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Generating Irrational Probabilities
Over at Jan Nordgreen’s excellent Thnik Again! blog, frequent commenter Richard Sabey posed the question “I want to throw a fair coin and use the result to make some decision with probability 1/sqrt(2). How?” This was initially a stumper; not a surprise since Richard is a pretty formidable mathematician who has more number theory in Read more
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Blowin’ in the wind
The cheap veneer seems to be gradually peeling off the whole wind energy enterprise. The Dutch are finding it to be financially demanding, Californians in the Tehatchipi area are incensed at the idea, The Duke of Edinburgh calls them a disgrace, and over 14,000 windmills have been flat abandoned here in the US. In spite Read more
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Wolves in the manger vs. the Alley Trolls
The ever-so-liberal folks in Minneapolis have their knickers in a twist because “Alley Trawlers” are regularly haunting neighborhood trash bins to glean salvageable junk. Apparently this activity is prohibited by local city ordinance. Why in the heck is this a Bad–nay Prohibited–Thing? In the 30+ years I’ve lived in the South (San Antonio and Montgomery), Read more
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Talkin’ ’bout my g-g-g-generation
The bloom is off the Boomers: Collectively the Boomers continued to follow ideals they associated with youth and individualism: fulfillment and “creativity” rather than endurance and commitment. Boomer spouses dropped families because relationships with spouses or children or mortgage payments no longer “fulfilled” them; Boomer society tolerated the most selfish and immature behavior in its Read more
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No snacks, no peace
The beclowning continues: a psychology professor at Sacramento State University walked out of class recently because no one brought snacks that day. And folks wonder why I abandoned my natal state of California to live amongst the wild Texans… Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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All I want for Christmas is a tax-free tree
The Feds are imposing a 15¢ tax per tree to finance the USDA’s new Christmas Tree Promotion Board. I presume their valiant efforts will be aimed at encouraging Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Jews to start buying fresh trees, and for the rest of us Christians and Christianists to buy multiple trees. Just what we need to Read more
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Full employment for data miners?
This doofus seems to think that OWS sympathizers can strike a blow against Corporate Greed by filling bank card postage reply envelopes with leaflets and ballast and posting them back to the bank. Said doofus thinks the Evil Bank People will have their feet nailed to the floor when confronted by a tsunami of People’s Read more
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Drink of the Month
From the excellent drinks compendium, How’s Your Drink?, here’s the Cantarito: It looks good, too: Read more
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