I know that I've been reasonably bad about posting recently, and this is largely due to a dearth of ideas. However it isn't entirely due to a dearth of ideas, as I have three drafts of posts that I've been meaning to finish and never have. Perhaps this summer I'll have an opportunity (and the desire) to finish these and possibly contribute some others. In addition I've been considering refining an essay I wrote some time ago on Kant, as it was the best demonstration of my own system of ethics that I'd written to date. My only reason for hesitation is that another college student could easily rip it off if I did so.

Although I now feel the impulse to save this as a draft as well, so that I can go back and copy edit it before one of you sees it, I'm just going to post it as is. The reason my language is so dry is that I've been reading ancient philosophy for the last two days and it's shaping my style.

Neighbours

This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% will not solve it.
There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people of various nationalities. Each of them nurtures a different beast, likes different drinks and smokes different brand of cigars.

1. The Brit lives in the Red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Who has fish at home? (are you one of the 2%).

Email me for the answer.

"Research by security firm Symantec suggests that the raw value of a WoW account is now higher than a credit card and its associated verification data.

One card can be sold for up to $6 (£3) suggests Symantec, but a WoW account will be worth at least $10. An account that has several high level characters associated with it could be worth far more as the gold and rare items can be sold for real cash."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6526851.stm