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A target shooter has a new rifle and wishes to adjust the sights so that the rifle is accurate. He loads the rifle and places a target some distance away and then assumes his firing position and fires a shot. He examines the target and finds that the hole produced by the shot is well [...]

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This post was written by John on May 22, 2009 Comments (3)

Drunkard’s Walk

My friend Marc Hersch recommended the Drunkard’s Walk to me and was even kind enough to lend me his copy (I lent him “Outliers”).   The book covered a lot of territory that was not new for me (Marc had said it would), but also spent time on a couple of things we frequently discuss [...]

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This post was written by John on May 12, 2009 Comments (0)