'Math' Category
Game the System
(How Ike became the #1 Twitter Elite of Planet Earth)
We just came out of an election season where there were multiple ways to keep score:Popular vote
Electoral vote
States carriedIn the above instance, we have a constitutional mandate that tells us which one matters. Life is often more fuzzy than that. Take the college football standings in [...]
Look For the Twist
Steve Harden was one of my best friends in high school and college. We were in many of the same science and math classes, although he had a very strong artistic streak. When it came time to get serious about actually graduating, Steve declared a double-major in Chemistry and Art.
One of my other [...]Five Reasons Why Financial News Is Bogus
“The Dow dipped sharply today amid rumors that Britney Spears would get out of rehab a week early.”
Well, why not? It’s about as correct as anything else the financial pundits spew.
One of the functions of feeding a 24/7 news cycle is creating content where no verifiable news exists. Analysis has its place, but [...]Fractions
As of the time of this post, I’ve been out of television for 1390 days. Haven’t really missed it much. But it’s high time I start sharing some of my experiences. I will, under the banner:
One of my pet peeves was the general lack of math skills in a newsroom. That [...]
I am a mathematician
…or at least more so than the guy who claims to be one in the latest “Screw-Big-Oil” e-mails that is wafting past my inbox.
This one has THIS IS NOT THE ‘DON’T BUY’ GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON in it. [...]
