Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hivemind question: Does anyone know how to repair some salt-damaged Uggs? There is some shrinkage and some staining on the instep.
Based on the advice of a shoe-store owner, I have stuffed the boots with wadded up newspaper and soaked them with a mixture of vinegar & water and brushed them clean.
Not sure if I should get a shoe tree to try to stretch out the nubuck.
A rant on io9: Is "Science Fiction Humanism" A Contradiction In Terms?
Talks about Clarke, Sagan, Dick, Star Trek, Whedon, etc.
huh huh, Cash said shrinkage.
msbelle is twelve.
I'm very excited to learn about Noah's violin. So cool.
So, Physics people, I was reading about gravity (which, as we know, is a harsh mistress). Because from what little science I understood on the subject, it seemed that gravity itself was still rather mysterious. Which lead me to Lorentz transformations and off to alternatives to General Relativity and discovered:
By the 1980s, the increasing accuracy of experimental tests had all led to confirmation of General Relativity (GR), no competitors were left except for those that included GR as a special case. Further, shortly after that, theorists switched to string theory which was starting to look promising, but has since lost popularity. In the mid 1980s a few experiments were suggesting that gravity was being modified by the addition of a fifth force (or, in one case, of a fifth, sixth and seventh force) acting on the scale of meters. Subsequent experiments eliminated these.
In short, Einstein works, bitches!
Also, string theory is right out.
That's gotta be a bitch if you staked your physics career on string theory twenty years ago.
What will Dr. Sam Beckett do? He'll never make it home now, if string theory doesn't work!
What will Dr. Sam Beckett do?
He'll get a beagle and a space ship.
Quiz Time: Name the Four Fundamental Interactions (or forces).
It's funny how much physics looks like principles of Buddhism.
You could probably do a Physics or Buddhism quiz that looked a lot like the old Gay or Eurotrash quiz.
Strong, Weak, Gravity, and....uh...Electromagnetic?
Edit; WOOT! Go seriously old science major!