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The Open Source Software movement has much to offer the library community. But can it survive the onslaught of patent applications?

Google Emissions Study Borders on the Absurd

Bioethics: On the road to absurd land.

Absurd Trivial Errors in Scatchard Plot Analysis

Several types of widespread errors in performing Scatchard plot analysis resulting in fatal distortions of calculated affinities are surveyed more or less systematically. It appears that graphical analysis of non-linear Scathard plot “by eye” is almost impossible; and, moreover, results calculated by computer programs for affinity analysis often require additional "interpretation". Some of repo...

SA combines ' the absurd , the important '

Monday night's SA meeting served up a n in te res t ing combination of the absurd and the important. Among the topics of discussion were budgets , resolut ions, and circuses. The first item of business was the approva l of the C a m p a n i l e budget . Af ter listening to Campanile editor Wiley Sanders give a brief descr ipt ion of where the money was going, the Senate voted to approve the bud...