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Man, Pat Sajak Must Be Ticked!

I will say this for working with a bunch of geek fellow travelers: you learn a lot of interesting things during lunchtime conversations, such as the fact that Monty Hall has a probability problem/”paradox” named after him. The problem, simply…

Is It Too Late To Change My Major?

1) I didn’t realize that there’s such a thing as “explosives engineering” 2) I didn’t realize that some universities offer minors in said engineering field 3) I didn’t realize that one of those unis has an explosives summer camp, which…

Mee-su Bah-stahhs

So I guess this is what passes for Mythbusters in Japan (nice use of Matrix music, by the way): Frames of reference are fun! [Yes, but what happens if a jet plane tries to take off from a moving conveyor…

WARNING: Do Not Download Toribash

If you acquire Toribash, there is a very good chance that you will lose sleep. You have been warned. At heart, Toribash is a turn-based physics-intensive ragdoll simulator, which might not sound too interesting until you realize that you’ve been…

Brain. Hurts.

We’ve been over this a million times: some people have way, way too much time on their hands. As further evidence, I present a 2D representation of a 3D representation of a 4D house, constructed entirely using the tools provided…