,26,2.72
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",47,27,1.68,671,27,2.83
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",31,28,1.51,459,28,2.66
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",44,29,1.65,328,29,2.52
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",28,30,1.46,395,30,2.6
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",30,31,1.49,282,31,2.45
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",27,32,1.45,302,32,2.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",31,33,1.51,222,33,2.35
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",21,34,1.34,88,34,1.95
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",22,35,1.36,354,35,2.55
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",17,36,1.26,69,36,1.85
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",15,37,1.2,73,37,1.87
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",20,38,1.32,64,38,1.81
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",15,39,1.2,60,39,1.79
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",20,40,1.32,73,40,1.87
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",10,41,1.04,60,41,1.79
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",7,42,0.9,49,42,1.7
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",9,43,1,40,43,1.61
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",14,44,1.18,36,44,1.57
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,45,0.85,46,45,1.67
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",30,46,1.49,26,46,1.43
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,47,0.85,33,47,1.53
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",11,48,1.08,30,48,1.49
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,49,0.7,26,49,1.43
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,50,0.78,35,50,1.56
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,51,0.95,28,51,1.46
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,52,0.95,18,52,1.28
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,53,0.78,19,53,1.3
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,54,0.7,14,54,1.18
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,55,0.7,13,55,1.15
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,56,0.78,18,56,1.28
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,57,0.6,13,57,1.15
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,58,0.7,8,58,0.95
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,59,0.7,10,59,1.04
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,60,0.7,11,60,1.08
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,61,0.85,17,61,1.26
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,62,0.7,10,62,1.04
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",7,63,0.9,14,63,1.18
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,64,0.6,17,64,1.26
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,65,0.95,10,65,1.04
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,66,0.78,7,66,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",12,67,1.11,11,67,1.08
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,68,0.7,9,68,1
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,69,0.7,7,69,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,70,0.48,7,70,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,71,0.85,7,71,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,72,0.78,5,72,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,73,0.48,7,73,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,74,0.85,7,74,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,75,0.3,11,75,1.08
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,76,0.48,7,76,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,77,0.85,8,77,0.95
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,78,0,9,78,1
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,79,0.48,6,79,0.85
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,80,0.48,6,80,0.85
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,81,0.7,4,81,0.7
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,82,0.6,12,82,1.11
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,83,0.6,9,83,1
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,84,0.7,7,84,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,85,0.6,5,85,0.78
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,86,0.48,3,86,0.6
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,87,0.3,5,87,0.78
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,88,0.3,9,88,1
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,89,0.3,6,89,0.85
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,90,0.7,5,90,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,91,0.3,6,91,0.85
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,92,0,5,92,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,93,0,3,93,0.6
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,94,0.3,2,94,0.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,95,0,3,95,0.6
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,96,0.6,5,96,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,97,0.48,5,97,0.78
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,98,0,5,98,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,99,0,2,99,0.48
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,100,0,5,100,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,101,0,11,101,1.08
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,102,0,3,102,0.6
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,103,0,2,103,0.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,104,0,2,104,0.48
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,105,0,2,105,0.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,106,0,5,106,0.78
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,107,0,2,107,0.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,108,0,1,108,0.3
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,109,0,1,109,0.3
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,110,0,2,110,0.48
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,111,0,0,111,0
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,112,0,3,112,0.6
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,113,0,1,113,0.3
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,114,0,1,114,0.3
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,115,0,3,115,0.6
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,116,0,4,116,0.7
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,117,0,1,117,0.3
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,118,0,2,118,0.48
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,119,0,3,119,0.6
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,120,0,3,120,0.6
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,121,0,2,121,0.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,122,0,1,122,0.3
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,123,0,0,123,0
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,124,0,4,124,0.7
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,125,0,0,125,0
The short version is, it's a survey of the number of Google hits depending on the number of additional O's added to the word "boobs." Being one of the more entertaining bits of original research I have done (in a geek way, not what you were just thinking), it's time for part 2.
As you can see, compared with the original data (blue), there has been a significant increase in the large-O count instances (red). There is a curious spike at 11 O's where there was a dip previously, and 22 O's is also considerably off the trend line for no apparent reason. 35 also shows a bit of a bump. Note that the scale is logarithmic, so while there were 34,800,000 boobs on the internet previously, there are now 40,600,000 even thought the bars are not significantly different in size.
Of other interest, I sampled a larger data set as well (up to 125 O's from the 97 in the previous survey). Did you know that the longest word Google will index is 127 characters? Interestingly, there are hits all the way out to 124 O's, with the exception of 111. This data was actually gathered in August 2010, so it may be slightly out of date.
So, in the spirit of data openness, and a shameless attempt for more Google hits, here is the raw data (.csv format) comparing the 2008 data with 2010 data:
"Google Search","Hits 2008","Number of o's 2008","Log10(x+1)","Hits 2010","Number of o's 2010","Log10(x+1)"
"bbs",168000000,0,8.23,540000000,0,8.73
"bobs",6080000,1,6.78,16200000,1,7.21
"boobs",34800000,2,7.54,40600000,2,7.61
"booobs",203000,3,5.31,302000,3,5.48
"boooobs",11700,4,4.07,275000,4,5.44
"booooobs",9500,5,3.98,101000,5,5
"boooooobs",10800,6,4.03,52500,6,4.72
"booooooobs",3110,7,3.49,26700,7,4.43
"boooooooobs",1930,8,3.29,24100,8,4.38
"booooooooobs",2230,9,3.35,9310,9,3.97
"boooooooooobs",5830,10,3.77,12900,10,4.11
"booooooooooobs",1320,11,3.12,52000,11,4.72
"boooooooooooobs",2820,12,3.45,11300,12,4.05
"booooooooooooobs",707,13,2.85,4570,13,3.66
"boooooooooooooobs",857,14,2.93,4150,14,3.62
"booooooooooooooobs",395,15,2.6,7600,15,3.88
"boooooooooooooooobs",450,16,2.65,1950,16,3.29
"booooooooooooooooobs",645,17,2.81,1920,17,3.28
"boooooooooooooooooobs",94,18,1.98,1150,18,3.06
"booooooooooooooooooobs",292,19,2.47,1530,19,3.18
"boooooooooooooooooooobs",91,20,1.96,1100,20,3.04
"booooooooooooooooooooobs",77,21,1.89,907,21,2.96
"boooooooooooooooooooooobs",65,22,1.82,8680,22,3.94
"booooooooooooooooooooooobs",50,23,1.71,791,23,2.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooobs",63,24,1.81,619,24,2.79
"booooooooooooooooooooooooobs",54,25,1.74,678,25,2.83
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",43,26,1.64,518,26,2.72
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",47,27,1.68,671,27,2.83
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",31,28,1.51,459,28,2.66
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",44,29,1.65,328,29,2.52
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",28,30,1.46,395,30,2.6
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",30,31,1.49,282,31,2.45
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",27,32,1.45,302,32,2.48
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",31,33,1.51,222,33,2.35
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",21,34,1.34,88,34,1.95
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",22,35,1.36,354,35,2.55
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",17,36,1.26,69,36,1.85
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",15,37,1.2,73,37,1.87
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",20,38,1.32,64,38,1.81
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",15,39,1.2,60,39,1.79
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",20,40,1.32,73,40,1.87
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",10,41,1.04,60,41,1.79
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",7,42,0.9,49,42,1.7
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",9,43,1,40,43,1.61
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",14,44,1.18,36,44,1.57
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,45,0.85,46,45,1.67
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",30,46,1.49,26,46,1.43
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,47,0.85,33,47,1.53
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",11,48,1.08,30,48,1.49
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,49,0.7,26,49,1.43
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,50,0.78,35,50,1.56
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,51,0.95,28,51,1.46
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,52,0.95,18,52,1.28
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,53,0.78,19,53,1.3
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,54,0.7,14,54,1.18
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,55,0.7,13,55,1.15
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,56,0.78,18,56,1.28
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,57,0.6,13,57,1.15
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,58,0.7,8,58,0.95
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,59,0.7,10,59,1.04
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,60,0.7,11,60,1.08
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,61,0.85,17,61,1.26
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,62,0.7,10,62,1.04
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",7,63,0.9,14,63,1.18
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,64,0.6,17,64,1.26
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",8,65,0.95,10,65,1.04
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,66,0.78,7,66,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",12,67,1.11,11,67,1.08
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,68,0.7,9,68,1
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,69,0.7,7,69,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,70,0.48,7,70,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,71,0.85,7,71,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",5,72,0.78,5,72,0.78
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,73,0.48,7,73,0.9
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,74,0.85,7,74,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",1,75,0.3,11,75,1.08
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,76,0.48,7,76,0.9
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",6,77,0.85,8,77,0.95
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",0,78,0,9,78,1
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,79,0.48,6,79,0.85
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",2,80,0.48,6,80,0.85
"booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",4,81,0.7,4,81,0.7
"boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobs",3,82,0.6,12,82,1.11
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Danger
From BBC News:
Being the aggressor nation in an unjustified war to find weapons of mass destruction that didn't actually exist.
That is how you put lives at risk, not by revealing events that never should have happened and should have been disclosed much earlier.
There has been ample opportunity to reveal and hopefully apologize for the wrongdoings of the previous administration, and do it on your own terms.
Speaking to reporters in Washington earlier, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she condemned "in the most clear terms the disclosure of any information by individuals and or organisations which puts the lives of United States and its partners' service members and civilians at risk".
Being the aggressor nation in an unjustified war to find weapons of mass destruction that didn't actually exist.
That is how you put lives at risk, not by revealing events that never should have happened and should have been disclosed much earlier.
There has been ample opportunity to reveal and hopefully apologize for the wrongdoings of the previous administration, and do it on your own terms.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Scotiabank / Google Ads Fail
I added Google Ads to my page here mostly to see how it works, and just because you never know when you might become the target of an Internet meme. We can all hope, anyway. Plus I do get a small but steady stream of people who end up here by searching for boooooooo*oooooobs due to this post (for which I have new, current statistics, but just haven't posted yet).
In any case, I found this humorous:
I'm not quite sure why Scotiabank would want to buy their own name for AdWords. It's not like their web site is hard to find.
In any case, I found this humorous:
I'm not quite sure why Scotiabank would want to buy their own name for AdWords. It's not like their web site is hard to find.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Scotia iTrade are a bunch of money grubbing bastards
This is my review of Scotiabank's Scotia iTrade service.
I used to have an account with eTrade Canada. My former employer didn't give me many choices regarding brokerages for our employee stock purchase program, but this was back during the dot-com boom and eTrade was obviously the best known.
For the last decade, everything was fine. I had a few shares from the employee stock purchase program sitting in the account, and a little cash. I eventually moved most of the cash out to my main investment account, but I always kept the shares there as a little bit of savings that I wouldn't touch. Plus the shares had declined in value by about 70%, so it wasn't of great interest.
Then eTrade went out of business and got bought by Scotiabank. This was fine, everything was the same, just a different name.
Then, without any warning, or even a change of policy that was brought to my attention, they started charging a $25/month "inactivity fee." For the pleasure of letting them hold onto some of my money, they feel they need to charge me. Wonderful.
So, I sent the appropriate forms to my bank to get all of the assets away from Scotiabank, and that all went smoothly and wonderfully and only took a couple of days and everything was fine.
Until I got my statement. Apparently the fee for transferring my account, in order that I might avoid a $25/month charge, is $120. Plus HST.
Now, it's possible I overlooked something I was sent after the account was moved to iTrade. I don't think so, though. I usually read that sort of stuff fairly carefully.
In any case, I hereby vow to, as far as it is possible, never use Scotiabank or any of the financial services ever again. I would encourage anyone reading this to do the same, if you value your money.
I used to have an account with eTrade Canada. My former employer didn't give me many choices regarding brokerages for our employee stock purchase program, but this was back during the dot-com boom and eTrade was obviously the best known.
For the last decade, everything was fine. I had a few shares from the employee stock purchase program sitting in the account, and a little cash. I eventually moved most of the cash out to my main investment account, but I always kept the shares there as a little bit of savings that I wouldn't touch. Plus the shares had declined in value by about 70%, so it wasn't of great interest.
Then eTrade went out of business and got bought by Scotiabank. This was fine, everything was the same, just a different name.
Then, without any warning, or even a change of policy that was brought to my attention, they started charging a $25/month "inactivity fee." For the pleasure of letting them hold onto some of my money, they feel they need to charge me. Wonderful.
So, I sent the appropriate forms to my bank to get all of the assets away from Scotiabank, and that all went smoothly and wonderfully and only took a couple of days and everything was fine.
Until I got my statement. Apparently the fee for transferring my account, in order that I might avoid a $25/month charge, is $120. Plus HST.
Now, it's possible I overlooked something I was sent after the account was moved to iTrade. I don't think so, though. I usually read that sort of stuff fairly carefully.
In any case, I hereby vow to, as far as it is possible, never use Scotiabank or any of the financial services ever again. I would encourage anyone reading this to do the same, if you value your money.
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