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It works. It really, actually works. |
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11:24 pm EST, Feb 3, 2007 |
I spent six months coding it. I spent three weeks integrating it. It works. It actually works. And its really, really cool. Cooler than I thought, even. I can't believe it works. I mean, I can but... wow. It works. Not in the lab. Not on my notebook. It works in the field, where its supposed to, on real data. And there's nothing like it out there. It works. It really, actually works. |
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4:58 am EST, Jan 31, 2007 |
THE smallpox virus first became entangled with the human species somewhere between three thousand and twelve thousand years ago -- possibly in Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs. Somewhere on earth at roughly that time, the virus jumped out of an unknown animal into its first human victim, and began to spread. Viruses are parasites that multiply inside the cells of their hosts, and they are the smallest life forms. Smallpox developed a deep affinity for human beings. It is thought to have killed more people than any other infectious disease, including the Black Death of the Middle Ages. It was declared eradicated from the human species in 1979, after a twelve-year effort by a team of doctors and health workers from the World Health Organization. Smallpox now exists only in laboratories.
The Demon In the Freezer |
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Ginkgo Biloba, Altitude and Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) |
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3:52 am EST, Jan 31, 2007 |
Conclusion:
Ginkgo Biloba taken five days prior to rapid ascent to 4300 m reduced both incidence and severity of AMS.
Ginkgo might help AMS. Ginkgo Biloba, Altitude and Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) |
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Two Bourgeois, In the Shower |
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9:46 pm EST, Jan 29, 2007 |
- If you believe in the cause of social justice, but keep your wealth, are you not a hypocrite?
- But I'm not wealthy. I'm actually in debt.
- So why are you in debt?
- Because I aspire to own more than I actually need.
Two Bourgeois, In the Shower |
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Weekly Web Fare Specials from Delta for weekend and last-minute getaways |
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2:42 pm EST, Jan 28, 2007 |
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Delta has cheap deals every week, if you wanna take a break. $120 to Portland round trip sounds nice, at the moment. Weekly Web Fare Specials from Delta for weekend and last-minute getaways |
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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods |
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3:57 am EST, Jan 10, 2007 |
Interesting, but I think the authors could have learned more from Edward Tufte (who is, of course, cited in their paper). Their use of symbology is awful. I applaud the effort and I think it's a good start, but given smart guys who so obviously *read* the literature and know about these systems, I'm kind of astonished that the result doesn't really conform to best practices. Or at least, best practices as I see them (and I readily admit to being a Tufte superfan). A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods |
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5:29 pm EST, Dec 24, 2006 |
IGT and MGM MIRAGE Sign Patent License Agreement; Combined Patents to Be Offered Through Anchor Gaming RENO, Nev., Dec. 22 -- International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) announced today that it has finalized an agreement with MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGG), whereby IGT will receive an exclusive license for MGM MIRAGE's "Coinless Slot Machine System and Method" patent.
Company Boardroom |
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eXile - Issue #253 - War Nerd - Why I Hate WW II - By Gary Brecher |
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9:29 am EST, Dec 19, 2006 |
FRESNO -- Everybody's mad because Eastwood's Iwo Jima movie, Flags of Our Fathers, bombed. I read this one review that said every citizen ought to go pay to sit through it even if it is a bad movie, like it's some kind of patriotic duty for me to put $25 in Clint Eastwood's offshore account. (And yeah, I know movies don't cost $25 but I can't sit down in a darkened room unless I've got a Humpback-size diet coke in one hand, a Maxi-tub popcorn in the other, and a spare clip of Milk Duds in my ammo pocket.) I've got my own theory about why all these WW II movies went down in flames like Zeros in the Marianas Turkey Shoot: because WW II is way overrated. Next to the guy who directed Pearl Harbor, the men who set that war in motion and made all the decisions from 1939-1945 were the biggest idiots in history. And that's why all the lessons of WW II, everything it's supposed to teach us, is either dead wrong or as obvious as a ballpeen hammer in your face, so obvious that even Barney could teach it to his diaper demographic between commercial breaks.
War Nerd is out there, as usual... but entertaining. Why he got to go and shatter the WW2 myths? eXile - Issue #253 - War Nerd - Why I Hate WW II - By Gary Brecher |
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