Friday, Sept. 28, 2012

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday, Sept. 28, 2012)

(1)- THE PHYSICS OF DIVING -- How long does a dive from a 10 meter platform last? Not a hard question. If we assume vertical acceleration of the diver is constant, we can use the following kinematic equation:

(2)- REALLY USEFUL STUFF -- For Popular Mechanics' 110th anniversary, We dived into the archives to find the 110 best, handiest, and most helpful tips ever printed in the publication. It's more than a century of wisdom.

(3)- SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT -- This item entered Wikipedia not from the world of truthfulness but from the babble of literary gossip—there is no truth in it at all.

(4)- SARKASMNOS -- The ability to express an unwelcome observation in a wickedly passive-aggressive manner is, at the very least, a great alternative to old-fashioned fisticuffs, or rape ‘n’ pillage.

(5)- WHITHER THE GENTLEMAN -- The idea of a gentleman was a more inclusive one than it sounds to modern ears. One of its greatest advantages was that you could define it so as to include yourself.

(6)- IS PHILOSOPHY DEAD? -- Bertrand Russell observed that philosophy was only the "residue" left over after "those questions which are already capable of definite answers are placed in the sciences."

(7)- A.C. GRAYLING’S NEW COLLEGE -- By setting up a college for the super-rich, Grayling has been accused of betraying public education: of opportunism, parasitism and elitism.

(8)- 2ND THOUGHTS -- For as long as writers have written, they've had second thoughts about their work. The Aeneid survives today through something of a fluke. Virgil had asked a friend to burn the unfinished manuscript should anything befall him.

(9)- THINKING IN PICTURES -- There is, in other words, something primordial, something foundational, about thinking visually. Such a view is anathema to many philosophers.

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