Feces, faeces, ordure, dung, manure, excreta, stool, stool-NOT-faeces, and stool-NOT-feces are the prime examples in a newly published study that examines the need for data-driven standards. The study is: “Laying a Community-Based Foundation for Data-Driven Semantic Standards in Environmental Health Sciences,” Carolyn J. Mattingly, Rebecca Boyles, Cindy P. Lawler, Astrid C. Haugen, Allen Dearry, and Melissa Haendel, Environmental […]
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Virginity: a lack of standards
Be aware that there is no ISO standard for this: “A New Bride Presented Her Dad With a “Virginity Certificate” At Her Wedding” — October 22, 2015 report, in Mic BONUS: In 2015, as in previous years, there is also no universally adhered-to standard for the date of World Standards Day.
(Video of) A measure of improbability at NIST
Here’s video of the colloquium talk I did a few days ago at NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg Maryland. The official description: “A Measure of Improbable Research — haphazardly selected samples of Ig Nobel Prize-winning and other research that makes people LAUGH then THINK”. The talk was broadcast live to NIST facilities in […]
Non-Uniform Day versus World Standards Day
Today’s cogno-intellectual exercise: Compare and contrast Non-Uniform Day with World Standards Day