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Tectonically speaking

Posted on 3 March, 2013 by

A Redittor posted an image of divers swimming between chasms separating tectonic plates. A geologist responds seriously, the next with a pun, the string continues a steady slide into groan territory…

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Feynman for a Saturday

Posted on 2 February, 2013 by
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Don’t read this…

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by

… it could be detrimental to your health. One of Pythagoras’s students crossed the master (who maintained that ALL square roots are rational) with his life by drowning by proving the opposite. As he pushed the student’s head under water, … Continue reading →

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So, the question is basically

Posted on 23 January, 2013 by

  From Jason Kottke’s kottke.org Yesterday I was pairing the socks from the clean laundry, and figured out the way I was doing it is not very efficient. I was doing a naive search — picking one sock and “iterating” the … Continue reading →

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I think I’ll wait with filling up then…..

Posted on 20 September, 2012 by

This is the Forward Curve oil price for Wrest Texas Intermediate. I’m not quite sure that I believe it….

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So THAT’S how it works…

Posted on 11 September, 2012 by

HT futilitycloset.com

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A 1939 map of physics

Posted on 31 August, 2012 by
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Logic

Posted on 30 August, 2012 by

LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion–thus: Major Premise: … Continue reading →

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Solar storm expected to hit Earth on Saturday

Posted on 14 July, 2012 by

HT NASA That figures. A bit blowy today….

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