One of the big mysteries of cosmology is the dominance of matter over antimatter (or vice-versa, if you’re left-handed. However, like Inigo and Westley, I am not left-handed). Some weak interactions allow a CP violation that converts antimatter to matter, but the magnitude of this violation isn’t enough to explain the dominance. Well, some reactions have apparently been observed at Fermilab that have exceeded the predictions of the Standard Model.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
He's Dead, Jim
Analytics according to Captain Kirk
Yellow-shirt crewperson deaths: 6 (10%)
Blue-Shirt crewperson deaths: 5 (8 %)
Engineering smock crewperson deaths: 4
Red-Shirt crewperson deaths: 43 (73%)
Design by Committee
US currency is ugly, and the new $5 bill, which entered circulation a few weeks ago, especially so. A purple “5” on a green bill? Fugly. The fun thing about visiting other countries is seeing currency and coinage that looks interesting. I never realized how bland US currency was until I did my postdoc in Canada, and after only a few months away had trouble telling US bills apart.
New British coins are out, and IMO they look awesome. Compare and contrast the artistic value with our new fiver.
Update: John Gruber at Daring Fireball writes
When I commented on the ugly new U.S. five dollar bill the other day, several readers wrote in to argue that the bill should not be criticized, because some of the changes which have made it uglier were made for the benefit of people with low vision. That’s bullshit. Accessibility is an important and worthy goal, but it is not at odds with good design. We should settle for nothing less than beautiful and accessible currency. This isn’t it.
They're Soooo Cute …
It’s amusing when nonphysicists discover how much fun lasers are
Google Sightseeing
Amazing Feat of Aerodynamics
And remember, Penguins is practically chickens.
Oh, Gosh
Created by OnePlusYou – Free Online Dating
Shit, I think this fucking meter is broken.
Oh Crap, it's the Day After Mar 31
Your April Fool’s Day Joke Continues to Suck
… I get called a curmudgeon, or lambasted for having no sense of humor. And every year, the jokes online get lamer and lamer.
Ditto for me, and anyone who knows me knows I am not humorless. I’m of the opinion that a good prank need not be limited to one day in the year. This is the one day I probably won’t ever pull a prank — it’s amateur day. A good prank is almost like “The Sting”
You gotta KEEP your con even after you take his money, he can’t know you took him