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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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
Examples from Tom Lehrer’s own field:
“My Observations During the Explosion at Trinity on July 16, 1945”, by Enrico Fermi
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.
February 13, 2012
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