Archive for January, 2005

Economist: China Loses Faith in Dollar

Posted in January 26th, 2005

Big news out of the land of cheese and cuckoo clocks: Economist: China Loses Faith in DollarIf China stops financing the US’s debt, we could be in for a bumpy ride.

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Bead ’slashes mobile radiation’

Posted in January 26th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in Uncategorized

BBC NEWS | Health | Bead ’slashes mobile radiation’
I had never even thought of the waves travelling up the wire to your head. Probably in a year every cellphone will have these ferrite beads on them. Where can I invest?!

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Cat’s eye in the window lyrics

Posted in January 24th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in lyrics, songs

Ok, i have this song and I was wondering who did it and what the title was?I’m guesssing it’s “Cat’s Eye in the Window” but I can’t find that title on the internet or in allmusic.com. Anybody know? Please help me, thanks!
I think it is America, it sounds like them, but I’m not sure.
I repeat, [...]

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Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories about Rick James as seen on Chappelle’s Show

Posted in January 21st, 2005

by nanoAdmin in charlie murphy, comedy, comics, dave chappelle, rick james, transcript, tv

I haven’t been able to find a transcript or write up of this, so I decided to post my own. Let me know if I have anything wrong. Oh yeah, I also made Dave Chappelle fall to the ground laughing at one of his shows way back in 1995. Yeah, I’m pretty sure he was [...]

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‘Intelligent design’ taught in Pennsylvania - Jan 19, 2005

Posted in January 19th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in evolution

CNN.com - ‘Intelligent design’ taught in Pennsylvania - Jan 19, 2005: “‘The revolution in evolution has begun,’ said Richard Thompson, the law center’s president and chief counsel. ‘This is the first step in which students will be given an honest scientific evaluation of the theory of evolution and its problems.’”
Intelligent design doesn’t sound very scientific [...]

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Nail embedded in man’s skull for 6 days - Jan 16, 2005

Posted in January 17th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in Uncategorized

This is so wild.
CNN.com - Nail embedded in man’s skull for 6 days - Jan 16, 2005
Reminiscent of Phineas Gage
Bonus cool link (if you’re into writing systems like I am): Omniglot - a guide to written language (alphabets, syllabaries, etc)

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20 Year Archive on Google Groups

Posted in January 11th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in archive, usenet

Google’s 20 year archive of usenet makes for a very interesting time capsule, check it out:20 Year Archive on Google Groups

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Hubbert’s Peak spinoff blog

Posted in January 8th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in energy, oil, peakoil

There’ve been a fair number of posts on this blog about the so-called End of Suburbia, oil prognostication, oil books, energy in general, and energy geopolitics. I also have a bunch more to say about all these things, so I decided to make a spinoff blog, Hubbert’s Peak. Think of it as The Facts of [...]

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THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2005

Posted in January 5th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in Uncategorized

This year’s question is:
“What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?”
and here are some past questions and answers. Here, Freeman Dyson says that the most important invention of the past 2000 years was hay.

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Meritocracy in America

Posted in January 4th, 2005

by nanoAdmin in Uncategorized

An article addressing the myth of class mobility in the United States: Economist.com | Meritocracy in America
I’ve brought this subject up at cocktail parties, but most people refuse to think that America could be anything but a meritocracy. I’m glad there’s some recent research to back up my assertions next time.

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