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“An honest examination of the
sky forced him to displace the center of the spiral pattern away from us
by more than half the galactic radius in the direction of Cygnus, and
his drawing gives the impre
Fraction of links on
the web in a particular language that point to another language. More
info here:
<http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2011/07/languages-
“Although the new calendar was
much simpler than the pre-Julian calendar, the pontifices apparently
misunderstood the algorithm for leap years. They added a leap day every
three years, instead of ever
“I think Douglas owes cancer
sufferers an apology (While the offense is not great, I think he should
apologize to them first, because they might not be around that long.)
[…] Douglas, after apologiz
earthquake prediction: YouTube video of
the Japanese earthquake from within an apartment, showing 30 seconds of
advanced warning before the earthquake b
“Wikipedia’s article on ‘Safe
Sex’ includes a curious comment that ‘microwave-safe’ wrap may be
ineffective as a barrier for virus-sized particles when engaging in oral
sex. This is probably incorrect
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=12371796 Cable from
wikileaks reveals that the Vatican was offended by Ireland disrespecting
their “sovereignty” when an Irish commission attempted to ask questions
t
YouTube TED talk
on data visualization. The first example illustrates just how expensive
the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been, as well as the world e
Airport security has been
killing 520 people a year since 2002, more than died in the WTC attacks.
[NYT](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/the-hidden-costs-of-extra-airport-securit
A good analysis of the question
whether not polling cell phones biases poll results in the favor of
Republicans
[NYT](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/bypassed-cellphones-biased-po
“Joanna was two of Charles’ 16
great-great-great-grandmothers, six of his 32
great-great-great-great-grandmothers, and six of his 64
great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers.” From [Wikipedia](http
Best explanation of the
Socratic dialogs: “By pretending ignorance, Socrates lured others into
propounding their views on such abstractions. (This is called ‘Socratic
irony,’ for Socrates knew very
“Consequently, this lemma is
sometimes referred to as the lemma that is not Burnside’s.[3] This is
less ambiguous than it may seem: Burnside contributed many lemmas to
this field.” From the Wikipedia
http://robertreich.org/post/1121362907 “The Republican
Threat to Shut Down the Federal Government”. Robert Reich on the
Republican plan to shut down the government if they enter power in
November.
http://www.nucalc.com/Story/ The Macintosh Graphing
Calculator software was made by non-employees out of sheer determination
to make a good product that helps people.
“The Republicans are the party
that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove
it.”
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/choke-it-starve-it-shrink-it-what-government-shut
“While the highest-paid 400
Americans had an average income of $345 million in 2007, as a result of
Bush tax policy they now pay an effective tax rate of 16.6 percent, the
lowest on record.” <http://
“If [Dick Cheney]’s not listed
for a heart transplant, his days are seriously numbered. Life on an LVAD
[Left Ventricular Assist Device] isn’t something I’d wish on my worst
enemy… an axiom that thi
“The worst heatwave in recent
years happened in August 2003 when record-breaking temperatures led to
2,000 excess deaths in the UK. Northern France bore the brunt of the hot
weather that year when thr
“He was rather given to
sneering at anyone who wrote about what he did not fully understand: I
remember praising Whewell’s History of the Inductive Sciences to him,
and he answered, ’Yes, I suppose th
From my Philosophy of Science
book: “I have paid particular attention to the challenge posed by
Quinean epistemological holism, which takes the post-Kantian revolutions
in geometry and mechanics (amo
“The United States is almost
always the most dysfunctional of the developed democracies, sometimes
spectacularly so, and almost always scores poorly.” Skip the text and
just look at the y-axis of fig
“We used to hustle over the
border for health care we received in Canada,” Palin said. “And I think
now, isn’t that ironic?”
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/palin-crossed-border-for_n_49008
3 of 6 found this book review
useful: “If you are looking for practical advice on the avoidance of
large sea-faring vessels, this is not the book for you. I neglected to
read the subtitle, as it was s
“Prof. Loof Lirpa and
colleagues were able to shorten Whitehead and Russell’s 360-page proof
that 1+1=2 in Principia Mathematica to this remarkable proof only two
steps long, thus establishing a new w
Somewhat misleading poll, but
still quite surprising:
<http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/5/843329/-FL-08:-Grayson-leads,-er,-Republican-primary?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&ut
A star destroyer
calmly in the sky above San Francisco
Fraction of links on
the web in a particular language that point to another language. More
info here:
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Image of a NASA
rocket engine being tested.
I
don’t know how you manage without trains I was astonished to realize how
big of a difference there is between the US and Europe train sys
plus or minus one and two standard deviations shown On
average, we are losing 3500 cubic kilom
– Introduction to
The Art of Expressing the Human Body Quote by Bruce Lee
Meanwhile in
Finland
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