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Date: August 21st, 2008

Practical, but not Practical

21 August, 2008 (03:54) | Other science, Physics, Tech | 1 comment

The practical joke arms race of Caltech, MIT and … UBC? Extreme Engineering
In this arms race, UBC is the third superpower. One of its most sophisticated feats also took place on the Lions Gate Bridge, in 1988. Electrical engineer Johan Thornton, now a contract engineer in his late 30s, decided that he wanted to [...]

Good Argument, Bad Argument

21 August, 2008 (03:53) | Journalism, Science-general | No comments

Ran across the tube containing Standards in Science Blogging and My Inbox. I’m interested in standards of science blogging, so I gave it a read. The author almost gets it right when talking about the right way and wrong way to support your argument.
There is a right way and a wrong way to [...]

 

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