BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cannabis study encouraging for MS
The biggest UK study of cannabis-based drugs has shown evidence for a long-term benefit in easing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
(cited by Vicki Rosenzweig)
2012: This post keeps getting comments from bots. I’ve deleted them, and closed that door. If you disagree with that decision, there is a way to let me know.
Say, is the number of telephone lines dedicated to modems declining, as traffic moves to broadband? NANPA might know: it affects how soon more areas will need to be split or overlain.
can you say it with a straight face?
Forensic theology. (Cited by Travis.) (Link updated 2006.)
In November I linked to a “Political Compass” and mentioned some improvements I’d like to see. Chris Lightfoot apparently had already made them. Rather than assigning preconceived interpretations to the questions, Lightfoot waited until a large number of people had done his quiz, and then did a factor analysis to define the axes.
Lightfoot’s quiz was cited by Tim Lambert (Deltoid), who invites you to add your name to a chart. (I hope you will; only a few names on it are familiar to me.)
My score is {-1.37, +6.29}, near the top center of Lambert’s chart.
Vishnu Integrating Analog Computer?
Mars has a crater named Vishniac. If you’re anything like me, you’re curious about the etymology of such a name: it doesn’t fit the spelling and morphology of any language that comes to mind.
Ephraim Vishniac tells all.