Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Whack Job Day

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    All this hysteria over the death of a pop star is disgusting.With all the goings on, you’d have thought that Michael Jackson cured cancer, or done something really important…  OK, he was a great pop star, but to have the whole top fold of the Star-Tribune covering the story (including a headline typo because they…

  • Only 90 Percent?

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    Last week, The Onion reported: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles.I think that might be a conservative number.  Read the whole story, and decide for yourself.

  • Negative thinking

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    If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.Isaac B. Singer

  • Duration

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    Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad lasts for very very long.Douglas Coupland

  • Road ID

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    When Jill and I rode the Tour of Lakes ride on Saturday, 6 June, 2009, I picked up a flyer for a thing called Road ID which is a cuff you can wear on your wrist or ankle when you are riding or running that has your contact information so that emergency personnel can get…

  • Trudging the Road

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    Thanks to all of you who have helped me down the road.And thanks also to all the folks who called and sent emails.

  • Optimization

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    We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.Donald Knuth