June 06, 2014

Horse 1686 - D-Day, X-Day, Y-Day, A-Day

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Today, June 6, is perhaps best remembered for Operation Neptune which formed a part of a greater plan called Operation Overlord and specific...
June 05, 2014

Horse 1685 - Cotard's Syndrome Redefined?

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http://www.theage.com.au/business/pharamceutical-company-gsk-has-no-plans-to-close-sydney-factory-despite-recent-outsourcing-of-victorian-jo...
May 30, 2014

Horse 1684 - What Should Chemical Elements 117 and 118 be Called?

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As much as this is going to infuriate CGP Grey but possibly amuse Brady Haran, I'm going to try to address a question posed in "Hel...
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May 29, 2014

Horse 1683 - Cut And Paste (The Australian Does Some of That)

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Whilst looking through some microfiche at the Mitchell Library in Sydney for something quite unrealted, I found this article in The Australi...
May 26, 2014

Horse 1682 - What Actually Happens If Scotland Leaves

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There is an assumption which I've now heard on a number of occasions that if Scotland votes yes to the referendum question  "Should...
May 24, 2014

Horse 1681 - East of Bournville

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In the Italian Alps and very close to the Swiss border, lies the sleepy little village called Nutella which is famed for its wallpaper an...
May 23, 2014

Horse 1680 - The Search for the First Boring Number

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All the way back in Horse 1193 I asserted that 14 was the first boring number. In a series of tweets with Adam Spencer, I thought that 26 w...
May 22, 2014

Horse 1679 - Charity That Costs Nothing

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At midnight last night, my weekly MyMulti 3 ticket expired; not that there's anything particularly interesting about that but what I ...
May 21, 2014

Horse 1678 - Deregulation of University Fees - A Bad Thing

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One of the few investments that a society can make which is absolutely guaranteed to turn a profit is the education of its citizenry. Educat...
May 20, 2014

Horse 1677 - I Hate Offshore Processing

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One thing that has stayed with me even from as a small child was a piece advice that my mum gave me: never say that you " hate " s...
May 15, 2014

Horse 1676 - Pandigital Numbers and the Divisibility Test

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WARNING - MATHS AHEAD! Following on from the last post about sudoku, a though hit me that every single line and column of a sudoku becaus...
May 14, 2014

Horse 1675 - How Hard Can Sudoku Be?

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http://www.smh.com.au/comment/column-8/column-8-20140513-zrb0n.html This one just makes Column 8’s head hurt – make of it what you will. Gr...

Horse 1674 - When To Write Off Liverpool's Season - Hope and Expectation

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http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/horse-1354-when-to-write-off-liverpools.html My blog has for a very long time been marked on a sort ...
May 13, 2014

Horse 1673 - On Raising the Drinking Age to 21

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One of the nice things about having a blog like Horse is that sometimes people ask me to write about some particular topic. This is one of t...
May 10, 2014

Horse 1672 - The Problem With "The Problem With God"

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I'm reading a book at the moment by a professor of political philosophy at Reed College, Oregon, a Mr Peter J Steinberger; entitled ...