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Sorry, here's the correct link for Western Europe.

http://minus.com/lbrJeBeSvITMig

That first graph is probably one of the most stupid fucking graphs I've ever seen. Have you never heard of "keep all other factors constant"? There is no point whatsoever in including conflict countries like Afghanistan or drug-supplier countries like El Salvador on the same graph as Western Europe, the US, Canada etc

I had done all the graphs. There is no correlation for all nations. There is no correlation for all nations with homicide rates
http://minus.com/lddhssi1nFFVu

http://minus.com/lXDFvzhp8KK7

http://minus.com/lbyuu4u73nhKcE

Too many confounding variables.

Yes, there are too many confounding variables. There are more confounding variables than there are countries. That's why the hypothesis "higher gun ownership causes higher homicide rates" wouldn't be supported even if there was a correlation and even if you think you can justify a choice of a particular subset to look at. And there are far fewer confounding variables among US states, and there still is no correlation.

Sorry, but there simply is no statistical support for the hypothesis that higher gun ownership rates causes higher homicide rates, nor for the hypothesis that gun control lowers homicide rates. If you disagree, the burden is really on you to provide statistically significant evidence for the hypothesis.

That first graph is probably one of the most stupid fucking graphs I've ever seen. Have you never heard of "keep all other factors constant"? There is no point whatsoever in including conflict countries like Afghanistan or drug-supplier countries like El Salvador on the same graph as Western Europe, the US, Canada etc

I had done all the graphs. There is no correlation for all nations. There is no correlation for all nations with homicide rates
http://minus.com/lddhssi1nFFVu

http://minus.com/lXDFvzhp8KK7

http://minus.com/lbyuu4u73nhKcE

Too many confounding variables.

Yes, there are too many confounding variables. There are more confounding variables than there are countries. That's why the hypothesis "higher gun ownership causes higher homicide rates" wouldn't be supported even if there was a correlation and even if you think you can justify a choice of a particular subset to look at. And there are far fewer confounding variables among US states, and there still is no correlation.

Sorry, but there simply is no statistical support for the hypothesis that higher gun ownership rates causes higher homicide rates, nor for the hypothesis that gun control lowers homicide rates. If you disagree, the burden is really on you to provide statistically significant evidence for the hypothesis.

That first graph is probably one of the most stupid fucking graphs I've ever seen. Have you never heard of "keep all other factors constant"? There is no point whatsoever in including conflict countries like Afghanistan or drug-supplier countries like El Salvador on the same graph as Western Europe, the US, Canada etc

I had done all the graphs. There is no correlation for all nations. There is no correlation for all nations with homicide rates
http://minus.com/lddhssi1nFFVu

http://minus.com/lXDFvzhp8KK7

http://minus.com/lbyuu4u73nhKcE

Too many confounding variables.

Yes, there are too many confounding variables. There are more confounding variables than there are countries. That's why the hypothesis "higher gun ownership causes higher homicide rates" wouldn't be supported even if there was a correlation and even if you think you can justify a choice of a particular subset to look at. And there are far fewer confounding variables among US states, and there still is no correlation.

Sorry, but there simply is no statistical support for the hypothesis that higher gun ownership rates causes higher homicide rates, nor for the hypothesis that gun control lowers homicide rates. If you disagree, the burden is really on you to provide statistically significant evidence for the hypothesis.

No, there isn't a clear pattern. Here is a plot of gun ownership vs homicides across the world:

http://minus.com/lbnnTmSIVLyfXC

Here is a plot of gun ownership vs firearm (!) homicides across US states:

http://minus.com/lbeZ6DX7wnTs87

As you can see, there is no clear pattern. There are some outliers, but nothing more.

(The data is from Wikipedia and the Guardian. If you don't believe me, you can recreate the plots in a few minutes yourself.)

No, there isn't a clear pattern. Here is a plot of gun ownership vs homicides across the world:

http://minus.com/lbnnTmSIVLyfXC

Here is a plot of gun ownership vs firearm (!) homicides across US states:

http://minus.com/lbeZ6DX7wnTs87

As you can see, there is no clear pattern. There are some outliers, but nothing more.

(The data is from Wikipedia and the Guardian. If you don't believe me, you can recreate the plots in a few minutes yourself.)

It is basically a 10 foot UI for Steam that is Xbox controller friendly. It's been in beta for a while, you can activate it by clicking the shiny button at the top of your Steam window. (If you have a custom Steam theme, you may have to disable it to see the button. If you don't have access to Steam right now and just want to know what it looks like here are screenshots of the start menu and the games library

It is basically a 10 foot UI for Steam that is Xbox controller friendly. It's been in beta for a while, you can activate it by clicking the shiny button at the top of your Steam window. (If you have a custom Steam theme, you may have to disable it to see the button. If you don't have access to Steam right now and just want to know what it looks like here are screenshots of the start menu and the games library

It is basically a 10 foot UI for Steam that is Xbox controller friendly. It's been in beta for a while, you can activate it by clicking the shiny button at the top of your Steam window. (If you have a custom Steam theme, you may have to disable it to see the button. If you don't have access to Steam right now and just want to know what it looks like here are screenshots of the start menu and the games library

/anonymous because of troll baiting glib southern US state comment

Mocking southern states anonymously on an internet site frequented by young liberals? That calls for this

http://i.minus.com/iQP2oSgKeX3uU.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPh_Ih5hOBs

I made this pic when I heard the news today:

https://i.minus.com/jbbRIi8sgiGgHs.jpg

Here's a .kmz of the crater, take a look around: http://minus.com/lbuIRyUOrBNfXR

Not much else in the area with similar depressed topology. Seems if it is/was a sinkhole, there would be more like it there or nearby to be seen.

Dusty, I think it is neat that you are gathering this sort of evidence. Kudos! :)

Bad science - lack of evidence (ie no other sinkholes in the area) is not evidence of anything.

Here's a .kmz of the crater, take a look around: http://minus.com/lbuIRyUOrBNfXR

Not much else in the area with similar depressed topology. Seems if it is/was a sinkhole, there would be more like it there or nearby to be seen.

Dusty, I think it is neat that you are gathering this sort of evidence. Kudos! :)

How big of a moron do you have to BE Google?

Seriously, you SUCK as an advertiser. Actually seriously suck. You are the reason your own services are killed off. YOU.
How can you not possibly monetize iGoogle with such space? HOW?!
Why haven't I got a job yet? Eh Google? Why? I'm obviously smarter than your entire advertising team. And sadly I don't think I am being sarcastic anymore.

You know I think I downloaded a simple cheat sheet a few days back based on this that explains the idea a little more in depth.
Ah yes, here it is.

As always, be careful of opening images from people you don't trust. Don't want you to end up getting promoted do we? (image is entirely safe though, but it is big)
Musical Theory Cheatsheet

I'm trying to create a wallpaper for the event, see here:

http://minus.com/mkqbM0Sr6#2

The XCF is in there too, but the preview is all wrong. Will post updated versions there unless someone comes along and does a better job (I'll admit it's not *that* hard).

I'm using the SVG from the site: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/downloads/ .