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Comment on Santorini – a rugged Greek caldera by KRISHNA PRASAD BHUJU

KRISHNA PRASAD BHUJU — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:48:59 +0000

So,beautiful places and one part of heaven of the world,if possible i must be visit in this heaven place.

Comment on Graphs using free math software by zac

zac — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:39:05 +0000

Hmm – the “other” Curtis McKallip wrote from an IP address in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Both of you used the same email address.

Strange. Will the real Curtis McKallip please stand up?

Comment on Graphs using free math software by Curtis McKallip

Curtis McKallip — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:50:37 +0000

The blog written about me (Curtis McKallip) is basically true but I was not the author. The poor spelling (grauated) is even typical of my dyslexia. Who wrote it? Curtis McKallip

Comment on The Gini Coefficient of wealth distribution by zac

zac — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:36:05 +0000

Thanks, Ian. I meant to mention the age of the data when I wrote the article.

Most Gini Coeeficient data is going to be approximate. In countries where barter systems are common, it would be very difficult to come up with a meaningful Gini Coefficient. Same thing for war-ravaged countries.

But your point is certainly true – I never did understand why Bush was hell-bent on taking from the soon-to-be-poor and giving to the already-rich.

Comment on Children’s views on climate change by Joe Becket

Joe Becket — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:27:54 +0000

Teaching people on the dangers of climate change for children and young people is important. I feel information needs to be inspiring and relevant and should illustrate the consequences of climate change. Schools are not doing enough to tackle climate change. Active steps need to be taken by schools to educate pupils. Schools should be leading the way in tackling climate change by setting a good example to pupils. I believe that Government needs to be doing more to improve public transport by making it greener, more regular and cheaper.

Comment on The Gini Coefficient of wealth distribution by Ian MacFarlane

Ian MacFarlane — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:15:01 +0000

The Gini coefficient for the US, of .408, in the table, above, is quite out of date. That number predates the Republican tax cuts that shifted income from the middle class radically to the rich. We now have a Gini coefficient that is closer to .50 and will not recover from this Great Recession until we redress this issue.

Comment on Lines of primes by Pheello Makhele

Pheello Makhele — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:40:55 +0000

They often say “In God we trust” and I say “In Murray Bourne I trust”.

Comment on Earth killer – composite trigonometry CO2 graph by Veretekk

Veretekk — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:43:48 +0000

Also, regarding the comments earlier in this post about the comparison of Venus vs. Earth. Yes, Venus’ dense CO2 atmosphere keeps surface temperatures on that planet hot enough to melt lead. However, Venus’ atmosphere is 93 times the mass of our atmosphere on Earth, with surface pressure 92 times that of Earth.

With that difference in atmospheric mass, and the fact that Venus’ atmosphere is mostly CO2, while our atmosphere is mostly Nitrogen, you really cannot compare the two planets in an argument about global warming.

Comment on Dubai – math and science by zac

zac — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:23:05 +0000

Thanks, Samaritan. I have updated the post.

Well, they looked like Arabic numbers to my inexperienced eye!

[Explanation: I originally wrote that the first 3 characters with red background were Arabic numerals...]

Comment on Dubai – math and science by Samaritan

Samaritan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:21:23 +0000

Just wanted to correct you.

The red part of the license plate where you’ve said those 3 characters are numbers… they aren’t.

They are arabic letters. They are:
Meem – A’in – Alif

They may look similar but I assure they aren’t. And thats an Abu Dhabi license plate xD. Though I can imagine quite a few of those around Dubai.