Fantastic, simply fantastic! Maths, music (nod bad at all), fun and– the sine qua non— love, at work, together: I’ve just relived my entire college life :-). Never heard of the guys before, but they’ve surely got all my votes.
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If you didn’t know what manualists are…
There’s no way I’m gonna call this “music“, but it can go in my “fun” blog-category. Playing songs with your hands… Here’s Michael Blowhard with the story.
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The best joke in weeks. I’ve heard parts of it before, but never the whole thing. Enjoy (you might want to study Physics- if you did not do that or are not doing that already- after this :-)):
This concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen: “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”
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Desi a facut si oaresicare prostii inextricabile (pe care prefer- let me rephrase: am un strong preference – sa nu le discut) care la un moment dat m-au determinat sa ma intreb daca plusurile sale nu au fost decat variatii de la o medie dominant-mediocra, sunt fericit sa descopar ca Darius Groza e categoric pe calea cea buna (alternativ, in cel mai rau caz, “dezvoltarea” sa poate fi descrisa printr-o miscare browniana cu un drift pozitiv :-)).
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Amid all the scandal around the World Bank boss, Paul Wolfowitz and his (required/demanded/expected, by most) would or would not-be resignation, here’s a very recent leaked memo from him to his staff (Ken Rogoff has been rather careless and leaked it to the press :-)).
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