Interesting Links for 15-06-2012

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• BBC News - The future of Google Search: Thinking outside the box
  Reminds me of the 'agents' in Charles Stross' books or Eclipse Phase; AIs that have a good idea of what you're interested in, go and look for it, and bring it back to you.
  (tags: posttofacebook living in the future information media technology interesting Google )
• Michigan bans women representatives for using the V-word - Telegraph
  ... in a debate about abortion. There's an argument that it was for the context of the use: "And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.'", but that's not an argument that the people supporting it seem to be using much; given comments like "It was so offensive, I don't even want to say it in front of women. I would not say that in mixed company." Also, I am wondering if the telegraph was trolling with their original title for this story: "Michigan bans women representatives for vagina use‎"
  (tags: wtf posttofacebook culture language abortion america sexism sex interesting )