I was particularly struck by: “Then they discovered an old observation from 2004, which also showed the planets and how far they had moved around the star in three years.” Similar discoveries of old observations occurred after Neptune and Pluto were found in our own solar system.
I missed classed last week, and Wes missed class this week.
Knowing that Wes was planning to work on prepositions I did a little reading on my own, and came up with some notes on them and the mutations they induce.
I also found some specifics about the changes between the old and modern (Caighdeán) spelling. With my historical interests I expect I will be reading some older documents sooner or later.
A restaurant sign in Bloomington (Minnesota):
Sushi and Mongolian
The classroom computers at the Oracle training center run Red Hat Linux. All my years of playing with Linux at home are now paying off: I am perfectly comfortable with the environment here.
I am spending the work week in Bloomington (southern suburb) at a class on the Oracle database management system. It is my first exposure to the product.
However, I do know the office complex. It is on the 8th floor of the 8000 W.84th building. I have often been to the 8300 building, where Oracle’s rival Microsoft has its local offices.
From Bad Astronomy
teasbhás na cruinne: heat death of the universe. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 