…other “+” appearing above “Source Options” on the new pane. Just go to any search box (such as Google Scholar) and search for “***“, and copy resulting page’s URL. Paste it in the web-search shortcut you just created in Quicksilver under “URL.” Under “Name,” write something useful like “GoogleScholar.” Finally, rescan your catalog by clicking the circular-arrow in the bottom right. That’s it! To search for stuff, just invoke Quicksilver, hit “.” (…
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…. McDuck was betting that he had a chance to make a lot more money, because 500,000 is a lot more than 100,000. But it was a risky bet. That kind of risky mortgage is called a sub-prime mortgage. As it turned out, starting last year, millions of Mickey Mouses around the country stopped making their payments, and their houses were foreclosed. And so thousands of McDucks lost their bets. This had a kind of domino effect. Think about the skyscraper t…
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…some real jewels among the noise, which you can get for only the price of shipping. To find them, try browsing by subject, and then selecting “Sort by Price: Low to High.” Reading With Questionable Scruples. Disclaimer: these tricks are intended for legal use and for informational purposes only. Here are more ways to read on the cheap, which may require questionable scruples. Scan Books. With a little practice and a decent scanner, you can scan a…
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…e keeps animals warmer. Now, here’s how these ideas can be turned into a 4-line “biological proof” of the above proposition. Animals overwhelmingly assume a spherical shape when they are cold. If animals overwhelmingly assume some shape when they’re cold, then it is because that shape is the warmest. The warmest shape is the one that minimizes SA/V. Therefore, the sphere is the shape that minimizes SA/V. It’s a pretty easy argument, and you can wr…
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…relativity, all of which is available for free online. If you know of any online resources that are not on this list, suggest them in the comments and I will add them to the list! Contents Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Mathematical introductions to general relativity Philosophy of general relativity Other general relativity references. Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Einstein for Everyone, by John D. No…
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