Entries Tagged 'Academia' ↓

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About $3000.
That’s how much law professor Brian Tamanaha estimates he has made for each of three books he has published.  He says he gets about $5 for every hardcover that’s sold, and $2 for every paperback.  Needless to say, he wasn’t interested in figuring the hourly rate of return for his labor.
I never thought people [...]

With over half of all votes cast, Jason Finley’s haiku on metacognition is the clear winner in the academic haiku contest!  Congratulations, Jason! 
Here’s his haiku one last time:
Wield your mind better:
offload thinking, and improve
metacognition.
“Exceeding Cognitive Limitations: Metacognition and Offloading onto the Environment.”
I think one reason this poem was successful is its resonance with time [...]

Results are in for round one of the haiku contest.  370 votes were cast and we had very close finishes across all fields–no category was decided by more than two votes!
Here are your four outstanding finalists competing for the super fantastic grand prize.  In alphabetical order by opening word:
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Counterarguments:
Let them sleep, like dogs? Oh, no:
Refute [...]

So far 312 votes have been cast in the academic haiku contest — thanks to all who have participated!  All the categories have very close races and it’s still a toss-up as to which poems will make it to the final round.  Those of you who haven’t voted yet still have a chance to change [...]

Here are all the tech/computer/internet entries from the academic haiku contest.  Please vote for your favorite by Monday night (Feb. 26). UPDATE: Voting is now in progress to choose the overall winner! Vote by 11:59 PM, Wednesday, February 28.
1.
Data hides in JPEG.
Eve can’t know; the oppressed speak,
Not just al Qaeda
“Odd-even histogram-preserving JPEG steganography”
2.
marsupial bot
kangaroolike behavior
now [...]

Here are all the social science entries from the academic haiku contest.  Please vote for your favorite by Monday night (Feb. 26). UPDATE: Voting is now in progress to choose the overall winner! Vote by 11:59 PM, Wednesday, February 28.
1.
dixie chicks blacklist
krugman blames clear channel (jerks)
nope, it was rednecks
“Elites, Masses, and Media Blacklists: The Dixie [...]