Food Wimpishness
My rate of dying is still above normal, but its delta-V, I am hoping sincerely, and thanks entirely to the medicinal properties of gins and tonics, is now negative. Late…
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Ulysses And Phenomenal Woman
We might call this the readable poetry project, or poetry typeset for maximum readability for those who, like me, suffer from the inability to profitably read words plastered on a…
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Director Explodes Children In Name of Environment; College Degrees Don’t Always Pay
The delta-V at which I am approaching death has increased because I was crammed into an aluminum tube with two hundred sneezing strangers who unburdened their diseases upon me, and…
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CO2 Is Very Very Too Much
"What is global warming?" The state of global warming politics has finally reached kitsch. Take a look at the video below, a snippet from the game show Super Center ABC…
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AMO+PDO = Temperature Variation: One Graph Does Not Says It All
Introduction Anthony Watts over at Watts Up With That?---incidentally, a blog title infinitely superior to "William M. Briggs, Statistician"---asked me to comment on Joe D'Aleo and Don Easterbrook's new paper,…
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Lottery Simulator; Science Reporting; More
Bit busy today, folks. Here's some interesting links. Typo warning level 5. Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator! That's the creator's name for it: I find it exhilarating and nicely…
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Predictions of E-Books And Reading Verified?
Just something quick today; I mean written quickly. Typo alert! Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published "Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books", in which are various observations that appear…
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How To Guarantee Enthusiastic College Students
I Didn't Do My Homework Apathy is contagious. I discovered this after only two of the forty-five students registered for the statistics class I teach bothered to do their homework…
