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Date: July 11th, 2008

Kottke Bleeped Me Up

11 July, 2008 (15:03) | Humor | No comments

Will videos that bleep out ordinary words to make them seem profane always be funny? I hope so
Cracked. The word was cracked.

What Do You Collect?

11 July, 2008 (03:42) | Other science, Weird | No comments

Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study
In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from their stomachs in plastic tanks attached to their backs.

And Now For Something Slightly Different

11 July, 2008 (03:41) | Physics, Tech, The Lab, Video | No comments

The previous MOT video showed the atoms squirting out of the side when the trapping field was turned off. In this video things are more balanced, and you can see the atoms remaining in the beam overlap region, and fluorescing quite brightly. The trap is cycled on and off and you can see [...]

Seftonomics

11 July, 2008 (03:41) | Business, History | No comments

Via Kottke, The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp
Stories circulated of a padre who started off round the camp with a tin of cheese and five cigarettes and returned to his bed with a complete parcel in addition to his original cheese and cigarettes; the market was not yet perfect. Within a week or two, [...]

 

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