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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
Posted in History, Politics, Rants
Tagged compromise, debt ceiling, Grant, Hirohito, Lee, MacArthur, Obamacare, shutdown, unconditional surrender
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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
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
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
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+.
Posted in Social Networking, Web Mastery
Tagged corrupt, Eric Schmidt, evil, Google+, Search Engine Watch
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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.
Sunrise
Sunrise shows to us twenty clouds across the sky, in parallel lines.
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
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.