• Archive for March, 2008

    Severe Pandemic Flu Strategies – The Video

    by  • March 13, 2008 • Science • 0 Comments

    Keynote **really** needs to allow you to record your presentations in the “presenter mode” view, rather than the “presentation mode” view. Still, good enough to get the conversation started. UPDATE: AARRRGGHHH… youtube audio synch issues are horrific. Use this version instead: http://ia341018.us.archive.org/0/items/SeverePanfluResponseStrategiesPresentation-AlphaRelease/SeverePanfluResponseStrategies.mov

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    Global warming: wrong?!

    by  • March 9, 2008 • Science, The Global Picture • 3 Comments

    Miskolczi’s story reads like a book. Looking at a series of differential equations for the greenhouse effect, he noticed the solution — originally done in 1922 by Arthur Milne, but still used by climate researchers today — ignored boundary conditions by assuming an “infinitely thick” atmosphere. Similar assumptions are common when solving differential equations; they [...]

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    Supply side anarchism – or, “just what kind of a libertarian are you, Vinay?”

    by  • March 9, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    Dependency requires control. This simple truth is at the heart of politics. The cities depended on the rural areas to supply them with food, and so feudalism. The sick and infirm need care, and socialist schemes seek to provide for them. The highly interdependent nature of the current form of the market “requires” massive control. [...]

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