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		<title>Risk-o-phile: Royal Navy and Silicon Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening lines of Patrick O&#8217;Brian&#8217;s very fine book &#8220;H.M.S Surprise&#8221;: But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy. The possibility, however remote, of making a fortune by some brilliant stroke is an unparalleled spur to the diligence, the activity, and the unremitting attention of every man [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nealabq.com/blog/2010/10/26/risk-o-phile-royal-navy-and-silicon-valley/</link>
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		<title>The cubic formula</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My son and I were trying to use the cubic formula the other day to find the roots of a cubic equation. It&#8217;s not as simple as the quadradic formula: We used the method where you first convert the cubic into a depressed cubic. A depressed cubic is missing the term. It looks like this: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nealabq.com/blog/2010/10/01/the-cubic-formula/</link>
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		<title>Limerick decadence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My son is a poet: There once was a number named ten Who was round like an &#8216;O&#8217; on one end But his face was as flat As his backside was fat And the contrast drove him &#8217;round the bend There once was a number named ten Who repeated again and again It sure would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nealabq.com/blog/2010/09/30/limerick-decadence/</link>
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		<title>Palindrome Squares</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My son asks me &#8220;What do the numbers 26, 264, 307 and 836 all have in common?&#8221; After enjoying my puzzled look for a moment, he tells me all their squares are palindromes, but they&#8217;re not palindromes themselves. Most palindrome squares are squares of palindromes, like (11 * 11) == 121, (121 * 121) == [...]]]></description>
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