“I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – RFK
Posted in Academia on Apr 17th, 2007
Tweet One especially poignant hero was professor Liviu Librescu. He barricaded the door to buy time for his students to escape, then threw himself in front of the gunman when the attacker finally got through. Nearly all of his students survived… Holocaust survivor saved students’ lives By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer Romanian-born Liviu Librescu, [...]
Posted in Academia on Apr 16th, 2007
Tweet Initially I had thought this was a joke, but apparently two gunmen killed at least 22 people at Virginia tech today. The identities of those killed are not currently known, except it definitely include students. UPDATE: At least 25 killed, 20+ in the hospital, fatalities expected to rise. Shootings began at 7:15, but cops [...]
Tweet High school students who compete in math team competitions have probably heard of the American Regions Math League, or ARML for short. Many states struggle to come up with enough funding to send their kids to this prestigious competition, so I decided to look through their tax forms to see how efficient this organization [...]
Tweet Two decisions regarding technology were handed down by US courts today and I am once again disappointed by the result. Incidentally, the two cases just happen to be my two pet peeves, personal privacy and patents. In the case of Vonage vs Verizon, a judge has issued an injunction against Vonage barring them from [...]
