Monthly Archives: July 2007
A Little Number Theory
QUICK! What is the significance of the following sequence of numbers? 1 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 6 2 4 4 5 2 [..]
Batting .500 On a Cold Streak
Today I reached the 500 mile mark (or is that milestone?) on my bike. *w00t463!!* I am so half-way there now. On a not-even-close-to-being-related note, I finally managed [..]
Philosophical Question of the Day…
What is the chemical make-up of road spray? More importantly, how long will it take before I die from it? Most importantly, when will it stop raining when [..]
The Sort of “Science” Only Biology Considers Valid
I just read through this article that has the bold headline: “Study: Dinosaurs Starting Having Sex Young.” In that article, we read the conclusion: Dinosaurs had sex well [..]
Sensitive Dependency on Initial Variables
When I was in publik skrewl, I remember an economics class that we took. Part of the class involved learning about the stock market, and the way we [..]
Parallel Universes
I had a quick thought just a minute ago regarding the concept of parallel universes that arise (as the theory goes) every time a quantum wavefunction has to [..]
A Dead Crime
While checking headlines this morning, I saw this story about Zina Linnik, a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped over the fourth of July and later found dead. With [..]
The Lie of Passifism
I just saw this article (original link: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-peace_12nat.ART.State.Edition1.43b8067.html). In it, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams says of President Bush: Right now, I could kill George Bush. No, [..]
Be Careful What You Say!
Yesterday started out bad and sorta went downhill from there. Oh, not in a major way. In fact, taking a proper perspective on events, it really wasn’t that [..]