double the twelve step program
In my research I often find myself poking around in unfamiliar areas of mathematics. It was a delight and a pleasure to come across one of Hilbert’s famous problems today — the tenth one, concerning...
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This can’t be good (link via Atrios): FALLUJA, Iraq (CNN) — The U.S. military is investigating whether a Marine shot dead an unarmed, wounded insurgent during the battle for Falluja in an incident...
View Articleawash in spam
Every few days I have to clear out about 50 spam comments from this blog. It’s usually not a problem, thanks to MT-Blacklist. But an odd thing I noticed is that spammers attack the same few posts over...
View Articleweak versus false
It’s interesting to me that the Illiad is really about a few different gods having a fight and then using humans as their pawns. The Trojan War is a relgious war in that sense, but it’s not a religious...
View Articlethe riot act
Cool. I always wanted to know how to read someone the Riot Act: Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to...
View Articletravellin’ man
In case any occasional perusers of this blog care, I just spent a lot of money on airplane tickets. From December 20-31 I will be in Champaign, IL, and from January 5-17 I will be in Boston, although...
View Articlesticker mania
This article was a little bit depressing. Then I saw these these stickers, which were somewhat amusing. They are in reference to the case in Cobb County, Georgia, where evolution disclaimers are being...
View ArticleTo Shorten Winter’s Sadness
Perfect Fifth To Shorten Winter’s Sadness Perfect Fifth, a ten-voice ensemble from the University of California, Berkeley, will present a concert of early music featuring sacred pieces by Isaac, Senfl,...
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