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From the BBC.
"A headless body has been found in the grounds of a psychiatric hospital in the Brislington area of Bristol.
The remains were found by staff at Callington Road Hospital, a specialist unit for patients with psychiatric and addiction problems. It is thought the body, and the head found nearby, are those of a man and they had been there ( Read more... ) -
reflection on the FTL neutrino experiment
"If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
In that simple statement is the key to science.
It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is.
It doesn't make any difference how smart you are, who makes the guess or what his name is;
If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong" - Richard Feynman -
quote of interest.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs ( Read more... ) -
When Asimovian science fiction borders on science fact.....
you understand why William Gibson gave up the biz. He couldn't keep ahead of the curve.
Super Computer predicts revolution.
Shades of Hari Seldon! -
Quote of the day
“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than three percent of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection." - Warren Buffet
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Bifurcation and bif*ckation
Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's and former McCain economic advisor recently spoke at a breakfast held by the Christian Science Monitor. At that breakfast, he laid out two economic futures that are substantively different. (source)
In the first future, the US GDP will have grown by 4% by the end of the year, unemployment will be on the ( Read more... ) -
Economic commentary
There is no doubt that the US needs to get out of debt and the first step to doing that is to reverse the deficit. As I have previously pointed out, that may require reducing expenditures but will certainly require increasing revenue. Of interest is an article from last week in the Economist which focuses on examining expenditures and how to ( Read more... ) -
Thinkin....
I was reading the comments made today by one of the political talking heads, going off about how ID should be taught in science classes and how anthropogenic climate change is bunk. Now, without arguing the merits of his statements, I would put a larger question into play, to wit:
How much credence should be given to someone who advocates a position ( Read more... )
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