This week’s essay of the week is informed speculation on what went wrong with Deepwater Horizon. Read the comments (at least the replies by the author).
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What caused the 1000 point crash yesterday? View’s here and here.
Scary charts. But the future predicted in these charts will not happen because it can not happen. The world will change in radical ways long before 24% of the men in Japan are over 70 years old.
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We don’t really know anything. But we can still worry.
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Ooooo! Great Job!!
Most of this article is excessively obvious “discoveries” about the ill effects of unbalanced praise on kids. It is more satisfying to read the last portion where the still obvious, but very important, aspect of self-gratification is mentioned.
H/T: Schlock Mercenary
Essay of the Week: 5/2/10-5/8/10
This week’s essay of the week is “The Syria Temptation—and Why Obama Must Resist It.”
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Does the body make its own Morphine?
They may save Greece for a little while. But will they save Hungary?
Greeks fear their pensions will be cut in half. Would rather foreign banks take the hit.
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Harrisburg is not going to make it. So what do they think they are gaining by trying?
I hear Microsoft is in the market for one of these. Seriously, one should always doubt Russian hype. On the other hand, this type of set up makes a lot sense for a lot of people. If the Russian don’t really have the goods, somebody will someday.
The next thing that is going to dominate the headlines. Its tough to install a shut of valve under water.
Essay of the Week: 4/25/10-5/1/10
This week’s essay of the week is Peak Phosphorus.
“Peak” is a scare word that has been used many times in the past and there is not technical reason why the world should run out of Phosphorus. After all, the stuff is reusable.
Having said that, the problems laid out in this essay are very real and they could cause serious problems. So it is worth keeping an eye on the issue.
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The official line on earthquake frequency. But be sure to read the comments.
The short story on Greece. More details here.
Another object in space. Interesting, but the write up is a little over the top.