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A HIGH STAKES GAME OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS.
A HIGH STAKES GAME OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. I have posted here and here on strategies for the game of rock paper scissors. That there are strategies and levels of skill involved had surprised me because I had learned that … Continue reading
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WINNING THE LOTTERY TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
WINNING THE LOTTERY TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME. Here is an article about a person who has won 252 prizes in six years in the Florida lottery for a total of $719,000. (There are other names which show up a … Continue reading
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COUNTRIES WHERE LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS NOT INCREASED (COMMENT).
COUNTRIES WHERE LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS NOT INCREASED (COMMENT). Dick Weisfelder commented on my post which pointed out that the average global life expectancy has increased by 6 years in the last 25 years that: “You might check to see how … Continue reading
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IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS INCREASED BY FOUR YEARS.
IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS INCREASED BY FOUR YEARS. The increase in life expectancy of four years in the United States over the last 25 years is also remarkable. (A lower amount than … Continue reading
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IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS INCREASED BY SIX YEARS.
IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS INCREASED BY SIX YEARS. Gautam Naik reported in the Wall Street Journal (December 18) on one of the most important stories of the year. A report funded by the Bill and … Continue reading
TASTING JEFFERSON’S OCEAN.
TASTING JEFFERSON’S OCEAN. Our local liquor store, the Rowayton Wine Shop, had two bottles of Jefferson’s Ocean. I bought one and left one for somebody else. The Jefferson’s Ocean ad said that the time at sea had “added salty, caramel … Continue reading
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AGING BOURBON AT SEA.
AGING BOURBON AT SEA. I posted here about the possible effect of weather on the taste of whiskey, and about how Jefferson’s Bourbon had experimented with lashing five barrels above deck on a Russian trawler and exposing them to “salt … Continue reading
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NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM.
NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. I posted here about Nick’s statistics class in which one half of the class was supposed to flip a coin 30 times and document the results. The other half was to write … Continue reading
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MORGENTHALER’S WONDERFUL LINOTYPE MACHINE.
MORGENTHALER’S WONDERFUL LINOTYPE MACHINE. Kids, one of the best parts of my legal career was watching Linotype machines in operation. The machine seemed to me to imitate complex movements of human arms and hands. This wikipedia entry describes all the … Continue reading
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THE SPIKE COMES TO OUR FAMILY CAR.
THE SPIKE COMES TO OUR FAMILY CAR. There are news reports now about auto accidents where the airbags “launch metal shards into car occupants”. Here, for example, is a story in the Washington Post by Drew Harwell and Michael A. … Continue reading
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