ohnosecond n. the short period of time during which you realize that you will be hitting the key that sends email to the wrong person or deletes a month's worth of work. An ohnosecond is faster than the time required for your brain to successfully stop your finger.
I heard this several times over the years, but the first time (and possibly the coining) was in a talk by a friend in the mid 80s...
timeless and true...
The NY Times Science section has an interesting piece on man's interaction with nature. On the right side of the page a multimedia section appears with some interesting numbers - particularly energy consumption and the world diet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/20/science/earth/20MANA.html
The same issue has a note that speculates on the failure of renewable energy thus far.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/20/science/earth/20ENER.html
just lowering costs is insufficient.
And finally Jane Brody has a piece on risk analysis. We've talked about that before - eg.. how people are bad at it. Some of her examples are startling.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/20/health/20BROD.html
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