2060.

The apocalypse is sooner than you think.

I am not sure if I will make it, but I intend to try and my daily glass of Pinot Noir will help.

Anyway, the date was calculated by Isaac NewtonI have no faith in the old books, my calculations however lead to a similar result ( Read more... )

Being bored on the train I derived that the strange petal like shape of a lens hood is really the intersection of a pyramid ( with a rectangular base) with a cone.

The only honest stock market advice you can get these days...

http://longtermequity.blogspot.com/

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http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/longtermequity/

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