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Awesome
via Facebook and the God of Unfortunate Names
"OMEGA touch pads and starting blocks are part of an integrated timing system capable of recording times to the nearest 1/1000th of a second. However, because it is not possible to build swimming pools in which each lane is guaranteed to be precisely the same length, Olympic and World Records are still recorded to the nearest 1/100th of a second."
via omegawatches.com
via blog.wired.com
"It's become a bit of a game because this hallway is designed to save energy. So when you walk down it, the lights will switch on and then off after you've passed. So sometimes I'm sitting in the dark answering emails and I try to see how much I can type without triggering the motion sensors again. It's also fun to surprise unsuspecting hotel guests who pop out the elevator and see someone typing in the dark corner. And then he ends up being 'Hurley.'"
via dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com
via newsok.com
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
You can view this book's Amazon detail page here.
Tags:
- Started reading:
- February 6, 2008
- Finished reading:
- February 18, 2008
Review
Rating: 4
Taleb writes somewhere early in the book-maybe in the introduction-that he doesn’t like editors or having his work edited. That’s too bad, because he needs one dearly. I don’t think I’ve ever read (part) of a book that seemed so much like a first draft, and it takes a lot for me to not finish a book.
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