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Daily Archives: September 10, 2008
The Gang's All Here
I’m sure you all noticed that in the last panel of today’s XKCD, Randall mentions all of the quarks.
Up, Charm(ing), Strange(r), Top, Bottom, Down.
Geek meter: pegged.
Master of Understatement
We have had an anomaly … we just had a problem with the vehicle on the pad.
This Isn't My Tenth Top-Ten List
Ten things you don’t know about the Earth
Destroying the Earth is hard
[…]
Even giant collisions can’t vaporize the planet. An object roughly the size of Mars impacted the Earth more than 4.5 billion years ago, and the ejected debris formed the Moon (the rest of the collider merged with the Earth). But the Earth wasn’t vaporized. Even smacking a whole planet into another one doesn’t destroy them!
They Don't Know They're Scientists
They’re just systematically figuring out how to beat the computer by figuring out the rules, via hypotheses and experimentation.
How Videogames Blind Us With Science
At one point, Steinkuehler met up with one of the kids who’d built the Excel model to crack the boss. “Do you realize that what you’re doing is the essence of science?” she asked.
He smiled at her. “Dude, I’m not doing science,” he replied. “I’m just cheating the game!”