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Here comes the rest of our lives

Title: Best Days Artist: Graham Colton Band Album: Here Right Now I wanted to put this music video in a post, but it turns out the otherwise wonderful video embedding plugin I use doesn’t support AOL Video. Oh well, I … Continue reading

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Qualities of a leader

A question from Yahoo! Answers (by Deepak Chopra, no less): What qualities define a great team leader? Qualities do not define a team leader; teams and their purposes do. It is extremely naive to think that leading a team of … Continue reading

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The top jobs on the food chain?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: If there was a chart for the economic food chain what would be the top 10 Jobs? There are only two, really: A founder (but not necessarily the CEO) of a successful large company A … Continue reading

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An exercise in probability theory

Assume there is a computer manufacturer whose warranty and service plans for a computer selling for $1,739 are priced as follows: 4Yr — $340 or $10/month 3Yr — $260 or $7/month 2Yr — $170 or $5/month 1Yr — $70 or … Continue reading

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Is the dollar bottoming out?

The real broad dollar index seems to have dropped almost all the way to historic bottom: I wonder if this means anything… If historical patterns continue into the future, we are looking at a 95% chance of real appreciation over … Continue reading

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If life were discovered on Pluto…

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Pluto is a very dark, cold planet. If life were discovered on Pluto, what kind of animal might live there? What would it look like? Describe it’s way of life. I sincerely doubt there could … Continue reading

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What are the working poor doing wrong?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What are the working poor doing wrong that keeps them poor? Nothing. They are basically paying for the sins of their parents. They didn’t get to go to college because they didn’t do well in … Continue reading

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A mathematician and a physicist?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: A Mathematician and A Physicist? What is the basic difference between a mathematician and a physicist considering they both deal with numbers? Let’s start with physicists. Physicists come in two flavors; theoretical physicists study material … Continue reading

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Why are witches so popular?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Why are witches and wizards so popular these days? (eg harry potter?)? In the past, people like them were accused and put to death? Witches have always been popular; read a book of folk tales … Continue reading

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Communism and totalitarianism

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What is the difference between communism and Totalitarianism? They are about different things. Communism is mostly about how wealth should be distributed (the government owns all means of production, controls prices and wages, etc.) Totalitarianism … Continue reading

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