Monthly Archives: August 2002

the economic puzzles of rivers

Posted on Saturday, 2002 August 24 by Anton

New Scientist: Europe’s worst ever floods linked to poor land management: Engineers have channelled all the major rivers that flooded this month – draining wetlands, straightening meanders and cutting them off from their flood plains with high banks. The aim … Continue reading →

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all about alphabets

Posted on Thursday, 2002 August 22 by Anton

Omniglot – a guide to writing systems. I have seen nothing like this on the Web. It even shows some scripts missing from my various books on the field.

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served him right

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 August 21 by Anton

Some say a woman ought not to try to defend herself with a gun, because her attacker will just take it away from her and shoot her with it. Ha ha ha!

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who succors the unsought?

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 August 21 by Anton

It’s ages since I got a spam of the form “For $39.99 we’ll submit your site to 273 top search engines . . . .” Remember them? I always wondered who the heck would buy that service.

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the cyberpunk age

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 August 21 by Anton

We’re living in the future: I just got spammed by Hamas.

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ceteris paribus, life is better than death

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 August 21 by Anton

Reason: Forever Young: The new scientific search for immortality. (Thanks to Paul Hsieh for the link.)

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can you say “backlash”?

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 August 21 by Anton

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. School officials in California are warning parents that they cannot educate their children at home unless they obtain professional teaching credentials.

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