etcetera http://www.stochastica.net It's got a point, if only you can find it... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/Etceterahttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/EtceteraThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Fake medical treatment http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/15/fake-medical-treatment/ http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/15/fake-medical-treatment/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 02:20:24 +0000 Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/15/fake-medical-treatment-can-wor/ Fake medical treatment can work amazingly well. (Link)

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]]> http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/13/best-childrens-books-ever/feed/ 0 The denomination of choice for criminal gangs http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/13/the-denomination-of-choice-for-criminal-gangs/ http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/13/the-denomination-of-choice-for-criminal-gangs/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 01:29:43 +0000 Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/13/rt-bbc_magazine-how-the-500-e/ How the 500 euro note became the denomination of choice for criminal gangs (via @BBC_magazine )

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]]> http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/01/game-theory/feed/ 0 My love blasted you from my mi… http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/01/my-love-blasted-you-from-my-mi/ http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/01/my-love-blasted-you-from-my-mi/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 23:13:26 +0000 Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2010/05/01/my-love-blasted-you-from-my-mi/ My love blasted you from my mind, Your skin too silken to be seen; via @mvatlarge a Clegg “poem” from when he was 17. http://bit.ly/9xeDZ3

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