Via the Herald Sun
THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon’s battle lines, showing that Hezbollah is waging war amid suburbia.
The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas as launch pads for rockets and heavy-calibre weapons. Dressed in civilian clothing [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2006 by pwyll
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I ran across the following problem (paraphrased) at the website of Shlomi Fish.
Throw 4 standard dice, remove the lowest valued die (if there is more than one minimal value die, remove only one). What is the expected value of the sum of the three remaining dice?
The author presents a solution which I found a bit [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by pwyll
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Hilarious fun with your wireless router.
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by pwyll
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Via The Corner
A Muslim man walks into not just any building in Seattle — not even just any identifiably Jewish location in Seattle — but into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, whose mission since 1926, according to the website it maintains, is to “ensure Jewish survival and to enhance the quality of Jewish life [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by pwyll
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Via Reuters, hat tip Ravenwood’s Universe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tour de France winner Floyd Landis denied on Thursday taking performance-enhancing drugs during the race and said he would fight to clear his name after testing positive for the male sex hormone testosterone.
“I don’t know what the explanation for it is, whether it was a mistake [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by pwyll
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You may want to leave your computer at home when traveling abroad. Via news.com
What: A business traveler protests the warrantless search and seizure of his laptop by Homeland Security at the U.S.-Canada border.
When: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on July 24.
Outcome: Three-judge panel unanimously says that border police may conduct random searches of laptops [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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