Archive for December, 2006
Happy Merry Happy
I may not be blogging much between now and the end of the year. I have a new software project I’d like to get done and it’s a big brain sucker (figuratively). So I wanted to wish you all a happy end of Chanukah, a merry Christmas, and a great New Year.
I know I [...]
The Physics of Buckaroo Banzai
Moving Through Matter with Buckaroo Banzai
Now that we’ve covered the theoretical bases, let’s take Buckaroo’s invention for a spin and see how it works. First, the Overthruster produces colliding beams of electrons and positrons. These, in turn, produce copious quantities of intermediate vector bosons which are separated and focused with superconducting magnets. When focused [...]
Little Miss USA
In Miss USA drama, comeuppance for US ‘raunch culture’ | csmonitor.com
Is it just me, or does this whole “Trump scolds Tara Conner for partying too hard” just a little too patriarchal? Here we have a beauty pageant, where women are judged on how well they fill out a swimsuit and asked incredibly dumb questions [...]
Death’s Window on Abortion
Days numbered for US death penalty | NEWS.com.au
Here’s a light Tuesday topic. Given the recent decisions in California and Florida that current (all?) capital punishment methods may be cruel and unusual, human rights activists in Europe are hailing the "beginning of the end" of Capital Punishment in the US, the only "civilized" country to continue [...]
Israel Agog?
Israel agog at Olmerts “nuclear slip” of tongue - Yahoo News
Perhaps the author wanted to use another word? Agog means excited, generally in a good way.
Anyway, the issue, if you’ve been living under a rock, is that Iran is all, “Israel has nukes, so why can’t we?” And Israel is all, “Nukes? What nukes?” [...]
Scope of 2nd Amendment’s Questioned by D.C.
Scope of 2nd Amendment’s Questioned - washingtonpost.com
In a case that could shape firearms laws nationwide, attorneys for the District of Columbia argued Thursday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals.
The debate is an important one, The right to bear arms has one proponents and opponents on all [...]
Panel: U.S. underreported Iraq violence
Panel: U.S. underreported Iraq violence - Yahoo! News
Recall that John’s Hopkins study that claimed 600,000+ casualties as a result of our invasion of Iraq? It was called complete statistical moonbatery by the US Government. Well, it turns out the administration has been underreporting the violence in Iraq by a factor of ten, according to the [...]
Does water STILL flow on Mars?
Does water STILL flow on Mars? | the Daily Mail
Wow. Exciting evidence that it does indeed. Liquid water.
And now for something Really Stupid
YouTube - cat in bowl
Not that I’m going to start blogging about my cats, but we have four at home, two each and two by marriage. The really fat one loves to snuggle in really small places, like shoe boxes and such. I guess he likes the slimming effect.
But this cat on [...]
Questions on a Plane
digg - “Plane and a Treadmill” Problem Explained by a Canadian
People get so passionate about the darndest things. And the linked video shows a guy adamantly stating how such and such is true, calling everyone else stupid. It’s a typical day on the internet. But it all comes down to a poorly worded (or intentionally [...]