The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search continues. Mersenne 8,797,639 is not prime. So says my computer, the slowest computer in the world.
Category Archives: Random
Hurricane Diapers to the Rescue!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170254,00.html This was brought to my attention by a co-worker. Fox News had an interview a Mr. Peter Cordani who wants to use the same sort of gel used in diapers to disrupt hurricanes a little bit. My first instinctive reaction was “this guy is full of crap,” but then I got to thinking about …
September 11th
Is it being unamerican when I totally forget that it’s September 11th? Raise your hand if you’re with me. Without the Sunday morning news programs, I’m not sure I would have remembered.
Lobstah Issues
The NY Times has an article today concerning Maine Lobster booms and busts off of Maine and Cape Cod, respectively.
Days and Years
Ever wonder what day of the week a particular date falls on? Of course you have; it’s not just me. Here is a handy MS Excel download for determining which of the 28 Gregorian calendar arrangements is the one you need.
Disney and your Fingers
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=disney+biometric Without ado, I refer you to the Google search for “Disney” and “Biometric”. In order to access the park right now, you must submit to a finger scan. Harmless? Probably. Potentially useful to the Department of Homeland Security? Maybe. You read and find out. One of the links there says that if you object …
Golf by Ear
Yesterday, I watched attentively as Tiger Woods and Peter Hedblom teed off on the last round of the 2005 US Open Golf Tournament. Dad and I paid attention until about the third hole and then we left to go to a Father’s Day dinner. This was immediately after Retief Goosen, the leader at -3 teed …
Jesus and his Lungs
There is an AP article today concerning the possible cause of death of Jesus of Nazareth. (acutal title Jesus may have died of a blood clot in his lungs, Israeli doctor says By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press, Published on: 06/09/05 ) The gist of this article is that Jesus may not have died from asphyxiation …
GIS for the Common Person
This CNN story shows that geographic information systems (GIS) are reaching deeper into the populace. Having some experience using GIS for transportation planning and just generally screwing around with maps, this latest trend is specatacular! Many feliciations to Google and Google Maps for coming out with a beautiful map interface. Of course, the linked CNN …