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Democracy (and coffee)
Today, I have some new and exciting statistical research to present: There seems to be a strong correlation between a country’s coffee consumption per capita and its level of democracy. Just look at these lists: The coffee list The democracy list At this point, I offer no possible explanations for this phenomenon. I can only say:…
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123 SPAM
“Spam, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3”. Actually, 123 is the exact number of spam comments that my comment spam-filter (Akismet) had caught for me when I logged on right now. Usually, the number is about 30-40 so some spammer has been very active in the past couple of weeks. The above statement is…
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He wasn’t
Big Brother was not watching or at least he did not feel that I should get denied a Visa. Anyway, I just wanted to wish everyone (including all you spambots that account for most of my visit counts) a merry Christmas. … I wonder if the spambots picked up on that.
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Is Big Brother watching?
I recently (5 minutes ago) started pondering which entity knows more about me: Google or the US government. Certainly, the information that Google gathers from me are mostly related to my personal opinions, social network and lately also my current exact position. But the US government knows everything about my background, Visa status and the…
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The big fish eat the little ones
You can try the best you can If you try the best you can The best you can is good enough Yes, I have been optimistic this term. But finals are drawing near, big project deadlines are closing in and stress is slowly building up so the optimism is fading. It is the same every…