Swans on Tea

Your math teacher, Darth Vader. (Boy, is he strict!)
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The ability to calculate the length of the hypotenuse is insignificant next to the power of the force.
I have to add — I would have noted that Vader’s board skills leave something to be desired, [...]

Non-Sequitur
[sigh]

Cubeecraft
Papercraft toys.
Most of the Cubeecraft designs have interchangable parts! Do you think the Rocketeer should be wearing Master Chiefs helmet instead? Go for it. Do you think Mr.Stay Puft should trade in his kerchief for a suit? Switch out his body for Mr.Dtoids!
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Or, in this case, the “not”
Why aluminum should replace cesium as the standard of time
The technique involved is neat: for some atoms you can find wavelengths where the AC Stark shift is the same for the two levels in the clock transition, so the atom is unperturbed by the presence of the trapping light. [...]

Adopt-a-Physicist
Fall 2008 Schedule
Teachers Registration: Now – Sept. 8 (or until full)
Physicist Registration: Sept. 9 – Sept. 15 (or until full)
Teachers adopt physicists: Sept. 16 – Sept. 23
Discussion forums open: Sept. 29 – Oct. 17
This effort is led by Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, and aided by American Physical Society and the American Association [...]

The real message of Toy Story. Warning: this cannot be unwatched.
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9 amazingly unique bridges you may not have seen

the world’s most bad-ass grotesques and gargoyles
Gargoyles divert water, while grotesques serve other functions or are solely ornamental. (This bit of pedantry had come up before, so I already knew this)

Full Disclosure and the Boston Farecard Hack
This preference for secrecy comes from confusing a vulnerability with information about that vulnerability. Using secrecy as a security measure is fundamentally fragile. It assumes that the bad guys don’t do their own security research. It assumes that no one else will find the same vulnerability. It assumes that [...]

Charlotte can do more than spell. Spider Web Art
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The question asked at incoherently scattered ponderings: Why would anyone want to get a PhD in sciences?
[T]he bottom line is that 10 years later non-PhD path can provide on the order of 0.5 million more in earnings than the PhD path. And one could argue that the career options after completing PhD and 1 [...]

Tank Fish at Partially Clips