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Date: May 16th, 2008

Random Nonphysics Link

16 May, 2008 (17:15) | Other science, Quotes | 1 comment

Splendid Elles: My Thoughts on Creationism (aka the artist post formerly known as Creationists are Pure Evil)
As the Blue Collar Scientist notes, it’s very well done, and though I understand the reasoning behind noting that it’s done by a fifteen year-old, I think that’s a bit of a distraction. I’m reminded of the [...]

Coherent Google?

16 May, 2008 (11:10) | Physics, Tech | 4 comments

Google’s logo in recognition of May 16, 1960 being the day the first laser was demonstrated. So that’s good. But geek pedantry gets in the way — you can only see a laser from the side if there’s something to scatter the light, so they are depicting a layout with a really poor [...]

Toys in the Office

16 May, 2008 (05:13) | Misc, Silly | 2 comments

As I had commented before, I have a USB missile launcher in the office. I first noticed them a few years ago but not only were they unavailable (it was around Christmas), they were unavailable only in England. A few months later they were back in stock, and I had to buy two [...]

 

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