Day: October 12, 2011

Science & Technology

The Sun’s 11 Year Cycle Finally Linked to Earth’s Weather Patterns.

The Sun has an 11 year cycle during which radiation peaks then falls. Scientists have long known about this solar feature but have never been able to link it to the weather patterns on the Earth until just recently. Lead scientist on the project Sarah Ineson of the UK Met Office found that a reduction in […]

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News

New York SAT Cheating Scandal Leads to Arrests.

Two more school districts and a private school have joined the Great Neck, NY school already under investigation for an SAT cheating scheme involving 19 year old former Great Neck North High School student and current Emory University, Atlanta student Samuel Eshaghoff. Everything was foiled when Eshagoff was busted last month after being paid to take […]

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Featured

The Correspondence Theory of Truth.

“The strictest form of the theory defines truth as a structural correspondence between what is true (a belief, judgement, proposition, sentence, and so on) and what makes it true (an event, fact, state of affairs, and so on). Because of the difficulties in defining such a relation (difficulties also facing the Picture Theory of Meaning), […]

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Food

Green Tomato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

A delicious cake recipe that is a Southern speciality. Classic comfort food. 4 cups chopped green tomatoes 1 tablespoon salt 1/2 cup butter 2 cups white sugar 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup chopped walnuts […]

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News

Slovakian Parliament Says “No” to the Expansion of the European Financial Stability Facility Expansion.

The last of the 17 member Eurozone nations, Slovakia, voted down an expansion of the European Financial Stability Facility after its passage was tied by the Freedom and Solidarity Party to a confidence vote which would have toppled the government. The Freedom and Solidarity Party argued that Slovakia, second poorest of the Eurozone nations, should […]

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Science & Technology

Steve Jobs and Atari.

One of many the many jobs listed on Steve Jobs‘ resume is that of his stint at Atari beginning in May 1974. In a Gamasutra article by Frank Cifaldi, Pong engineer Allan Alcorn first met Steve Jobs when he was nothing more than another unkempt engineer coming in off of the street looking for a job. Jobs was apparently so […]

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News

HP Reconsidering Abandonment of PC’s.

Former CEO Leo Apotheker’s plan to spin-off the personal computer unit of computing giant Hewlett Packard may be abandoned due to its projected costs outweighing any potential benefits to be derived from the sale. HP is reportedly under pressure from its friends in manufacturing to keep the personal computing division within the company which is […]

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