Friday, October 21, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Davenport says...
"I like people who can do things. Craftsmen. Good carpenters. Good bricklayers. Good reporters. Good cops. It's all sort of the same." p333 of Easy Prey by John Sandford
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Military spending
Last year Japan spent $42 billion. Italy spent $28 billion, Russia spent only $19 billion. The United States spent $455 billion. (Link)
When the weatherman says it is 98% humidity
Stir some salt into water. It dissolves right? But there's a point where you can't add any more salt and it forms a sediment on the bottom.
Well, in air, you can add water. And you can keep additing it...until droplets start to form (at which point the local air is holding 100% of the water it can - 100% humidity.) -> Rain
People and maths
There are three kinds of people in the world. Ones who can do math, and ones who can't.
Dark chocolate does do the job.
A recent Study Confirms the Ancient Myth when they discovered that a chemical in cocoa beans can limit the development of fluids that cause diarrhea. (Link)


