Monthly Archives: June 2004

department of spoof advertising

Posted on Friday, 2004 June 04 by Anton

The Diebold Variations

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vital details

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

I’ve just seen the end of Angel‘s third season, and what a startling revelation! Who’d have thought that Cordelia would drive a yellow Jeep?!

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the art of astronomy

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

Minor planet (21656) Knuth (cited by ACB)

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the price of life

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

No comment on the thesis of “The economic logic of executing computer hackers” (Slate; cited by ACB), but this caught my eye: When we say that a human life is worth $10 million, we mean nothing more or less than … Continue reading →

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the danger of secrecy

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

Feel safe yet?

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domequest

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 June 02 by Anton

My fullerene page was the first webpage I made, in 1998. The C programs whose output is shown there – to enumerate pentagon-hexagon topologies, and to estimate their 3D shapes – were lost years ago; I wanted to improve and … Continue reading →

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