Archive for April, 2005
April 12th, 2005
So yesterday I mentioned that A. K. Dewdney was a contributing author of many Computer Recreations articles appearing in Scientific American magazine. While in collage I used to rife through back issues of Scientific American magazines to read every Computer Recreations and Mathematical Recreations I could find. One of the most memorable articles was The [...]
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April 11th, 2005
Continuing my theme of slightly interrelated random stuff or as ninad commented “completely interesting but completely pointless stuff” I’d like to talk more about A. K. Dewdney. I mentioned A. K. Dewdney Earlier as the author of The Planiverse . In addition to The Planiverse Dewdney has written another of my favorite books The New [...]
Posted in Computers and Networking, Reviews | 180 Comments »
April 9th, 2005
This is so creepy I thought it must be a prank but the file is hosted on a NASA/JPL server so it must be real… right?
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April 8th, 2005
We have all had our bad experiences with Best Buy but this poor guy was arrested for using $114 in $2 bills. OK, so he was probably being an ass because the Best Buy employee “misstated” that installation was free but he didn’t deserve to be arrested. Next time he should remember Bets Buys policy [...]
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April 6th, 2005
Every first year physics student knows that the maximum range of a projectile is achieved at 45 degrees. That is unless your shooting a kitten into a field filled with bombs, trampolines, and Venus fly-traps.My top score: 1516
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