Calm before the storm, yet again? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" In this climate the assets to hold are commodities in general, and precious metals in particular. Gold managed an eight-fold increase in the late 70s while silver soared even higher. Do not be surprised if history repeats itself, and oil prices also stay high."

Failure Of Radio Interoperability Repeats Itself

" April 17, 2007 Why can't a country that can send landing craft to Mars come up with the ability for police, fire and ambulance workers to talk to each other over the radio in an emergency? The nation learned the painful lesson during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade...

Mysterious number 6174 - Posted by Fomkin Michael

"The number 6174 is a really mysterious number. At first glance, it might not seem so obvious. But as we are about to see, anyone who can subtract can uncover the mystery that makes 6174 so special. Kaprekar's operation  In 1949 the mathematician D. R. Kaprekar from...

Bolton's Last Stand

"The outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, is backing a call for the president of Iran to be charged with inciting genocide because of his speeches advocating the destruction of the state of Israel. Barely a week after he announced his resignation from...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...