A good friend of mine has satellite radio service in his car. He loves having it, says he'll never go back to "free radio" again. Personally, I don't spend enough time in a car to want to spend any money to pay for radio, I'm perfectly happy listening to free radio, or a tape or CD. But anyway, my friend has satellite radio in his … Continue reading the story "Satellite Radio Reality Radio Show"
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Plumpynut
I just turned on the television a few minutes ago when I looked at the clock and realized that 60 minutes was half over! I really like to watch 60 minutes, I learn a lot from it. They were doing a story about a food called Plumpynut that is helping to keep children in Nigeria alive. I'm afraid that I missed most of the story … Continue reading the story "Plumpynut"
13 million-digit prime number
I was reading on the Yahoo news website that a new Mersenne prime number has been discovered by UCLA mathematicians last month. It has 13 million digits! They discovered the number by using a network of seventy five different computers running Windows XP. (Take THAT Vista!) (I don't like Vista!)
The discovery makes them eligible for a $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for finding … Continue reading the story "13 million-digit prime number"
Sad state of affairs
I was reading on the Reuters News website that China's banks have been instructed to stop lending money to US banks, for fear that the money will not be repaid because of the financial meltdown that is happening here in the United States! What a sad commentary that is, for other countries to suddenly be told to stop lending money to the United States! The … Continue reading the story "Sad state of affairs"
Tainted milk in China
I was so surprised to read in the Time.com website that China's milk problem has expanded to beyond baby formula to the general milk supply! The chemical melamine, which causes kidney stones and kidney failure has been found in the milk of the three largest milk companies in China! I sure hope that the investigations are successful and the guilty parties spend the rest of … Continue reading the story "Tainted milk in China"