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more about #math more comments → raincoaster: Oh, thanks. Way to kill my new "blogerology" subscription service based on when your first post went up. #bullshit more » AEchinoderm: Come on, numerology totally makes sense. Once, a friend of my ex-wife's mother, who is numerologist, ran my numbers and she came to the conclusion tha... more » themediatrix: I knew numerology was bullshit when I was about 13 years old. That was when ELLE magazine decided to drop part of the formula for it's regular numero... more » Mr. Praline: 42, bitches. 42. #bullshit more » OliversArmy: "Numerology is totally fake and made up and based on nothing except the ease with which it can be employed to fool uneducated people." True. To fool... more » snugbug: PS: Fun Fact: The number 13 gets its ominous reputation from the fact that there were 12 original apostles of Jesus, and Judas Iscariot was the 13th. ... more » snugbug: This is a proper opportunity to revisit scorn upon one of the silliest thrillers in the history of cinema: Joel Schumacher's The Number 23, starring J... more » Cheap Shot: Ok, explain Chinese names then. more » Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: George Bergman sounds like my kind of Obsessive Compulsive! #bullshit more » Perhaps Not: When Jesus comes back on the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year, won't you be surprised. #bullshit more » NessiaHaeden: First of all, the RZA doesnt do "numerology," but Divine Mathematics. A type of numerology, yes, but not quite the same. Secondly, juice-based cleans... more » resipsaloquacious: The bumps on my head tell me that numerology is bullshit. #bullshit more » skahammer: Oh, false primes, I just can't quit you. #bullshit more » ManchuCandidate: I've always had a fondness for 69. #bullshit more » bytememehard: OK, I guess it's time for me to switch back to Scientology. #bullshit more » -
#math
Numerology: Bullshit
This article today does us all a great service by reminding us to remind you that numerology—like the concept of juice-based "cleansing" systems—is bullshit. If you believe in it, stop now. It is so dumb. More » -
#media
Can an Online Fan Base Save the New York Times? No.
After the New York Times announced that it's cutting 100 more newsroom jobs, guess what happened, virally? Many commenters begged to be allowed to pay for the paper's online content! Is this the NYT's salvation? Ha, no. More » -
#recessionomics
Poverty Is Russian Roulette
The Way We Live Now: There's a high probability that it's not "in poverty!" Five-sixths of us are not officially languishing in the fetid cesspool of government-defined economic despair. There's always that one out of six, yes. That happens occasionally. More » -
#newmath
What's a Little Tax Fraud Between Friends?
Math is hard and taxes are Satan's invoices, which is why Fox News' Clayton Morris calls it an "honest mistake" to claim $10 in income when you made $1,000,000: Who can figure those "stinkin' tax forms" out anyway? -
#recessionomics
Math Nerds Getting Richer, Sexier
The Way We Live Now: Revenge-d by the nerds. Statisticians are the new Hedge Fund Guys. The less math-y among us are just marks for con artists and shady Metrocard machines. But: hot stock tip, below!
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#newspapers
How Much For The Boston Globe?
Two brazen Boston bidders have actually put in bids for the teetering Boston Globe! If our quick math is right, the bids should be in the area of... negative $96 million. More » -
#statistics
Matt Drudge By the Numbers
A numbers genius—not Nate Silver!—has pored over the 171,000-plus recorded updates of the Drudge Report since 2002 and put it all into chart form. Most stunning-yet-not-surprising statistic: two-year-old Politico ranks 16th among sites linked to by Drudge.
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#math
College: Waste of Time
Just like my high school history teacher told us, skipping college and getting a damn job instead is the smartest economic thing you could possibly do. Someone has proven it, using mathematics! More » -
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#finally
Nate Silver Moves On to the Real Issues
Politiconumerical nerd-guru Nate Silver is totally in the tank for Peet's Coffee, and uses his statistical wizardry to imply it's better than Starbucks. But is it better than McCafé? This marketing crap is your future, Nate Silver. Drink up. -
#callingbullshit
Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
How bad is it out there? So bad that innocent citizens are being assaulted in fawncy downtown NYC much more than they were last year! Panic! How bad is it really? It's not that bad: More » -
#media
The New York Times Discovers Arithmetic
The New York Times has completed the first step: admitting it has a problem. The internal memo is out, confirming today's rumored pay cuts (and layoffs). This is big news. More » -
#nerdery
Harvard Faces Day Without Pi
Today in Ivy League math event news: Harvard has canceled its annual digit-reciting extravaganza "Pi Day." Despite last year's "pretty crazy" pi blowout: More » -
#math
The New York Times's Rent-to-Own Loan
A debt-strapped New York Times has managed to mortgage its shiny new headquarters for a quick cash infusion of $225 million. But at what cost? Some quick Excel work gives us an ugly answer: More » -
#predictions
Nate Silver Spoils Oscars
Hey, America's #1 numbers whiz Nate Silver has already figured out who will win all the Oscars! Thanks for spoiling the "female Super Bowl," Nate, you misogynist. Click through to see the future of cinema: More » -
#media
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This is the year of new ideas for saving newspapers! Unfortunately, the main solutions seem to be plagued the one thing that led most people into journalism in the first place: lack of math skills. More »BadNew Math of Saving Newspapers -
#music
Math Whiz Successfully Wastes Years Studying Beatles Songs
Canadian math professor Jason Brown has defied experts who postulated that it would never be possible for a mathematician to blow years of his life studying minute trivia about the Beatles. More » -
#newyorktimes
How Much Did You Pay For Your Times 'Obama' Issue?
Rember how Obama's election was the greatest thing to happen to the newspaper industry in a decade? People lined up across New York City to buy copies of the New York Times proclaiming his victory! And the smart ones put those copies right on Ebay. This chart shows the average of the five highest prices paid on Ebay each day for that November 5 issue of the NYT. One early seller fetched $400; today you can have your pick for less than $30. Oh, the metaphor.
