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A moonshine maker describes his setup
This is illegal. I am not suggesting that anybody try this at home.
Monday Night Irish Class, September 13, 2010
Irish Class, September 13, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2010
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Carbon is forever
From Nature
After our fossil fuel blow-out, how long will the CO2 hangover last? And what about the global fever that comes along with it?
“Bible or Koran – which burns best?”
Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible
Lawyer says “Bible smokes better than Koran” …
In the [Youtube video] clip, titled “Bible or Koran – which burns best?”, the professed atheist says burning religious books is no big deal and people need to get over it.
“It’s just a f—ing book,” he says.
Via Slashdot
Burning Holy Books: Some Fact Checking
Claim:
“How many Bibles have been burned in the Muslim world in the last nine years? None.”
Evidence:
Fermentation and Botulism: Some basic science
No matter how complicated a computer problem is, …
… if IBM is involved it will get even more complicated. That is the story of my weekend.
(Channeling Poul Anderson)
Crackpot of the week!
Selling books again
I am once again selling books from my library. I shipped one today, getting $78 for it. Today I listed another 10 math, physics, and statistics books at Amazon.com. My pricing strategy is simple: For any given book my price is clearly the lowest. In a couple cases that still let me set a price in 3 digits. There is also a history book I want to sell, but I am giving colgaffneyis members a chance at it before going to Amazon.
Again there was a quantum mechanics text that, after some thought, decided I could not bear parting with. I wonder if it was the same book as back in 2005.