Archives for: October 2005
Coopers make barrels
October 27th, 2005Bear cubs are no laughing matter. You would be wise this evening to check the various places in your home where bear cubs could be. If that includes your cabinetry, all the better for being thorough. Remember that it takes but one plaintive cry to bri… more »
Voting is so bizarre
October 10th, 2005Had to add this after a conversation with Brodt. From an article on the Condorcet winner. That crazy Arrow and his theorem.
Consider, for example, the following vote count of preferences with three candidates {A,B,C}:
499: A,B,C
498: C,B,A
3:… more »
Twist of lime, coke on the side
October 6th, 2005After reading up a bit on the subject, I think I've figured out how it is that I'm going to get my weekly West Wing fix. I've attached an RSS scraper to my bittorrent client, and am auditioning various tracker sites to see who catches it first. The goa… more »
These are the Tates, and these are the Campbells, and this is Soap.
October 3rd, 2005The real Jessica Tate was not from Texas. Even with the geography stacked against her, though, the faux Jessica "Jessi" Tate seems eminently reasonable in her own regard. Tragically, while doing much for helping Doug Whatever-his-last-name-is's sense o… more »
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