Irish Class, September 16, 2013
Rang Gaeilge, 16ú lá Mí Mheán Fómhair 2013
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Monday Night Irish Class, September 16, 2013
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The death of Vladimir Komarov — Another look
I posted about this before.
Yuri Gagarin was one of the good guys in this story. Another was a KGB officer. The villains were Leonid Brezhnev and Dmitry Ustinov.
I can remember when Brezhnev and Ustinov were names known to everybody. However, younger readers may not recognize them, so I included the Wikipedia links. In the grand scheme of human history, they deserve to fall into obscurity.
My job
My title at work is “Principal Database Administrator.” My employer is looking for another one, to be my peer. Here is the job posting. I helped write it, and it did not get too badly garbled by the HR process. If you want the official view of what I do at work, this is it. If you have the relevant background, and are willing to work closely with me, feel free to apply.
More about arctic sea ice
Following up on Yesterday’s post.
Arctic sea ice delusions strike the Mail on Sunday and Telegraph. The The Guardian takes down its UK competition, with a sub-head that neatly summarizes the issue:
Both UK periodicals focus on short-term noise and ignore the rapid long-term Arctic sea ice death spiral
David Rose and his tabloid “reporting” of Arctic sea ice and other nonsense looks at the story and includes a graphic showing the change in the Arctic over 33 years:
Cherry picking the data
Frederick Pohl, R.I.P.
From Locus
From black holes to bombs, and back again
Physicists, like the ancient Greeks, like to gossip about the gods. A few days ago, three physicists* were talking on Twitter** about a review by a fourth physicist, Freeman Dyson, of a biography of one of these gods, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and about his war with another one, John Archibald Wheeler.
Monday Night Irish Class, August 19, 2013
Irish Class, August 19, 2013
Rang Gaeilge, 19ú lá Mí na Lúnasa 2013
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Imperium sine fine
I sometimes see this license plate on a sports car in the parking lot at my bus stop.
SF Quote
I first read L. Sprague de Camp’s SF classic Lest Darkness Fall (written in 1939) more than 40 years ago. It still has not grown old. Tonight I ran across this passage:
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 