I geek, therefore I lol

From The Economist:

Between 1974 and 1996, Bangladesh turned a district ... into a giant demographic experiment: some villages and households got family planning, others did not. According to one study of the results, fertility in the areas that received help declined by around 15% more than in those that did not. And over the two decades of the experiment, indicators of the well-being of women and their chidren--health, earnings, household assets and so on--were all higher in the villages that got the planning.

The name of the district? Matlab.

Yes, they did a MATLAB simulation in demographics, for real.

More geekgae!

XKCD: so true! It's posted on my office door.

Also, here's the reference for the alt text!

Gaming Sunday, plus bulk order schedule

Games my place Sunday, start time 2 p.m. (note later time!); rsvp appreciated as usual!

This would be a perfect time for people to pay for and pick up bulk order stuff, if you can't join us on Friday at Fandom II.

Friday's schedule:
Arrive at Fandom II around 6 p.m.
Ring in purchases at 7 p.m.
Go to Carleton U. and distribute stuff around 8 p.m.