http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/books/review/28THOMPSO.html
'The Man Behind the Microchip': The Next Small Thing - New York Times: "THE MAN BEHIND THE MICROCHIP
Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley.
By Leslie Berlin.
402 pp. Oxford University Press. $30."
Noyce & Fairchild vs. TI, who's the inventor?
Nice discussion of instability of the denominator of the t-test.
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0305/0305575.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=14683011&dopt=Citation
Points out the problem of the seed and the difficulty in generating random numbers.
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Science News Online
Week of Dec. 4, 2004; Vol. 166, No. 23
Take a Chance
Scientists put randomness to work
Erica Klarreich
Since the dawn of written history, people have exploited the randomness of a roll of a die to inject their games with the thrill of the unpredictable. Today, randomness is finding myriad other uses, such as encrypting credit card numbers in Internet transactions, deciding how to allocate treatments in drug trials, choosing precincts to call in national polls, running online gambling sites, and helping physicists simulate phenomena ranging from the weather to traffic patterns.........
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Thought this was an interesting article about the academic outlook.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/weekinreview/28liptak.html
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August 28, 2005
If the Law Is an Ass, the Law Professor Is a Donkey
By ADAM LIPTAK
PROFESSORS at the best law schools are generally assumed to be overwhelmingly
liberal, and now a new study lends proof. But whether the ideological imbalance
matters - to the academic environment students encounter, to the kinds of
lawyers the schools produce and to the stock of ideas the professors generate -
depends on whom you ask.
The study, to be published this fall in The Georgetown Law Journal, analyzes 11
years of records reflecting federal campaign contributions by professors at the
top 21 law schools as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Almost a third of
these law professors contribute to campaigns, but of them, the study finds, 81
percent who contributed $200 or more gave wholly or mostly to Democrats; 15
percent gave wholly or mostly to Republicans.
...
An interesting article potentially pointing out the importance of energy conservation.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ehg
thought this guy had a interesting way of avoiding losing mail due to spam filters
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Legs
quadriceps-exercises-smith-machine-squats
Dumbbell-lunges
http://www.changingshape.com/exercise/strengthtraining/gym/dumbbelllunges.asp
Lever-Lying-Leg-Curl
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/LVLyingLegCurl.html
Abs
Sit up with arms in front (abdominal crunch)
http://www.changingshape.com/exercise/strengthtraining/abdominalcrunch.asp
reverse-machine-abdominal-crunch
Shoulders
Dumbell shoulder Shrug
http://www.changingshape.com/exercise/strengthtraining/gym/dumbbellshouldershrug.asp
Arms
Bicep curls
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Biceps/DBCurl.html
Tricep pressdowns
http://www.femalemuscle.com/fitness/workouts/triceps2.html
front-and-side-arm-raises
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exerciseworkouts/l/blarmsshoulders.htm
Stretches
hamstring stretch
thigh pull
http://www.webefit.com/Stretch/Str_07.html
Hip flexor stretch
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/HipFlexors/KneelingHipFlexor.html
butterfly stretch for inner thighs
http://www.webefit.com/Stretch/Str_15.html
Back
free weight lat pull down machine
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/CBFrontPulldown.html
Resistance-band-row
http://www.changingshape.com/exercise/strengthtraining/bandrow.asp
seated row
http://www.changingshape.com/exercise/strengthtraining/gym/seatedrow.asp
single-leg-calf-raise
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Gastrocnemius/DBSingleLegCalfRaise.html
