The Daily Bucket - My Yard Report for March 2016
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleTruant’s Day Open Thread: Monday, March 21, 2016
Happy International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationToday's number is 21 21 is the product of 2 primes (3 x 7)21 is the sum of the first 6 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 2121 is a...
View ArticleSen no Rikyū Open Thread: Monday, March 28, 2016
Happy commemoration of Sen no RikyūToday's number is 28 28 is 4 x 7 (more later)28 is the sum of the first 7 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 2828 is also the sum of the first 5 non-primes 1+4+6+8+9 =...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, April 4, 2016
Happy 4/4/16Today's number is 4 4 is the second squared numberToday's number is 44 is the smallest squared prime4 is the only even squared prime4 is both 2 doubled and 2 squaredA number is divisible by...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, April 11, 2016
Today's number is 11 Like 7 and its multiples, 11 and its multiples generate fun fractions (more later) 11 is the smallest positive integer with a 3 syllable name11 is the 5th prime and the smallest 2...
View ArticleOpen Thread for April 18, 2016 - Happy Nevsky.
Today we celebrate Alexander Nevsky's defeat of the Crusaders & Teutonic Knights, but more on that later.It is April 18, so today's number is 18 18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to...
View ArticleOpen Thread for April 25, 2016; Happy Title 25
So we're looking at 25 this Monday 25 is 5 squared, and it has no other divisors. It is odd, like the square of every prime other than 2.25 is the smallest square that is the sum of two smaller squares...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - April Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleOpen Thread for May 2, 2016; We Shall Overcome
So we're looking at 2 this Monday2 is the smallest even integer, and defines the even integers (they are those divisible by 2) Finite multiples of 2 must end in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0 If the last digit of a...
View ArticleOpen Thread for May 9, Happy Birth Control Day
Numbah 9, Numbah 9, Numbah 9 9 is the largest single digit integer 9 is the square of a prime and is the second lowest such square"Casting out nines" is a quick way of testing the calculations of sums,...
View ArticleHey, California, time to pivot!
Look, we’ve humored you people for a long time, but that’s over. It is now time to pivot to the general election. It is, in fact, well past time to do so. You need to work on party fundraising, voter...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - California Odds & Ends
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleOpen Thread for May 16, Happy St. Brendan's Day
Before we take a look at 16, please note that being here on a Monday the 16th always means you just survived a Friday the 13th, so major congrats on that.OK 16 is 4 squared and 2 to the fourth or 4**2...
View ArticleThe Death of "Clean Coal"?
Tired of hearing about "Clean Coal"?The January 2016 issue of Scientific American magazine contained an article titled The Carbon Capture fallacy. A subtitle stated that all credible plans for reducing...
View ArticleIt's Happening in Oregon too, Bernie Supporters Beware!
I’ve received credible reports of people who verified that they were registered as Democrats as recently as mid-April finding that their Oregon Ballots show their party as Non-Affiliated. One victim...
View ArticlePossible good news on the biodiesel front.
A study which clearly is obviously tainted avers that a specific biodiesel generates far less carbon emissions over the entire lifecycle from inception of production through actual use as a...
View ArticleUtah Phillips sings Enola Gay
Heard this for the first time today. We haven’t nuked anybody in a while, but we sure keep bombing & droning the hell out of people, including plenty of innocents, so … x YouTube Video
View ArticleAre the Neocons Questioning War and Military Adventurism?
In yesterday's Evening Blues (Evening Blues 5/19/16), Joe Shickspak brought up and inked to an article from the intercept (Koch Institute Article) that discusses a possible alteration in the foreign...
View ArticleFire at Ivanpah solar plant. Lessons to be learned?
According to an article at SF Gate this morning (Ivanpah Fire), there was a fire at the Ivanpah Solar Plant Thursday which required the closing of one generating tower. That is 1/3 of its generating...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - May Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
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