Category Archives: Science And Technology

An IQ Test For Dummies

Posted on February 13, 2017 by arfieandralph

So what’s your IQ? You were probably tested in the sixth grade and maybe they told you your score or maybe just your parents or maybe they just wrote it down in your school record and passed it around from … Continue reading →

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The Swindle Of Pie

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Ralph Beaumont

Arfie and I have been running the New Hudson Exit gallery for nearly 25 years.  It has been a good gig – buying art, selling art, working with scores of wonderful artists.  What could be better? Well the money could … Continue reading →

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The Damnation Of Microsoft: Windows 10

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Ralph Beaumont

Microsoft is a giant business searching for its strategy.  They lost it in the early 2000s and have been floundering pretty openly about how to get it back.  Eight years ago they told us it was their .Net environment – … Continue reading →

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The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Ralph Beaumont

I first met the School of Metaphysics (SOM) folks a year ago.  I was on  an Operations committee for an organization that provided education and social programs for the developmental disabled. We had a nice training and office facility in … Continue reading →

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Segways: “they could do things that would make us shit in our pants.”

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Ralph Beaumont

    Jeff Bezos said that in 2001 when he saw a Segway demonstrated to him and Steve Jobs.  We now know that Bezos understands a whole lot more about retailing than he does about transportation. Dean Kamen said he … Continue reading →

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