Word: methods
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...distinction between Edelman’s current research and his previous research on filtering is his method of choice. He previously uncovered blocked websites by filtering a sample of approximately 500,000 websites and determining which ones were blocked...
...said that due to the sheer size of the Internet, this method would not work to uncover a full list of blocked websites. As a result, he plans to try to decrypt N2H2’s list by cracking their programming code...
Burt said he sees no need for the whole list to be released, because Edelman’s existing method and studies are an adequate tool for assessing the filter...
...Heirloom— adj. Middle English. When used in relation to produce, this term describes vegetables that are grown through an open pollination method. This means the plant seed is pure—passed down like a material heirloom—through cultivation of successive generations of pure-bred plants. This is differentiated from many vegetables of the grocery store variety, which are often the product of hybrid seeds. i.e.: Grendel’s delicate palate couldn’t handle vegetables that were the products of bastard seeds; he was on a strictly heirloom diet...
...shell of the photographs, to escape their inherent formalism, and in certain instances it is hard to understand why the curator chose the images he did. Roadworks (1995), for example, with its outdoor setting and vast scale, never fully found its legs in this exhibition. When the orderly method of presentation is abandoned, as when two photographs are displayed on top of each other or without frames, it seems either too self-conscious or slightly cramped. The photographs themselves, laid-back and often cropped with irregular white borders, seem to be trying to get out of the constricting frames, even...