Archive for January, 2006
Monday, January 30th, 2006
I was reading a New York Times article about Judge Alito's likely confirmation, and it turns out at least one Republican senator will be voting against Judge Alito. This senator's name is Lincoln Chafee, and he is from Rhode Island.
Senator Chafee's explanation for why he is voting against Judge Alito ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
We ordered a new color printer for our lab earlier this week, and it arrived yesterday morning. It is an Epson Stylus CX7800, an all-in-one photo copier, scanner, and printer. As with any new printer, my first concern was if (and how) I could get this printer to work with ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
I will let the first paragraph of this Reuters article speak for itself:
President Bush said General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. should develop more appealing products rather than look to Washington for help with their heavy pension burdens, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Exactly. President Bush hit the nail ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
I read a transcript of an interview with Arizona Senator John McCain that took place on the Fox News Channel (FNC) yesterday. The interview was conducted by Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News Sunday.
A couple of interesting things are said in this interview. One covers the warrant-less wiretaps the ...
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
With less than hour before the Broncos and Steelers kick off, I will go ahead and try a round of picks for today's NFL conference championship games. As you might know, the winners of the two games today will play each other in the Super Bowl on February 5.
Like ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
One of the guys in the lab, Sam, pointed out a couple of funny entries from the current edition of the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (Volume 38, January 2006). First, we have
Passive and Active Flow Control by Swimming Fishes and Mammals
F.E. Fish, G.V. Lauder
The dude's name is Fish, and ...
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