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Based on a ten question survey, the most well known test for determining how right (or left) -handed you are is the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. I scored 100% right handed which isn’t particularly surprising, though I do sometimes use my left hand for drinking and cleaning my teeth.
I’d like one of my friends to [...]

My political party website reviews are going to be a couple of days late, largely due to the build up for the Australian Football League (AFL) grand final today. I’m hoping to get the first posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, maybe some eye candy will be a pleasant distraction. No, not the regular kind, [...]

House rules

8 card decks
Double allowed on 9, 10 or 11
Dealer stands on soft 17
Blackjack pays 3:2
Insurance pays 2:1
Dealer Blackjack takes original and busted bets only
Split to 3 hands
Aces split to 2 hands
One card only on split aces
Double after split allowed
Double for less allowed
First card burnt

Number of tables:
$10-$500: 16
$15-$700: 4
$25-$1000: [...]

…to decide who cleans the house. Sounds pretty fair, after all, a coin toss is completely random isn’t it? Time to guess again.
Researchers in the United States have shown that a coin toss is inherently biased, and more likely to land the same way it started. This is due to the difficulty [...]

During ancient Greek times the Oracle of Delphi held court in the temple of Apollo and dispensed wisdom and advice to those who visited.
Writing in this month’s Scientific American, John Hale, Jelle de Boer, Jeff Chanton and Rick Spiller postulate that the oracle’s trance-like state may have been a narcotic effect caused by ethane [...]