An Elevator-Testing Tower
An Elevator-Testing Tower Mitsubishi has built a tower 573 feet (173m) tall that serves no other purpose than testing the really fast elevators that are needed for really tall buildings. I can’t...
View ArticleAren’t Pole Taxes Illegal?
Aren’t Pole Taxes Illegal? The answer is no. Poll taxes were abolished by the 24th Amendment. Pole taxes remain legal. And Texas now has one. THERE is a new price to be paid for looking at naked women...
View ArticleImproving Call Centers
Improving Call Centers Think that the only monitoring of your call to customer support is that it “may be recorded?” The Economist says that may not be the case. Aneesh Nair, head of the Academia, a...
View Article100 Beautiful Words
100 Beautiful Words I’m pretty sure I’ll find fault with any such list that fails to include the word “marshmallow,” but Robert Beard’s is an interesting list. (I think I also have to object to all...
View ArticlePerceptions of China vs USA
Perceptions of China vs USA →A bit old news, but as I’ve said I’m a big map fan. The Washington Post has a very cool map of the countries that are more favorable to either the US or China. Some notes:...
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