Archive for the 'Scepticism' Category
January 7th, 2006
Google Pack - Google Pack was release yesterday. Google Pack is an installer software that will install and update various software items including Google Earth, Firefox, and Adobe Reader. Sure you can install each of these on your own by going to each website, downloading and installing but Google pack makes [...]
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November 25th, 2005
So today (yesterday) is (was) Thanksgiving. Like many Americans I ate
turkey and failed to give any thought to what I’m thankfull for. While
eating that turkey I once again heard the old tale "I heard that turkeys are so stupid
they will look up at falling rain until they drown". Of course I had
heard that before [...]
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October 4th, 2005
So I recently was caught in a discussion about the five-second rule. You know that rule that says if you drop a piece of food on the floor it is ok to eat if you pick it up within 5-seconds. One person said that they thought the rule was disproved. I disagreed and said that I thought [...]
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September 26th, 2005
Over the last several weeks many websites and the main stream media have been running multiple stories on the Katrina rescues and aftermath. The reports of rape, murder, and piles of bodies at the Superdome and the Convention Center were extremely disturbing. However, now that the horror stories have stoped and recovery has [...]
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September 17th, 2005
In a follow-up to my previous articles on hurricane Katrina and Pat Robertson (here and here) is this article in the prestigious news site Dateline: Hollywood. According to the article Robertson is now blaming Katrina on the choice of Ellen Degeneres to host the Emmy Awards. He has a point this [...]
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