This past week in review 11/15/14

A rather quiet week as I was recuperating from a painful back injury.

Here's a few posts that should be in the top 10, but Google says no.  In fact, the Google gadget has almost the bottom half of the list wrong.  After Number 6 in the Google list, you could get a better list if you replace those bottom four with the best of four from this list:

What if a pitcher threw a ball at 90% the speed of light?
The Amazing Properties of Thorium (3) x 9
The difference between Social Darwinism and Laissez Faire
Why problems don't get solved
Getting a good definition for the term "Politics Schmolitics"
Next Big Future: Skylon Spaceplane Project Troy Mars Mission   (1) x 7
The US Space Retreat: The Shuttle Era Is Over
Judge Judy - Most shocking ending ever!   (2) x 8
100 Watt STIRLING ENGINE ALPHA STIRLING
Abraham Lincoln: ‘The dogmas of the quiet past  (4) x 10
Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling


What are the best four of the above?  I'd have to compile the stats.  Done!  The results are in parentheses.  Those that did not make the top 10 aren't ranked.  The new rankings on the top 10 are placed outside the parens, preceeded by an "x", which means "translates to" in the top 10.


The "Best of" posts I found this week:

Island hopping or hitting them where they ain't
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