This is illegal. I am not suggesting that anybody try this at home.
A moonshine maker describes his setup
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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.
A quick look at the end of Gaelic Ireland
Liam Swords, in The Flight of the Earls, includes a brief account of the Nine Years’ War, the last and greatest of Irish rebellions against Queen Elizabeth I of England, but is more concerned with the aftermath. On September 14, 1607, Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and leader of the rebellion, Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, and nearly 100 of their family and followers fled from Ireland on a ship. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 