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December 6, 2010
December 5, 2010
December 4, 2010
No, what time is it, really?
In the 19th century, Captains in the British Navy who could not afford their own marine chronometer (used to determine longitude by celestial navigation) were issued one by the Navy, but Captains who provided their own were issued two, so that they would have three chronometers aboard ship – because you need three to know which one has gone wrong.
December 2, 2010
How 'bout them apples?
From the wikipedia entry on the "Raven paradox", (also known as Hempel's paradox) a lovely pair of figure legends:
December 1, 2010
Proofreading is important, part 2.
Department of proofreading: The Washington Post reports today that the conviction of a Virginia man for driving past a stopped school bus was overturned on appeal, because of a missing preposition in Virginia law, which had been amended in 1970 to criminalize failure to stop a school bus – not failure to stop at a school bus.
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