ION: A Better Bailout Plan
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strega - Sep 29, 2008 9:40:44 pm PDT #1421 of 10001
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2008 2:12:55 am PDT #1422 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Me, I dreamed I was seated at a table with some friends, only to discover that when I lifted the fringed tablecloth, it was actually a four-sided piano (!!!???) (think about those four-sided baseball fields, turned inward) and there were seeds and turds on the keys from a field-mouse infestation.
Paging Dr. Freud?
msbelle - Sep 30, 2008 4:15:32 am PDT #1423 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
wow - and huh: [link]
Sue - Sep 30, 2008 4:29:06 am PDT #1424 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Thank god, they fixed out internets overnight. I wouldn't have made it through another day.
msbelle - Sep 30, 2008 4:37:56 am PDT #1425 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue, tell Christine Congratulations. I am thrilled for her.
tommyrot - Sep 30, 2008 4:57:54 am PDT #1426 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So. Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble?
If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion.
Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion, for which dark energy currently is the leading explanation.
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If we were in an unusually sparse area of the universe, then things could look farther away than they really are and there would be no need to rely on dark energy as an explanation for certain astronomical observations.
"If we lived in a very large under-density, then the space-time itself wouldn't be accelerating," said researcher Timothy Clifton of Oxford University in England. "It would just be that the observations, if interpreted in the usual way, would look like they were."
I foresee a plot for a sci-fi movie: A mad scientist decides to destroy the universe by sending a giant pin into space to pop the space-time bubble....
Steph L. - Sep 30, 2008 5:03:31 am PDT #1427 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
wow - and huh: [link]
I kind of found this part most interesting (but sadly, not surprising):
Politico's Jonathan Martin says there's a "still-undisclosed clip" from Couric's interviews where Palin is asked about Supreme Court decisions and was "apparently unable to discuss any major court cases" besides Roe vs. Wade--she was just silent.
Sue - Sep 30, 2008 5:06:28 am PDT #1428 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Sue, tell Christine Congratulations. I am thrilled for her.
I will. She tried to come into work today, but she's still exhausted, so she went home again.
I put a few pics of the wedding on Flickr: [link]
msbelle - Sep 30, 2008 5:12:19 am PDT #1429 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
she's gorgeous.
I WILL plow through all the work invoices today.
Lee - Sep 30, 2008 5:17:08 am PDT #1430 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
msbelle, you're a Life fan, right?