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Date: November 19th, 2008

Open Laboratory

19 November, 2008 (17:30) | Blog Compendia |

I was mildly surprised to find The Open Laboratory 2008 – in the final stretch! appear in my incoming links, but it turns out that three of my posts appear in the list. I assume that’s because those are the “classic” posts I submitted to The Giant’s Shoulders, and the first edition of which [...]

TILT!

19 November, 2008 (04:50) | Physics, Tech |

Kinetic sculpture overload. 15 videos of amazing rolling ball machines

How (not) to Cook the Books

19 November, 2008 (04:50) | Math, Video | 2 comments

A look at Benford’s Law.
In certain numerical data sets, the leading digit is most likely to be a “1,” with each succeeding number being less likely. It can be used to see if someone unaware of this has manufactured data.
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