(From xkcd)
His TEDTalk on the base system was better
education
4 surprising lessons about education learned from data collected around the world
Education is generally thought of as a domestic policy issue. But what can we learn by looking at education on the global scale? In today’s talk, given at TEDGlobal 2012, Andreas Schleicher introduces us to a test that measures school systems and student achievement in countries across the globe—PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment), […]
Business
6 talks about problems with patents
The Wright Brothers’ flying machine took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. Credited as the first to successfully fly an airplane, the Wright Brothers were one of several in the early aviation game who were filing patents for their innovations and suing competitors who stepped on their turf. However, the US […]
Patrick Settle commented on Sep 22 2009
I’d like to propose an alternative.
%u2026linux (or BSD (: )
Of course the proper solution is to move towards using UTF-8.
( So I can use proper smiley %u263A)
Edit: oh ted… ted ted ted. Why oh why you no support UTF-8 comments?
Morgana Summers commented on Sep 1 2009
Emoticon logistics would enthrall me no end, were it delivered by Monsieur Munroe.
Morteza Pourmohamadi commented on Feb 9 2009
So… When do we see Randall in TED? That Parenthetical statement really needs some brainstorming…
Hulk Smaash commented on Feb 10 2009
=D LOL !!! =p
Denise Bem David commented on Feb 11 2009
My solution is to use a different size for the smiley (ex; use size 8 and the parenthetical marks and rest of the text in size 12. Or vice-versa). Other solution is to use a different colour for the emoticon. In both cases, tools for “treating” the text need to be available.