This morning I woke up to find that one of my greatest heroes had died ( Read more... )

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So, the shame of the Conservatives, Ann Coulter, has opened her mouth again, and once more we are treated to a front row seat of just how far the terminally stupid can come in terms of fame and money. If there was an intellectual version of Jackass she would be a regular, providing brain dead entertainment to the masses. But, in the absence of such ( Read more... )

I’ve gotten a few questions, mainly from Americans, about why Norway doesn’t have a death penalty. Some are stunned in light of recent events that the maximum prison sentence in Norway is only 21 years, and many feel that this is too lenient. Therefore I have decided to do a little comparison between the penal system in Norway and the United States ( Read more... )

Emily Howell took the time and the effort to carefully analyse the musical patterns of the works of every classical composer in history. When that was done, she started composing her own music based on the patterns she had found, creating her own music and her own art. Her first album called 'From Darkness, Light' was released in 2010 ( Read more... )

... how surprising.


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Let’s step back from the serious topics for a while and have a few laughs instead ( Read more... )

In science the expression Null Hypothesis refers to what is considered the default position, that is to say, the position taken in the absence of confirmed hypotheses and evidence. For instance, in medicinal science the Null Hypothesis is that new medicines and treatments do -not- work, which means that trials are held to establish correlation, if ( Read more... )

"Hi. Can I ask you a question? You seem to understand all this computer stuff ( Read more... )

"They put so much E-stuff into our food these days. That can't be healthy ( Read more... )