I am old enough to remember the "horsepower wars" of the '50s and 60s in the US. Inflation was rampant then as now.

So, what's new? It's not as if the governments know what they're doing, or their informational data is correct and unpoliticized....

Your cite of the "recent" study fits with my memory from the old school. There are several kinds (at least two) of memory: long- and short-term; one is chemical, the other electrical. Each reference to the protein carrying the memory rewrites it to include the information from the new conscious understanding and context, thus changing the protein when it is recreated. I am surprised that this method of decoding/recoding has not been looked into.

Thank you. I am in error, For some reason I thought the book, which I have found, was published by Oxford University Press, and she is listed as "Principal Emeritus of the Faculty of Astrological Studies." Now I find the book was published not by Oxford Press but by Fowler's.

My mistake.

According to the late (I presume) Dean of Astrology at Oxford Univrsity (UK), Margaret Hone, no gravitational or magnetic waves are involved. An undiscovered astrological wave is the cause, according to her textbook.

Yes, I am serious. Her textbook was published in 1955 IIRC. (I have it somewhere, but am too lazy to look for it.)

The joint statement indicates that a likely contributing factor to the increase in earthquakes is wastewater disposal by injection into deep geologic formations. The water injection can increase underground pressures, lubricate faults and cause earthquakes – a process known as injection-induced seismicity. Much of this wastewater is a byproduct of oil and gas production and is routinely disposed of by injection into wells specifically designed and approved for this purpose. The recent earthquake rate changes are not due to typical, random fluctuations in natural seismicity rates.

'Nuff said.

It was shown quite some time ago that adults "read" by recognizing the shapes of words, not their spelling. If this is true then it would explain the problems described in TFA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/...

What you said is true; that's why I doubt SCOTUS will hear it. It lets them dodge a sensitive political issue without being embarrassed since only the law is in dispute according to TFA. This argument is the legal equivalent, to my understanding, of giving up one's 5th-amendment rights because one has given some information already without invoking the article.

I am -- and the court seemed -- appalled at the idea that "secret laws" can apply in a constitutional republic.

I doubt SCOTUS will touch this, as they tend to kick the can down the road on big issues like this, which, of course, will let it stand.

...for procrastinators.

The point of this article seems to be that even former SCOTUS justices can become demented with age.

No, it took a study to demonstrate it.

The freedom of speech referred to (presumably the one in the US Constitution) allows freedom of *political* speech.

Other forms of speech have been regulated -- slander, shouting fire in a theater, calls to insurrection.

I am not for Rep. Speir's bill in any way, but one can't hide this kind of despicable speech behind the first amendment.

OTOH, making websites who do not or cannot control content responsible for same seems likely to be struck down by the courts, if passed, and unlikely to find much support among lawmakers.

As for Ms Frank: She sounds like a terrible harridan, the kind of subhuman individual who should be locked up for good and the key thrown down her throat. As Steven Colbert would say, "The worst person in the world today."

So sue me, ma'am, please: I got a friend who's a lawyer.

http://www.kcra.com/politics/f...

note: ytree for Linux is a near-perfect clone of xtree for DOS. I still use it.

Maybe it is. I don;'t use DOS anymore, though I am tempted to resurrect some games I'd played which have gone obsolete; the Sierra racing series, f'rexample.

I notice Sparky Linux Gamer's edition ships with FreeDOS.