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Yep, I did. R. Aubry

No, you must be joking. The burden of proof in an argument has to be borne by the one making the claim. If you claim you saw a UFO, the burden of proof is on you. The burden of pro…

Down in Charlotte, NC area.

To my untrained ear, this sounds like an argument over optimal versus satisficing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing ). (I'm just tossing that out there: if this is someth…

Absolutely, and given that Gell-Mann was corresponding in 1978 with editors at the OED, it's likely that said English teacher (if she had an ounce of self-respect (I speak as a tea…

Same here, but in our apartment across the river in Cambridge. Magazine, movie, and Ben&Jerry's. And it was freakin' cold out, close to zero!

MIT graduate I met 30 years ago told me he had a professor tell him that there are 3 things in life: 1. things divisible by 3 2. things not divisible by 3 3. other things

No Dhalgren or Triton, by Samuel R. Delany?

Yeah, seriously. Also, from the Google web site: "Searching without typing Use it in the kitchen, in the garage or anytime your hands might be full." Oh, really? I want to see you …

Damn them - damn them to hell. The thing that Firefox 3 did in Winidows (XP anyway) that was so useful was that when you deleted trash or spam, it automatically put the pointer on …

If You Want To Write is way underrated, I agree. If you're a fiction writer, you do NOT want to miss The Art of Fiction, by John Gardner. The last chapter, Exercises, is a seminar …

I've been using SoftMaker Office 2008 for the past 2 months and can't believe how much faster it is than OpenOffice, which is a shame, because I've been using OO for years.

Here's a simpler version. It has only 8 pages, but the pages are somewhat larger and the whole booklet sits flatter in a pocket. Here goes: 1) Fold (8.5x11) sheet of paper in half …

Did the server go down? I want to play against the machine, all I get is a page not found/404 page. I'm on Firefox.

I upvoted you because I got the humor. Seriously, at this point I am completely willing to accept this is just me, because I have heard no one complain about this but me!

OK, I really need a reality check here. First, let me make it clear - on every reddit discussion about math and about Khan Academy that's I've been involved in, I heartily recommen…

Design, design, design. Oh, yeah, and marketing, too.

Totally anecdotal, but I thought I'd pass this on. Whenever I use Goog 411 or Dragon, my results improve if I speak like a standard radio announcer. You know, that kind of jokey, f…

I use http://toread.cc/ for the same purpose, plus I can always search in Gmail for my articles.

Speaking of typing, has anyone here tried out the new Dragon Dictation app? Sounds like a natural for the iPad (I'm waiting for mine - got a preorder of the 3G).

I really wish someone in the know would reply to your post because I think you have the most salient point. In fact, do the same open source advocates decry the Playstation and Nin…