Irish Class, February 27, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 27ú lá Mí Feabhra 2012
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Monday Night Irish Class, February 27, 2012
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Five minutes of astrophotography
The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter have putting on quite a show in the last few evenings. The sky was quite clear about 6:30 PM Monday night and they were very striking. On a whim I pulled out my Blackberry to see what I could do with it. I just held it in my hand — no tripod. Here is what I got, cropped appropriately:
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Breaking news
Error Undoes Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results
From Phil Plait, Peter Coles, and Mike Brown (“Plutokiller”), who noted:
- science is hard
- science is self-correcting
- tighten your connectors
“When correctly viewed, everything is lewd”
Examples from Tom Lehrer’s own field:
A famous memo
“My Observations During the Explosion at Trinity on July 16, 1945”, by Enrico Fermi
More Doctors ‘Fire’ Vaccine Refusers
“…dissuading teachers from teaching science.”
To the publishing industry:
Amazon is going to destroy the Big 6, destroy bookstores, destroy 95% of all agents, destroy distributors (Ingram, Baker & Taylor), and revolutionize the publishing industry by becoming the dominant force.
If you are any of the above I mentioned, you probably want to blame Amazon.
You’d be wrong.
Most of the blame falls upon that person you see in the mirror.
Monday Night Irish Class, February 13, 2012
February 13, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí Feabhra 2012
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