Archive for 'Science'
Lightning in slow motion
Posted: August 7th, 2008 under Science.
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Brian May, Legendary Guitarist from Queen, Publishes His Thesis
From /.:
A year ago we took note when Brian May, guitarist for Queen for the last 30 years, submitted his thesis for a Ph.D. in astrophysics. The news now is that the thesis has been published. You, too, can read all about the population of tiny asteroids and space dust that cause the Zodiacal light. [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2008 under Interesting, Science.
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You are TOTALLY GAY for Vista! Haaaaaaa HAAAAAAA!
Interesting insight into the results of Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” on Wil Shipley’s blog…
Microsoft took a bunch of “regular folks” XP users who were afraid of Vista, and told them Microsoft was going to show them a secret new operating system — which was actually Vista.
UNSURPRISINGLY, these people mostly said they liked Vista.
I hate bad science. [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under Amusements, Geek, Science, Stupidity, Tech.
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Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights
Researchers have discovered what causes brilliant outbursts of Northern Lights: Gigantic plasma bullets launched toward Earth by explosions 1/3rd of the way to the Moon.
From NASA’s Science web site:
Duck! Plasma bullets are zinging past Earth.
That’s the conclusion of researchers studying data from NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft. The gigantic bullets, they say, are launched by explosions [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2008 under Science.
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