Been reading a book on experimental methods (nerd!), and been thinking about Jamie's degu and about the waste of having the first year bio students do a lot of dissections when it's not going to be relevant to where a lot of them go (even within Biology, so I heard from a Bio TA ( Read more... )

What if there was a button hidden down by the docks of a city, I'm thinking of London, which if pressed at exactly between 4:51pm and 4:52pm each day would produce $100. Once it produces its first $100, it has to be pressed every day or else it will stop working forever ( Read more... )

I have to put a new bedframe into the storage locker downstairs today when I get home, but I know it's already full of books and My Little Ponies, so it's going to be a squeeze to get it in there, even disassembled. It would be nice, considering the three-to-five thousand people in apartment buildings within *thinks* a 500m bubble of where I live ( Read more... )

New Jersey Devils
Boston Bruins
Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders
Buffalo Sabres
Florida Panthers

New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning

Philadelphia Flyers
Ottawa Senators
Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins
Toronto Maple Leafs

Chicago Blackhawks
Calgary Flames
Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Detroit Red Wings
Colorado ( Read more... )

New Jersey Devils
Boston Bruins
Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders
Buffalo Sabres
Florida Panthers

New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning

Philadelphia Flyers
Ottawa Senators
Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins
Toronto Maple Leafs

Chicago Blackhawks
Calgary Flames
Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Detroit Red Wings
Colorado ( Read more... )

This is my explanation of the famous Monty Haul problem, which is a commonly used exercise in how probability. It's not intuitive, but if once you get it you'll have a much firmer understanding of probability ( Read more... )

I thought this up in the tub, it was stuck in my head.

"That's really nerdy." - Jamie
"I don't know what you're talking about, 3am is a fine time to be tie-dying things!" - ...also Jamie

How banks work Why does a bank pay you interest? They make it back on loans ( Read more... )

(Continuation of Part 1 from last night ( Read more... )

So I asked my Actuarial Sciences (the math/stats of death and insurance), if a life insurance company or collection of companies could sell enough policies that it would be worth their while to invest in life saving research in order to collect premiums and avoid payments longer ( Read more... )

During this summer, my grandmother's cancer was diagnosed as terminal ( Read more... )