Modeling, Simulation and Wargaming Analyst (01047143)
Location: Omaha, Nebraska

(Via INFORMS)

Key Role:
Perform work as part of a dynamic team, conducting research, performing full spectrum analysis from multiple sources, conducting quantitative analysis, and developing products to assist DoD client decision-making. Apply analytical skills using ( Read more... )

A £2 billion project to answer some of the biggest mysteries of the universe has been delayed by months after scientists building it made basic errors in their mathematical calculations ( Read more... )

I don't like the comedy of Monty Python. Will I still enjoy the show?

Billionaire Charles Simonyi, who led development of Microsoft's Word, will lift off from Kazakhstan at 1731 GMT.

The $20m ride will make him the 450th person to enter orbit and by his own admission "the first nerd in space". (From the BBC)


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Announcing her first quarter total [of $26M raised] on Sunday, Mrs Clinton's aides said 50,000 donors were recorded in all 50 states and that 80% of donations were for $100 or less. (From BBC)

So the 80% small contributions raise <= 50,000 * 80% * $100 = $4M = 15% of the total $26M

Banana Phone

Critical Mass today, which is lots of bicyclists bicycling around and stopping traffic.  I was down in the Mission and heard a lot of honking.  I thought there might be a fight, but it turned out to be CM-friendly car people stopped in traffic.  But I am sure this will change eventually, and there will be street brawls ( Read more... )

Gore and Nixon - parallels in their careers.

http://stonezone.com/index.php

As long as John Edwards is in the Presidential race, there is no point in Gore coming in.  They are too similar - both former candidates who had a change of heart (or at least rhetoric) after a lackluster campaign.  They both appeal to the same voters - those on the left of the party who would be OK with a candidate who's not a white male, but don' ( Read more... )

Carpet-bombing, nukes still OK, though.