Are you sure you're not allergic to Colorado?
HEY! Ummm, maybe? Still no call. Heading home to hit some pain meds.
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
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.
SuziQ - Jan 08, 2010 12:41:08 pm PST #269 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
tommyrot - Jan 08, 2010 12:44:14 pm PST #270 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Toy train used to calibrate fusion reactor
While Princeton University's National Spherical Torus Experiment was shut down for improvements over the winter break, scientists and engineers availed themselves of the opportunity to recalibrate the reactor's neutron sensors. To do so, they assembled a circular toy train track around the torus and ran a toy locomotive carrying a chunk of neutron-emitting californium-252 along it for three days. The New York Times explains:
A stationary neutron source was previously used for the calibration, but that did not fully capture how the neutrons bounced around. Putting the californium on the moving train improved the accuracy by about a factor of 10, Dr. Ono said.
Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2010 1:00:00 pm PST #271 of 30001
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Dr. Ono! He should be in the Muppets. And how brilliant to use the train.
Also, I've loved the Antikethyran device since I've heard about it. I get weird favorite things. I've always wondered what we might have accomplished if the Greeks hadn't been conquered by the Romans.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2010 1:03:28 pm PST #272 of 30001
It's really goddamned cold out there. Yet I am still going to walk to the pool. Now. Now. NOW.
Cass - Jan 08, 2010 1:03:36 pm PST #273 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I am up in arms about a lot of things, but sort of languidly.
Wave your hands in the air like you care, but not emphatically? It's catchy.
Gudanov - Jan 08, 2010 1:06:01 pm PST #274 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
It's really goddamned cold out there. Yet I am still going to walk to the pool. Now. Now. NOW.
I really hope that's an indoor pool.
Scrappy - Jan 08, 2010 1:12:27 pm PST #275 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have an important discovery to share: listening to Jonathan Coulton sing "Baby Got Back" is the perfect way to make Friday afternoon at work totally bearable.
msbelle - Jan 08, 2010 1:15:52 pm PST #276 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I finished my book, so I need entertaining for the hour while mac is in therapy. I was tricked into thinking there was more book left, stupid acknowledgements and bookclub discussion section.
shrift - Jan 08, 2010 1:16:39 pm PST #277 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Back from seeing Avatar. My brain won't stop screaming.
Jesse - Jan 08, 2010 1:17:18 pm PST #278 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have an important discovery to share: listening to Jonathan Coulton sing "Baby Got Back" is the perfect way to make Friday afternoon at work totally bearable.
I really could listen to that over and over again. So good!!