Slate's unauthorized index of Sarah Palin's autobiography, G
slate.com — When Sarah Palin's 413-page autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, hit stands Tuesday, readers discovered the governor's most mavericky move yetâ��that the book lacks an index. So Slate has compiled its own. Just print out this index, paste it into th (Submitted by troepke) More...
Are men really more competitive than women?
slate.com — Men and women proved to be equally proficient in adding their columns of numbers, both when paid per problem and under the competitive pressures of a tournament. Despite their similar abilities, when given the choice of whether to compete, men were twice as likely as women to opt for the tournament in the final round. (Submitted by leaprinces) More...
Apocalypse Then: Was Y2K a Waste?
slate.com — How big a deal was Y2K? In the run-up to new century, the United States spent about $100 billion combating the bug—around $9 billion by the federal government, and the rest by utility companies, banks, airlines, telecommunications firms, and just about every other corporate entity with more than a few computers. (Submitted by brazilianwinter) More...
Let's have fun with the Google search box.
slate.com — The Google search box has become the new oracle at Delphi, the thing we consult before all major undertakings. How do I know this? Through Google Suggest, of course. To wit: Google Suggest is a helpful feature. It a little sliver of the collective mind. It's also a lot of fun to mess with. (Submitted by mission75) More...
Two biographies of Ayn Rand. - Johann Hari - Slate Magazine
slate.com — Ayn Rand is one of America's great mysteries. She was an amphetamine-addicted author of sub-Dan Brown potboilers, who in her spare time wrote lavish torrents of praise for serial killers and the Bernie Madoff-style embezzlers of her day. She opposed democr (Submitted by cptnstup1d) More...
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