Comments for Computational Legal Studies™

Comment on Large Scale ( 130,000 + ) Zoomable Visualization of a Twitter Network by mjbommar

mjbommar — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:19:19 +0000

Hello Pascual,
The calculation was done with a modified version of igraph. A couple hundred iterations run in just over a day on a new i7.

Comment on Large Scale ( 130,000 + ) Zoomable Visualization of a Twitter Network by psj

psj — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:04 +0000

Generating a FR layout for 130365 nodes must have taken quite some time. What software did you use (igraph?), and on what hardware did it run?

Comment on Sean Gourley on the Mathematics of War by Barry Edwards

Barry Edwards — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:44:41 +0000

Interesting video with great graphics. I’m not sure I follow or agree with his inferences about the organization of insurgent groups in Iraq. Keep up the good work on your blog!

Comment on Cash for Clunkers Average Net Fuel Miles By State by Jonathon Hill

Jonathon Hill — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:02:11 +0000

Does this mean that the brighter areas are less fuel efficient overall? If so, I am surprised that the west coast is so bright!

Comment on Educational Attainment and Employment Infographic [Via US College Search.org] by Jared

Jared — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:21:38 +0000

They’ve done a nice job obscuring the information with those fat arrows. Their “slope” seems to be meaningless (note that unemployment isn’t even strictly increasing with decreasing educational attainment – see doctoral vs professional). Why not just connect the dots, so to speak? A pretty nice idea very poorly executed.

Comment on Visualizing Bank Failures ( 2008 – 2009 ) by Garry Barnes

Garry Barnes — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:09:54 +0000

Very informative. For those of us that are visual in our learning process this is an excellent presentation.

As a bank consultant and teacher this type presentation is very instructive and keeps one attention!

Well done!

Comment on Visualizing Bank Failures ( 2008 – 2009 ) by John

John — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:54:16 +0000

This is really neat! Would you be willing to post the source code for making these kinds of visualizations?

Comment on Who Owns America’s Debt? An Dynamic Perspective on the Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities [2002- Present] by TIPSTER

TIPSTER — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:59:18 +0000

Love the visuals!
Keep up the good work. Just as intriguing as China’s growth is how Taiwan and Hong Kong appear to be consistently punching above their weight, intuitively speaking.

PS love the format of your blog too – check out the economic blog: http://theinternationalperspective.wordpress.com/ – the calendar feature is useful – I’ve found.

Comment on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on the Senate Floor Discussing the Length of the Health Care Bill and Citing Harry Potter Number [Via Think Progress] by dmartink

dmartink — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:30:03 +0000

Thanks! Dave