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Privacy Rights of Employees Using Workplace Computers in California
If you are reading this blog, you should probably read: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/employees-rights.htm In other news, anybody that uses ceramic cups instead of foam cups is (basically) killing baby seals (maybe these people should just move to Canada where the yearly quota … Continue reading
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A little math never hurt anybody
A quick snippet of the derivation of Einstein’s Mass-energy equivalence equation. This is always good for some good late night reading. …. In the particle’s rest frame, the momentum is (mc,0) and so for the force four-vector to be orthogonal, … Continue reading
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Random Safire Quote
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care. William SafireUS columnist & speechwriter (1929 – ) From The Quotations Page
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How many children should you have?
From a private point of view, only one: In comparing identical twins, Kohler found that mothers with one child are about 20 percent happier than their childless counterparts; and while fathers’ happiness gains are smaller, men enjoy an almost 75 … Continue reading
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Apple Running Top 500 Supercomputer at NAB?
Apple Insider got an "inside" look at Apple’s NAB setup. They reported that Apple’s server included 3/4 Petabytes of storage space, 3 miles of fiber optic cable, 4 M2 Gb networks, 90 Xserves and 40 Xserve RAIDs. Pardon me while … Continue reading
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Reusable vs. disposable cups
You gotta love anything disposable, and now the research to back up what I always knew – anything that avoids doing the dishes has to be a good idea Here’s a life-cycle energy analysis on reusable vs. disposable cups -another … Continue reading
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Random Reality Quote
How true… "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away." – Philip K. Dick From The Quotations Page
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