{"id":7431,"date":"2005-03-07T14:05:30","date_gmt":"2005-03-07T21:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/07\/potpourri-for-1000-alex.html"},"modified":"2005-03-07T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2005-03-07T21:05:30","slug":"potpourri_for_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/07\/potpourri_for_1.html","title":{"rendered":"Potpourri for $1000, Alex!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few things I’m too busy to post in detail about — RTWT.<\/p>\n

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  1. The most unusual paternity suit I’ve read about in a while, and that’s saying a mouthful<\/a>. I usually find “emotional distress” complaints to be overwrought, and this one follows along with that, but …\n
  2. Rhesus monkeys can relate to what their competitors are perceiving<\/a>, which is a pretty spiffy trick, given that it’s something some scientists had reserved to humans before now.<\/p>\n
  3. Slashdot keeps growing, but its impact is decreasing<\/a> as the universe of Net info grows even faster.<\/p>\n
  4. Past climate change has been bigger than previously thought<\/a>, too. Which adds more fuel to the debate over human factors in global warming.<\/p>\n
  5. Micro$oft Tech Support vs. the Psychic Friends Network<\/a>. Heh.<\/p>\n
  6. Map reading, direction giving, gender, and sexual orientation<\/a>. Interesting.<\/ol>\n

    (via various places, mostly Geekpress<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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