Totally fucking called it.
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Nov 11
CERN Confirms Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos; Unease Remains
This is a ten on my “Wow Scale” if anyone should ask.
… it had measured neutrinos arriving some 60 nanoseconds earlier than they would have if travelling at light speed.
So, yeah. There you go. Good luck with that.
06
Nov 11
Federal Reserve Visits Pawn Shop
Well, maybe it’s more like taking an advance on your paycheck.
From wallstreetexaminer.com:
The Fed was hit with withdrawals of $83.3 billion last Wednesday, the largest withdrawals from its deposit accounts that were not associated with quarterly tax payments since February of 2009. $7 billion of that was the net cash transferred to the US Treasury from its note and bond sales less outlays. The Fed still had to meet the other $76 billion.
This stuff is way over my head, but I did read up on some of it. This “Reverse Repurchase Agreement” sounds like a bunch of malarkey.
06
Nov 11
We Want Your Honey
Bees kill man in his own home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/06/miami-man-found-dead-inside-home-full-of-bees_n_1078677.html
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Nov 11
“To Serve Man”
Hey everybody! There’s still some Kool-Aid in the punch bowl!
I mean, they’re backed by Goldman Sachs. What could go wrong? It’s not like they’ve ever deceived their own clients. Oh, wait.
I remember when Groupon was getting ready to get bough by Google. But, their finance guy blabbed about it and Google pulled out within hours of learning about the leak.
02
Nov 11
Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog Quadruped Robot Prototype on Video – IEEE Spectrum
These guys crack me up.
Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog Quadruped Robot Prototype on Video – IEEE Spectrum.
01
Nov 11
Musical Comedy
I remember where I was when I first heard Greece was in deep doo doo (at a depth not seen since The Treaty of Versailles).
It was a Sunday. I was at the original DuPar’s at Third and Fairfax. I’d brought my NY Times. The front page said it all: Greece was behind with both his landlord and the repo man.
The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation’s euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum.
Ironically, the film Grease was the first Hollywood musical to make a profit in the ten years that preceded its release.
via WRAPUP 5-Greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell | Reuters.
Kyle Hayes