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Monthly Archives: September 2009
In Memoriam
Back before Twitter, there was jogger.jabber.org. September 11th 10:40:10 AM R.I.P. WTC 10:06:15 AM Looks like most of the news sites have been /.d. Guess no one has learned their bandwidth lessons. 10:05:26 AM a0551 —– wbx AP-PENTAGON EXPLOSION, 1ST … Continue reading
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The Case of the Wrong Way Driver
On July 26th, Diane Schuler left Sullivan County, New York, on her way home to Long Island. Around 1:30 p.m., she entered the northbound Taconic State Parkway from an exit ramp, and proceeded to travel south. A few minutes later … Continue reading
Competitive Pricing of Substitutes in Transportation
Nate Silver has an interesting, if partial, analysis of statistics comparing modes of transportation based on the National Household Travel Survey. He wonders why Americans prefer to drive long distances than fly, and calculates the costs to be generally cheaper … Continue reading
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Tagged airplane, automobile, economics, highways, railroad, statistics, transportation
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In the long history of Man’s inhumanity to Man, it is ever so
While reading In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Phillipines, I came across mention of a disturbingly familiar topic. War is hell. From The New York Times, April 15, 1902, the following (also at wikisource). WASHINGTON, April 14.—The Senate Committee … Continue reading
Procrastination has its Virtues
I’m presently working on remodeling the upstairs bathroom, and have been for some time. In order to do this on the cheap, I planned to replace the doors and trim on the existing cabinets. However, the cabinets were not symmetrical. … Continue reading
