I think she said a paperback lasts about 25 loans.
Or one faculty member. The architects' answer that assumes all books have to be replaced in 4 years seem to show them greatly misunderstanding what was actually being said.
From those pictures, a lot of those shelves look very difficult if not impossible to browse (or even reach for a known book) or maintain, and I wonder what the inside of those stacks look/feel like, since we are only being showing the outside edges.
It might look cool, but pfft. I imagine being at the information desk trying to explain to someone where something is shelved.
I watched about 5-10 minutes of the debate towards the end before I had to give up because Romeny was making me rage-y. I did notice he kept smiling (smirking?) while Obama was speaking but it looked like he was grinding his teeth while he was doing it.
It was, imo, boring, and didn't discuss things I want to hear about.
Obama was conmpetent but subdued...not his best day ever.
Romney was bound to have a good day *sometime*, I don't like the man, but he's not a chimp.
Quantum measurements leave Schrödinger's cat alive
Thought-experiment cats rejoice!
Researchers had suggested it should be possible, in principle, to make measurements that are "gentle" enough not to destroy the superposition. The idea was to measure something less direct than whether the bit is a 1 or a 0 – the equivalent of looking at Schrödinger's cat through blurry glasses. This wouldn't allow you to gain a "strong" piece of information – whether the cat was alive or dead – but you might be able to detect other properties.
Now, R. Vijay of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have managed to create a working equivalent of those blurry glasses. "We only partially open the box," says Vijay.
Politifact has a post up fact checking the debate last night. Short version: Both candidates basically full of shit.
[link]
Jessica,
I don't read what you do in that link. More of Romney's statements were flat out false and some of Obama's statements they characterize as "half true", in my view, were true.
The "Oh, I guess that really wasn't true" from the Romney camp has begun.
[link]
They probably figure most of their base doesn't read follow-up stories.
Ironically, Politifact can sometimes try so hard to be fair, it can be full of shit, too.
They probably figure most of their base doesn't read follow-up stories.
I suspect they are right about that.
