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I’m In the Money

Posted in February 1st, 2012
by Mark Nelson in Data Compression, Humor

It looks like all my long years of studying data compression might be ready to pay off: Hello Good Day, This is Troop Emonds With regards to your Company i am sending this email Regards to order some( Compression Machine )I will like to know the type and sizes you have in stock and get [...]

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Innumeracy Revisited

Posted in September 12th, 2010
by Mark Nelson in Computer Science, Culture, Humor, Mathematics, Snarkiness

The New York Times has an interesting article today examining the curious fact that certain types of terrorist organizations have an unusually high ratio of engineers among their members. An interesting point to study, no doubt, but what caught my eye was this little blunder: William A. Wulf, a former president of the National Academy [...]

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English as a Foreign Language – A Cautionary Tale

Posted in April 28th, 2008
by Mark Nelson in Humor, Writing

Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out – Samuel Johnson Monday, November 17, 2008 8:00 AM Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is Maxine Perkins and for the next six weeks, I will be either your best friend or your [...]

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