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Entries from February 2007

Does .9999999… = 1?

February 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Apparently there is a lot of discussion out there as to the validity of this statement. The main argument for equality goes something like this. Say x = 0.99999… (or commonly expressed as .9). Multiply both sides by 10 and you have 2 equations that you can subtract from each other.

10x = 9.9999999…
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Tags: Math

Science Links of the Week

February 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Programmable Water – An MIT student creates logic gates that switch with the power of water.
NetLogo – A programmable modeling environment
Earth’s Hum – Earth’s Hum is explained by scientists as being caused by waves in the oceans. If you haven’t heard Earth’s hum, well, that is because you can’t. Only the most sensitive seismometers can [...]

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Tags: Math · Programming · Science

Smart Guys Date In Parallel

February 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Smart Guys Date In Parallel …in summary, dating serially is for chumps.

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Tags: Linkage

Promotion Pit

February 6th, 2007 · No Comments

The CareerBuilder.com commercials have my vote for the best commercials of this years Super Bowl. This one is my favorite.

Any commercial that covers a person in post it notes and makes a 3 ring binder into a samurai hat is pure gold. Gold, Jerry, Gold!
The only thing we were missing was the obligatory monkey [...]

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Tags: General · Humor

Tingelets

February 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Tingelets Bookmarklets for Web Developers

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Tags: Linkage

Milwaukee Gas Price Map

February 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Milwaukee Gas Price Map Find where the cheapest gas prices… if you are in Milwaukee.

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Tags: Linkage