Andy Skelton?
From Vermont and Texas? That's me! Online I'm known as skeltoac.Cyphergories
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What should happen to Bear Stearns?
He should die. Keep it simple.
Who is Bear Stearns?
I’m not really sure… good follow-up question.
Good Marketing Copy
As Switters said: the more advertising I see, the less I want to buy (Tom Robbins). I am no fortress, however. This appealed to me:
…you freeloading “Internet generation” types should subscribe to the damned magazine already, for the so-low-it’s-sinful price … Continue reading
War on Terror: Cult?
The nation must defend itself from threats foreign and domestic and I’m very glad that my country, not any other one, has the most powerful military forces on the planet. This article carries the hope of our continued prosperity as … Continue reading
Politics Zero
Politics always made me tune out. From my earliest memories of adult conversations at table, the pattern that emerges is a series of blanks. My parents and their friends spoke of far-away things and none of it had any bearing … Continue reading
Also posted in Bongos, Unvisible
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Carry the one
I’ve been nibbling through Douglas R. Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Gödel, Escher, Bach. In Chapter XVII he mentions the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) who had a talent for extremely fast mathematical analysis. This class of mind (including so-called idiot savants) … Continue reading
Also posted in Creamy Filling, Unvisible
Tagged algorithms, Church-Turing Thesis, Godel Escher Bach, Hofstadter, mathematics, mathematics disorder, Ramanujan
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