http://ben.klemens.org/blog A blog on the politics of information en The Department of Commerce ethics office sent me the following statement regarding my affairs. This office ostensibly also oversees Mr Kappos: <p> "Government-wide Standards of Conduct bar a Federal employee from participating in a matter in his Government job if a party to that matter is an organziation with whom he has a 'covered relationship' if doing so would cause an appearance of a loss of impartiality. An employee has a covered relationship with an organization with which he has a business relationship, and with a former, non-Federal employer for one year after termination of an employment relationship." <p> By the way, for those who didn't notice, this blog does not express official opinions of the Department of Commerce. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000012.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000012.htm Ben Klemens 9 August 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Hi. You may know that I work in both the law/politics of data, and with data itself. For that other half of my life, I've started up a new blog about statistics, computing, and scientific inquiry, at <a href="http://modelingwithdata.org">http://modelingwithdata.org</a>. It is partially in support of my textbook on statistical computing, and partly its own thing. <p> So if you like my writing here, you may like it in that context too. I expect to continue posting on this blog as well, about as often as I have been (which is to say, infrequently). http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/10000011.htm Ben Klemens 10 March 2009 00:00:00 +0000 You may not have known this, but the US court system is quirky. Microsoft is using that to its advantage. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000011.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000011.htm Ben Klemens 26 February 2009 00:00:00 +0000 I really can't imagine discussing this subject without physical metaphors, but it's worth taking care in how we use those metaphors. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000010.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000010.htm Ben Klemens 8 February 2009 00:00:00 +0000 It did no harm, and will focus future debate. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000009.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000009.htm Ben Klemens 31 October 2008 00:00:00 +0000 At this point, you've probably picked up on how this blog will be updated infrequently with long posts. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000008.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000008.htm Ben Klemens 15 July 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Absinthe has the odd effect of causing its user to think about patent law. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000007.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000007.htm Ben Klemens 21 April 2008 00:00:00 +0000 This one is incredibly important. For my money, it's the key issue in determining whether patents are appropriate in a given context. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000006.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000006.htm Ben Klemens 7 April 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Especially for text-with-function like software, the difference between the two systems is not at all where one would expect it to be. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000005.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000005.htm Ben Klemens 10 March 2008 00:00:00 +0000 The rule is that when the theory repeatedly disagrees with the empirical evidence, you have to let the theory go. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000004.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000004.htm Ben Klemens 27 February 2008 00:00:00 +0000 In which I discuss the first whole-genome study of the causes of bipolar disorder. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000003.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000003.htm Ben Klemens 20 February 2008 00:00:00 +0000 A summary of this post: Hi. http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000001.htm http://ben.klemens.org/blog/arch/00000001.htm Ben Klemens 10 February 2008 00:00:00 +0000