Swans on Tea

Can you predict Nobel Prize winners by counting citations?
Short version: Previously, Yes. Currently, no. Like sports.
In some sense this is like the “parity” many sports fans talk about. Making good predictions in an NCAA tournament bracket or fantasy football league can be pretty difficult, because there has been an increase in the [...]

OK — beg? No, not so much.
Dell deceived customers, judge says
I have no complaint about any alleged bait-and-switch. It’s this:
“Our goal has been, and continues to be, to provide the best customer experience possible,” spokesman Jess Blackburn said in a written statement to CNN.
Cough, splurt. Get on it, please.
I had the misfortune [...]

But it has nothing to do with radiation safety concerns.
Fraud Charges Cast Doubt on Claims of DNA Damage From Cell Phone Fields
The only two peer-reviewed scientific papers showing that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from cell phones can cause DNA breakage are at the center of a misconduct controversy at the Medical University of Vienna (MUV). Critics [...]

The monetary density of things
People have been saying that the new industrial grade swimsuits like the LZR Racer are worth their weight in gold. As you can see, this is clearly inaccurate. But such a suit is worth its weight in marijuana or industrial diamonds.
At the high end of this graph is gold (the only [...]

Adam and Jamie demonstrate serial vs parallel computation with paintball guns.
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