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Why I do not yet own an e-book reader
Clever readers will have noticed the modifier yet. Because it seems inevitable that someday we will be forced to own one. Plenty of reviews of the two main readers exist:…
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A new movie rating scheme
Most newspapers rate movies on the star system. Four to five stars are printed, and from none to all of them are colored in. Supposedly, the more stars colored, the…
Cute Fox News ad
On page B3 of today's Wall Street Journal, Fox News has taken out a full page ad. It reads, in large, bold letters: #1 Total* Viewers: Adults 25-54. 7 Years…
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I’m thinking of turning to crime
He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote A Treatise on the Binomial…
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Why I will never fly US Air
You will have heard by now that US Air has offered the Hudson crash survivors a full year's worth of upgrades for their trouble. "Sorry you nearly died. Here's a…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part IV
AFTERMATH The test was clearly a failure, the kids bombed. The only time they succeeded was when the opportunity---and temptation---for cheating was available. It was not just that they couldn't…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part III
THE EXPERIMENT The test was filmed by several cameras, most from the KIBS people (I have been unable to find any videos on line). The KIBS staff itself was large,…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part II
STUDY DESIGN As I mentioned last time, it is crucial to design a test that eliminates all possibility and suspicion of cheating. If the KIBS kids were going to demonstrate…