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Saturday, April 14, 2012
 
Market Share in China at the end of 2011
Market Share in China at the end of 2011
Android: 68.4%
Symbian: 18.7%
iOS: 5.7%

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-eating-apple-china-huge-market-share
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-eating-apple-china-huge-market-share

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Dennis is 12 years old (7th grade).
Dennis is 12 years old (7th grade). From his sex ed class he brought the questionnaire for his father. Some of my answers are below:

What did you want to become when you grew up? - Cosmonaut
What is one thing you wish you knew about puberty/sexuality when you were my age - Internet
Did you ever feel pressured to have sex? What did you do about it? - Yes. Say "Yes, dear", and give it all I have.
If somebody pressures me to have sex, what would you recommend I say - Tap your middle finger on your forehead and say "Are you crazy, woman! Enough already. Ти щто жэнщына, савсем с ума сошла?"
At what age do you think it would be best for me to have kids - When you stop coming to me for money.

4141205 | 112065430692128821190

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Snooty French and American sophisticates were sure that the French wine was better then California wine.
Snooty French and American sophisticates were sure that the French wine was better then California wine. They were proven wrong in a double-blind test in France in what became known as The Judgment of Paris. A book and a movie were made about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)
http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Paris-California-Historic-Revolutionized/dp/B000WPO84W/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_Shock (We watched it, it's OK).

It was in 1976. The results were replicated in 1978, twice in 1986, and in 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)#Tasting_replications
with California wine lead over French monotonically increasing, and by 2006 all California wines (except one) were better then all French ones.

The reason for this was, as typical, American innovation vs French traditionalism. The French had a lot of stupid traditions how to make wine, both informal (due to laziness) and formal (to prevent fraud or keep the competition out). While Californians were and still are experimenting on how to improve things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)

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How sure are we that Kobe beef is tastier then the pink slime.
How sure are we that Kobe beef is tastier then the pink slime. Kobe beef is certaintly less healthy. Did they ever do a double-blind test, against McDonalds like the Judgment of Paris (https://plus.google.com/112065430692128821190/posts/KSj9rB6rc3k)?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/ (via Sergei Burkov)

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You cannot buy Japanese Kobe beef in [US]. Not in stores, not by mail, and certainly not in restaurants. No matter how much you have spent, how fancy a steakhouse you went to, or which of the many celebrity chefs who regularly feature “Kobe beef” on their menus you believed, you were duped. [...] If you had real Kobe beef in this country in recent years, someone probably smuggled it in their luggage.

In Japan, to be Kobe requires a pure lineage of Tajima-gyu breed cattle [...]. The animal must also have been born in Hyogo prefecture and thus raised on the local grasses and water and terroir its entire life. It must be a bull or virgin cow [OZ: like a British princess], It must be processed in a Hyogo slaughterhouse – none of which [is certified by USDA]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/

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Birdwatching Stanford invitational with Marianna Dizik at

Birdwatching Stanford invitational with Marianna Dizik at
Redwood Shores Lagoon http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.533109,-122.251225&z=15

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Preening with Marianna Dizik
Preening with Marianna Dizik



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Model trains with Marianna Dizik
Model trains with Marianna Dizik




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