Author Archives: anewc2

Compromise, and ultimate results

Grant did not compromise with Lee, but demanded unconditional surrender, and today the South is a better place for it, because the cancer at its heart — slavery — was destroyed. MacArthur did not compromise with Hirohito, but demanded unconditional … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Gettysburg: June 5, 1863

Of Lee’s original three corps around Fredericksburg, two are now converging on Culpeper, leaving the third behind to keep watch on Hooker’s army. Hooker sent one division across the river downstream of Fredericksburg and captured some prisoners, but they advanced … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Gettysburg: June 4, 1863

A counterattack could end up “swapping queens”, with each army occupying the other’s capital city. What would happen then? Hooker’s reputation was in tatters after his loss at Chancellorsville a month ago. What did he have to lose? Continue reading

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Liveblogging Gettysburg: June 3, 1863

For the 20th, life went on as normal. Col. Gates had the previous day entertained “Miss or Mrs. Doctoress [Mary] Walker … young, pretty & a great talker”. Today: “Seized a large quantity of liquors.” Gates was a believer in the Temperance cause, as was Dr. Walker. Continue reading

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So much for don’t be evil

Eric Schmidt: Google Will Give Higher Rankings to Content Tied to Verified Profiles – Search Engine Watch #SEW. Now Google is corrupting search results by devaluing information from sources who they haven’t coerced into signing up for G+.

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George E P Box 1919-2013

“All mod­els are wrong but some are use­ful” via Hyndsight – George E P Box 1919-2013.

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One year of spam

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Sunrise

Sunrise shows to us twenty clouds across the sky, in parallel lines.

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Graham number

One of the hot stock analysis tricks around now is the Graham number, named after that wild and crazy investor, Benjamin Graham. It even comes with a sexy formula: $latex G = \sqrt {22.5 \times earnings \times book \; value}$ … Continue reading

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IQ ‘a myth,’ study says – thestar.com

IQ ‘a myth,’ study says – thestar.com. People can still take the tests at cambridgebrainsciences.com/theIQchallenge. Owen said he hopes that 1 million people across the globe will eventually participate. This has been my opinion for a long time.

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