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Great minds…

I sweartogod I had nearly this exact thought a day or two ago. Eerie*. Also awesome. Of course I don’t have the mojo to present it this wittily, but I’m glad someone does.

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We must’ve been listening to the same story on NPR. Did anyone else hear that one? The teacher professor talking about random numbers? I only caught the end of it, sadly.

In my perfect world, math would stream through the radio more often than once or twice a year. I can’t tell you how tired I am of hearing about (1) Scooter Libby, (2) the economy, and (3) a race TWENTY-ONE MONTHS in the future. Thank jebus for podcasts**.***

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* Sends me scurrying to the dictionary every time. Stupid lake.

** Speaking of which, does anyone have any mathy ones to recommend? Right now I mostly listen to Slate, 43Folders, Dutch radio from Australia, the SciAm podcast, and a few academic lectures I’ve scrounged up, but none of those really satisfy my math jones.

*** I think I’ve typed this sentence before. Too lazy to search. Whatevs—I’m STILL thankful.

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5 Responses to “Great minds…”

  1. Júlio Says:
    February 11th, 2007 at 6:28 am

    I hope you don’t mind*. Great code; “guaranteed to be random”. [hhhhh].

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    * YT user commenting on your blog (”where spelling counts”). I’m thinking about an English grammar. Not sure yet… Something similar to “English for dummies”, I guess (but I’m really affraid; I think I’ll forget what I know: Portuguese) [*].

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    [*] In my perfect world, English = Portuguese and .your.perfect.world. would be REAL.

  2. Paul Says:
    February 11th, 2007 at 10:03 pm

    Was it perhaps

    All Things Considered, 2/9/07
    – Why People Probably Don’t Understand Probability –

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7320273

    Does this allow HTML in responses? Is it smart?

  3. Natalie Says:
    February 11th, 2007 at 11:08 pm

    @Júlio: You mean an English grammar podcast? Or a book? Either way, that’s nifty.

    @Paul: Probably.

  4. Júlio Says:
    February 12th, 2007 at 5:34 am

    ! !! “English grammar podcast” (adding one more item to .perfect.world.). Actually, I meant a book. I’m really (ops…) ^afraid^ of it.

  5. Patrick (commediadelarte) Says:
    February 14th, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    I heard an NPR about freezing light. I also heard one a while back where coin flipping really isn’t random (even when a machine is used to replicate the process exactly).

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