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Archive for June, 2013
June 12th, 2013 - 8:56 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: The Most Important Building in the World?
A post on the Berkeley Blog by Malcolm Potts, professor of population and family planning . He nominates Lawrence LIvermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) . What does the NIH do? A. Dispose of hazardous biomaterials. B. Fuse hydrogen atoms, C. Develop new forms of internal combustion. D. R[...]
June 12th, 2013 - 7:06 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Hint: who is the character in this picture? A. 24 mph B. 36 mph C. 12 mph D. 6 mph E. 18 mph[...]
June 12th, 2013 - 12:16 am § in China
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Behind Cry for Help From China Labor Camp Source: New York Times Scrawling in wobbly English on a sheet of onionskin paper, the writer said he was imprisoned at a labor camp in this northeastern Chinese town, where he said inmates toiled seven days a week, their 15-hour days haunted by sadistic guar[...]
HUMOR: How to break into a bank!
.Moran Cerf explains how to break into a bank legally, a neuroscientist from Cal Tech.[...]
June 7th, 2013 - 10:23 pm § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: Who is this man?
a. Henry Hite, the giant b. John Johnson. tallest man to ever ride an elevator. c. Hugh “Lefty” Kronig, first case with diagnosis of Konig’s syndrome. d. Actor playing in American astronaut, who becomes a humanoid monster”monster A-go-go.” e. Simon Bird, grandfather[...]
BOEING: Time to drop the name “Dreamliner”
Rajasthan launches scheme to save the endangered Great Indian Bustard This weekend I talked with one of the executives who developed Boeing’s Drealmner. He impressed me with all the efforts Boeing had gone to make the 787 a pleasant pane to fly in ..as opposed to the cattle cars we all fly in [...]