Category Archives: Mathematics

The Leap Week Calendar

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Larry

Imagine that you have a birthday on a Monday. ‘Fine’ you sputter on that Monday morning ‘at least I have almost equal odds of getting a birthday on a Sunday or a Saturday’. But you’ve been hearing rumours of a … Continue reading →

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Hope for Couch Potatoes

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Larry

It was a much ballyhooed study that took the media by storm for a day. As little as 15 minutes a day of exercise can add an average of 3 years of extra life. You could tell the media was … Continue reading →

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Beyond and Below Geostationary Orbit

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Larry

At first I was going to rant about light being able to go around the world 7 times in one second, so why is there a lag of two seconds between interview question and interview answer from only half way … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Sheeple to the Pollsters

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Larry

My memory is long for things I’ve read over and over again, especially numbers, so I want to know what the pollsters are trying to put over on us. You see I remember the polls from the ’80s and even … Continue reading →

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Inches in Weight Loss: Ripe for Misdirection

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Larry

There needs to be some standard for loss of inches during weight loss, because as it stands, this can be used for deceitful results. There is no scientific standard in this type of reporting although it purports to be more … Continue reading →

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Some See Ranges, I See Rings

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Larry

It was with shock, a few years back, that I found out that anarchists are considered to exist on the far left of the political spectrum. You see, I just presumed that extreme right wingers were the anarchists, with their … Continue reading →

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Others Assume, I Presume

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Larry

I just had a gander of the words assume and presume in my dictionary. There are a number of meanings for both words. The definition I knew for both was identical. The dictionary says they both mean: to take for … Continue reading →

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Low Resolution, Black and White Touch Pictures

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Larry

Last week’s post about “One” made me think. Perhaps “One” could be made into a protagonist of a story. But , alas, I didn’t find him powerful enough as is to be good for a story. But, still, I now … Continue reading →

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Make the Historians Do the Math

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Larry

In an earlier post, the No Name Decades , it was made known in the comments section that the ‘Teens really don’t start till January 1, 2011; just as the noughties didn’t start till January 1, 2001. This does not … Continue reading →

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Theme Songs and Age of Shows

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Larry

Have you ever winced while watching the theme song intro to the Simpsons and thought this goes on forever. Or maybe you haven’t but eventually will. This year I came up with a thought. “You know I can probably make … Continue reading →

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