misc: Science Toys, Toxic Scents, Finite Math, DNA Telepathy, Kettuvalloms

Science Toys:   http://sci-toys.com/

Toxic Secrets in Fresh Scents:  Dangerous chemicals lurk.   http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/371779_toxicfragrance23.html

Does DNA have telepathic properties ?
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/07/does-dna-have-t.html


Permutations & Combinations
http://sophistpundit.blogspot.com/2006/02/permutations-and-combinations.html

which is part of the highly readable...
Finite Mathematics -- by SophistPundit
http://sophistpundit.blogspot.com/2006/02/finite-mathematics.html

GNU/Linux is my Home :)
http://www.makelinux.net/home/

Kottayam to Alleppey -- Kettuvalloms
http://www.ghumakkar.com/2008/05/19/backwater-trip-to-the-land-of-kettuvallams-%e2%80%93-kottayam-to-alleppey/

Too old to.... ?

From the New Yorker

Annals of Innovation

In the Air

Who says big ideas are rare?

by Malcolm Gladwell May 12, 2008

“In the nineteen-sixties, the sociologist Robert K. Merton wrote a famous essay on scientific discovery in which he raised the question of what the existence of multiples tells us about genius. No one is a partner to more multiples, he pointed out, than a genius, and he came to the conclusion that our romantic notion of the genius must be wrong. A scientific genius is not a person who does what no one else can do; he or she is someone who does what it takes many others to do. The genius is not a unique source of insight; he is merely an efficient source of insight.”

link

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/chemistry/faculty/dasgupta/career.htm

DoggieDoo

 

Basic Quantum Physics, and Socratic Electronics

Tonky Kuphaldt's  (at ALLABOUTCIRCUITS.COM)...
Basics of Quantum Physics:
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_2/2.html              /A

Also, Socratic Electronics (Tony Kuphaldt)
http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/socratic/                                 /A

Physics with Phoenix... and related

Phoenix -- Physics with Homemade Equipment and Innovative Experiments

http://iuac.res.in/~elab/phoenix/

Kishore's Blog
http://kishoreathrasseri.wordpress.com/

The Story of Phoenix
http://kishoreathrasseri.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/the-story-of-phoenix/

There is a prize for solving a problem...
http://www.iuac.res.in/%7Eelab/phoenix/prize.html

The GnuVision Blog by Pramode CE
http://pramode.net/

Calcium Deposits in Arteries, Vitamin K2, Butter...

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/calciumDepositsHeartDisease.php

Vitamin K2 : The best sources of vitamin K2 are fermented foods and
grass-fed animal fats. Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, cheese, and
natto, a soy dish popular in Eastern Japan, contain substantial amounts of
vitamin K2. Natto, in fact, contains the highest amount of any food measured.

And...have a pat or two of GOOD butter too
!

http://www.seleneriverpress.com/media/pdf_docs/39_butter.pdf

/A

Backaches -- Doctor Yourself (Andrew W. Saul)

http://www.doctoryourself.com/backache.html

/A

A Pair of Rose-Coloured Glasses please...

http://ripvanwink.blogspot.com/2008/06/pair-of-rose-coloured-glasses-please_19.html

100 Vim commands you should know!

Since the 70�s, Vi is one of the programmer�s best friend. Nevermind you�re new to Vi or not, here�s a big list of 100 useful commands, organized by topic, which will make your coder life better.
http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/web-development/100-vim-commands-every-programmer-should-know-11
A:)

www.dimdima.com-July Newsletter

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Weather, weather !

(C) V 2004.  14 Oct 2004. For GM

Weather is kinda madeup of
'air' and 'moisture'
you can't see either, but
can feel them for sure

hot air moves, and with it
goes the moisture

cool air is heavy & slow
it lets the moisture go

but what makes the air move
is the power of the sun
the sun is strong and radiates
energy to warm the earth.

the earth's got both rock and water
and they are as different as chalk from cheese.
and why does that matter ?
listen v. carefully please

when the rock heats up
the water is still cool
when the rocks cool down
the water is still warm !

and there's more
the earth's not flat, it's actually round
a bit like an orange
that got squashed - we've found.

so the waist of the earth is
near to the sun
where it gets hot & humid
unlike the poles at the ends.

now you've gotta take the orange
and give it a mighty spin
see the hot winds rise up
and the cold ones rush in

but, wait a minute
the orange ain't straight,
you gotta tilt it a bit
at degrees 22 and min eight ??

you take this spinning orange
and you make it walk aroun'
in non-circular elliptic orbits
around the blazing sun

ask the weather office & you'll know
seasons come and seasons go
it's the tilt of the earth that gives us fall
also spring, summer, winter and all.

now you know
what goes into weather
but what's climate ?
that's different altogether :-)
-----

A 04/07/08

FW: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Why did the chicken cross the road? |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| |                     | Why did the chicken cross the road?|  | |        Name         |                                    |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | KINDERGARTEN BOY    |  To get to the other side.         |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | PLATO               |  For the greater good.             |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | ARISTOTLE           |  It is the nature of chickens to   |  | |                     | cross roads.                       |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | KARL MARX           |  It was a historical inevitability.|  | |                     |                                    |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | TIMOTHY LEARY       |  Because that's the only trip the  |  | |                     | establishment would let it take.   |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | CAPTAIN JAMES T.    |  To boldly go where no chicken has |  | | KIRK                | gone before.                       |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | HIPPOCRATES         |  Because of an excess of phlegm in |  | |                     | its pancreas.                      |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | MARTIN LUTHER KING, |  I envision a world where all      |  | | JR.                 | chickens will be free to cross     |  | |                     | roads without having their motives |  | |                     | called into question.              |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | MOSES               |  And God came down from the        |  | |                     | Heavens, and He said unto the      |  | |                     | chicken, "Thou shalt cross the     |  | |                     | road." And the chicken crossed the |  | |                     | road, and there was much rejoicing.|  | |                     |                                    |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | RICHARD M. NIXON    |  The chicken did not cross the     |  | |                     | road. I repeat, the chicken did NOT|  | |                     | cross the road.                    |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | MACHIAVELLI         |  The point is that the chicken     |  | |                     | crossed the road. Who cares why?   |  | |                     | The end of crossing the road       |  | |                     | justifies whatever motive there    |  | |                     | was.                               |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | BILL GATES          |  The newly released Chicken 2003,  |  | |                     | will not only cross roads, but will|  | |                     | lay eggs, file your important      |  | |                     | documents, and balance your        |  | |                     | checkbook.                         |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | DARWIN              |  Chickens, over great periods of   |  | |                     | time, have been naturally selected |  | |                     | in such a way that they are now    |  | |                     | genetically disposed to cross      |  | |                     | roads.                             |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | EINSTEIN            |  Whether the chicken crossed the   |  | |                     | road or the road moved beneath the |  | |                     | chicken depends upon your frame of |  | |                     | reference and relativity.          |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | GEORGE BUSH         |  We are committed to establishing a|  | |                     | democracy where chickens freely    |  | |                     | cross roads without oppression from|  | |                     | terrorist organizations.           |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Azharuddin          | I am totally innocent, you know,   |  | |                     | I'm unnecessarily being dragged    |  | |                     | into this, you know, because I'm   |  | |                     | from the minority..... I neither   |  | |                     | know the chicken nor the road, you |  | |                     | know....                           |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | George Fernandes    | I am deeply hurt that this question|  | |                     | is being asked after my 40 clean   |  | |                     | years of public life. I don't own a|  | |                     | house, or a car, leave alone a     |  | |                     | chicken !!!                        |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Mulayam             | I demand a 50% reservation of the  |  | |                     | road for the chicken class, so that|  | |                     | they can cross the road freely     |  | |                     | without their motives being        |  | |                     | questioned                         |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | ARJUN SINGH         |  Our policy will ensure the        |  | |                     | development of socially            |  | |                     | underprivileged chickens so that   |  | |                     | they can also cross roads.         |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Abdul Kalam         | Yes, why did the chickens cross the|  | |                     | road? .. please tell me why? ..    |  | |                     | they crossed to go to the other    |  | |                     | side of the road... now repeat     |  | |                     | after me ....                      |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Advani              | I see Pakistani hand in this ...   |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Vatal Nagaraj       | No Tamil or outside chickens will  |  | |                     | be allowed to cross our roads, our |  | |                     | roads are meant only for Kanadiga  |  | |                     | chickens!.                         |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Bal Thackarey       | Chickens crossing the roads is     |  | |                     | against our culture, my followers  |  | |                     | will stone all such chickens which |  | |                     | cross the road.                    |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Jayalalithaa        | From reliable sources I've got the |  | |                     | information that the chicken       |  | |                     | belongs to Karunanidhi. He is      |  | |                     | making his chicken cross the road  |  | |                     | to create law & order problems. The|  | |                     | chicken has now been imprisoned    |  | |                     | under POTA.                        |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Amitabh Bachhan     | The chicken has crossed the road?..|  | |                     | are you sure.. very sure ... really|  | |                     | sure...                            |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Venkaiah Naidu      |  "We are very sure of the fact that|  | |                     | the chicken did not cross the road.|  | |                     | It's a conspiracy by the congress. |  | |                     | The poor chicken has been made a   |  | |                     | scapegoat in this whole issue"     |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | H.S.Surjeet         | We are adopting a wait and watch   |  | |                     | policy. We have convened a meeting |  | |                     | of the third front today. We will  |  | |                     | decide the future course of action |  | |                     | after the chicken comes back..     |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--| | Maneka Gandhi       | Chicken crossed the road alone...!!|  | |                     | If a vehicle had passed over it, we|  | |                     | would have lost one of our dearest |  | |                     | creatures. Ban all vehicles from   |  | |                     | using the road. Protect our        |  | |                     | chickens...                        |  | |---------------------+------------------------------------+--|