What the Palin Pick Says

Here's a different look at the Palin Pick from New York Times columnist, David Brooks:"Op-Ed Columnist, By DAVID BROOKS, ST. PAUL John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He’s a...

Macaques Can Count

Well, if monkeys can fish and pick coffee, then it makes sense that they can count, too. Indeed, if they start demanding payment for their work, they can bust us if we short-change them. It's an interesting...

The Potential for Danger in Particle Collider Experiments

"The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental...

Government study finds: P2P downloads increase CD purchase

"Among Canadians who engage in P2P file-sharing, our results suggest that for every 12 P2P downloaded songs, music purchases increase by 0.44 CDs. That is, downloading the equivalent of approximately one CD...

The early bird gets the...stroke?

I grew up with the old adage, "Early to bed, early to rise; makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." Early to bed is still cool, but apparently early risers don't always get health, wealth and wisdom. According...

What to do with 66,000 business cards

"Why, build a level three Menger Sponge, of course! What the heck is a Menger Sponge? Glad you asked. It’s a three-dimensional fractcal cube of sorts"

Antarctic ozone depleted naturally, researchers say

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSo I guess that puts a fly in the ointment for the "I love to smell my own Farts" Suzukian and Al Gore Stormtroopers.  But then real scientists have been saying...

Lincoln Center Celebrates Black History Month

"Celebrate the contributions of African-American artists taking place both on and off the Lincoln Center campus throughout the month of February. Morgan Stanley supports Lincoln Center Celebrates Black History Month 2007 Exhibitions The Paintings of Mike Cloud: In Celebration...

How to Steal an Election in 1 minute

"Abstract This paper presents a fully independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, including its hardware and software. We obtained the machine from a private party. Analysis of the...

Doll

" Same doll whose hair Manu has pulled and who has been featured here earlier as well. This post processing is a little extreme but I am quite happy with it. Your comments are welcome."

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