Interesting science quote I heard today:;
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, on String Theory: “Dont hold your breath on that one. They’re not there yet – get over it.”
Archive for the ‘science & tech’ Category
The strings the thing, or not
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Oh you’ve got to be kidding
Thursday, February 19th, 2009The London Times has published what it believes to be the location of the United States’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle base in Pakistan. Where did they say they found the information? Google Earth. Seriously.
Baby black holes
Monday, January 26th, 2009Black holes from the Large Hadron Collider could last for minutes? That doesn’t sound good. Not good at all.
Nation of gadget whores
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008This article is a review on popsci.com about some new phone on the Sprint wireless network. The person doing the test is an iPhone owner. He readily admits that his iPhone/AT&T wireless combo drops calls all the time and that the internet is slow as molasses. After trying the new phone/Sprint wireless combination, he says that the Sprint service is far more reliable and the Sprint internet service is much faster. So, which one does he side with? The iPhone of course, because it’s a cooler gadget.
It’s worse at phone calls, slower at surfing the internet, less ergonomic but it’s “cooler” so he’ll take it. I think that would almost have to be the definition of a gadget whore.
MiniPC – the Mini 9 and others
Saturday, September 6th, 2008I was tempted by Dell’s new Mini 9, the Asus Eee PC and others. They’re small, which is a plus, and well they do look darn handy. They do have a certain new and hip appeal but after looking around on the net, I realized you could by a lease-return (a laptop which has been leased by a company for one to two years and then returned) Dell on e-Bay that has more features and more practicality for less money. If you’re thinking “Hey, but I’d rather spend more to be hip”, well then you go nuts and I’ll keep the cash.
Creepy Psychologists
Friday, September 5th, 2008So much for non-directive therapy, huh? And why the #$%& is the American Psychological Association worried about this? Read their mission statement:
The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.
Wow, pretty creepy stuff.
Space Shuttle launch
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Ok, this is cool.
