Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:23 PM Sunday 5/21/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Yeah, well, as I was going through the blog entry, I kept seeing this multiple of 47, which bothered me. (It being a multiple of 47 was what bothered me.) :) Then again, I'm weird. My favorite integer right now is 21504. Julia

Brain-Tumor Cluster Strikes University

2006-05-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Today's Headlines - May 19, 2006 Brain-Tumor Cluster Strikes University from Nature News A Melbourne university has emptied the top floors of one of its buildings after a spate of brain-tumour cases were reported during the pas

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Julia Thompson
maru dubshinki wrote: On 5/21/06, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006/05/magic-23.html Mark takes on pyramidiots (as one commenter tags them). If you enjoy people poking fun at conspiracy theorists, this is a must-read. If you have absolutely no interes

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread maru dubshinki
On 5/21/06, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006/05/magic-23.html Mark takes on pyramidiots (as one commenter tags them). If you enjoy people poking fun at conspiracy theorists, this is a must-read. If you have absolutely no interest in that sort of thing

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Charlie Bell
On 22/05/2006, at 3:06 AM, Dan Minette wrote: oh, there are plenty of those. The recent "Bible Code" revival has lead to quite a few smart wags using the same "method" to show all sorts of... bollocks. True, but he remains a favorite because I read his "proof" ages ago, when I was 15 or 16

RE: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Charlie Bell > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 6:22 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry > > > oh, there are plenty of those. The recent "Bible Code" revival has > lead t

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Charlie Bell
On 22/05/2006, at 1:45 AM, Dan Minette wrote: My favorite numerologist "proof" was by Dr. Isaac Asimov who "proved" that the mean distance, in miles, from the earth to the moon is given in the Bible. oh, there are plenty of those. The recent "Bible Code" revival has lead to quite a few

RE: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 3:53 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Good Math, Bad Math entry > If you enjoy people poking fun at conspiracy theorists, this is a > must-read. If

UK officers discover sex-slave cult

2006-05-21 Thread Julia Thompson
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4996410.stm Apparently there's a sex-slave cult based on Norman's Gor books. A home in the UK was raided. (This particular group is part of a splinter group. According to the article, there are an estimated 25,000 Goreans worldwide.) I found this at http://s

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:52 PM Sunday 5/21/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006/05/magic-23.html Mark takes on pyramidiots (as one commenter tags them). If you enjoy people poking fun at conspiracy theorists, this is a must-read. If you have absolutely no interest in that sort of thing

Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-21 Thread Julia Thompson
http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006/05/magic-23.html Mark takes on pyramidiots (as one commenter tags them). If you enjoy people poking fun at conspiracy theorists, this is a must-read. If you have absolutely no interest in that sort of thing, don't click the link. :) Julia _

Re: Autism PSA

2006-05-21 Thread Julia Thompson
http://autismdiva.blogspot.com/2006/05/alison-tepper-singer-and-rett-girls.html http://www.autismvox.com/its-just-not-autism-speaking/ http://autisticbfh.blogspot.com/2006/05/hate-speech-every-day.html Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/l