Astronomy 1983 Number of planets in the solar system: 9Number of known planets: 9 Astronomy 2006 Number of planets in the solar system: 11Number of known planets: at least 187 Electronics 1983 Top of the line Intel Chip: 80286Transistor count: …More
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"Boston Business Trip" or "Your Tax Dollars at Work"
July 30, 2005
First off, I would like to thank all of tax-paying America (those of you who don’t pay their taxes suck and get no thanks). Because the US government is so flush with your cash, they saw fit to give JPL …More
The Loss of the Creature
May 9, 2005
There are only two essays that I read in my entire high school career (I dislike that idiom, as being in high school is more like being unemployed than it is having a career). “The Starfisher” by Loren Eisley (which …More
Chess is a Storm Against Man
May 8, 2005
On the Romance of Regicide: The Turk, Kasparov, and Deep Blue “Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for,” the oft-quoted aphorism of Dutch Grandmaster Hans Rees, most succinctly describes the human obsession with the ancient game of kings. …More
