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Junk is:
- A Chinese sailing vessel, see junk (sailing).
- Unwanted items in a physical sense, like junk cars. Because junk cars are a source for scrap metal spare parts, they're often sold to a junk yard, where they are typically stacked (or strewn) about a large enclosure, sometimes guarded by a "junkyard dog".
- Junk mail refers to advertising circulars, free trial CDs and other merchandising come-ons delivered by post to homes and businesses. Some people like getting this kind of stuff and respond by purchasing the goods and services offered. Many dislike or resent it, and some jurisdictions like the US have laws requiring junk mailers to withhold their offerings from residents who opt out.
- Unwanted items in a virtual sense, such as junk e-mail (see spamming).
- Junk characters in electronic text can be caused by transmission errors (line noise) and often appear as groups of "strange" letters like punctuation or accented letters. A high percentage of letters outside the standard 26-letter English alphabet often indicates the presence of junk, thus leading to filtering strategies.
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Junk Science and the Art of Spin-Doctoring Lengthy report on the history of corporate promotion of 'junk-science' claims, including the backgrounds of E. Bruce Harrison and "Junkman" Steven Milloy. http://www.electric-words.com/junk/pr/junk-doctors.html
How Big Tobacco Helped Create 'The Junkman' Article on Steven Milloy, his "Junk Science" website, and his tobacco connections. [PR Watch] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.html
Integrity in Science Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest to identify and disclose conflicts of interest in scientific research. http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/
JunkScience.com Corporate-funded site which contends that environmentalists, activists, government regulators, lawyers, and scientists use faulty scientific data (junk science) and fear-mongering to further their agendas. http://www.junkscience.com/
Strange bedfellows: Journalists as corporate shills Story about failed sting by John Stossel for his "Junk Science" special, and his conflict of interest. [Frontline] http://www.salon.com/media/media961022.html
Skeptic's Dictionary: The Junk Science Page Charges that "The Junk Science Page is not about junk science so much as it is about anything which does not support a conservative, Rush Limbaugh type, political agenda." http://skepdic.com/refuge/junkscience.html
JunkScience: The Trashman Speweth Article about the corporatist bias and business lobbying background of Steve Milloy, webmaster of JunkScience.com and Consumer Distorts and author of numerous newspaper articles. [PR Watch] http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1999Q4/avery.html#milloy
Corporate Junk Science In The Media Article about the chemical industry's use of junk science to preserve their ability to pollute. [Z Magazine] http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/jan99herman.htm
Galileo's Revenge Table of contents and introduction of Peter Huber's book "Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom". http://www.phuber.com/huber/gal/gal.html
Union of Confused Scientists Claims that the Union of Concerned Scientists criticism of the US ballistic missile defense program, genetically modified food, and high sports utility vehicle emissions are "junk science". http://www.confusedscience.org/
The Furor Over Junk Science Trial lawyer relates cases in which defense attorneys and experts called his evidence "junk science." http://www.toxictorts.com/art_junk_science.html
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