Dynamics of Cats

Thus one and all, thus great and small, the Rich as well as Poor, And those of place, as the most base, do stand the Judge before. They are arraign'd, and there detain'd before Griffin's Judgement seat With trembling...

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two years ago...

Category: random

...I was up late in a hotel in Chicago (ok, Evanston) flicking between the weather channel and CNN, watching Katrina, while trying to concentrate on the subtleties of cooling functions for cold ultra low metallicity gas... Then I saw...

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August 27, 2007

war is over...

Category: random

they got a new building Turf Wars pt 7 Turf Wars: the end Hah. That is what they think... let me tell you, I was there, we chased those chemists out and took plenty of booty too. Turf Wars: Epilogue...

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August 26, 2007

Seeking Truth: Living with Doubt

Category: science

Why IS Stephen Colbert just like a Sufi Master Mystic?...

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August 24, 2007

iPod iChing - 2^2²

Category: random

Steamy hot friday and we ask the mighty iPod: what for the next 16 years? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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August 23, 2007

Unknown Pleasures

Category: random

I just can't help myself; I keep thinking it would be really neat to actually have Joy Division Oven Gloves...

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Unknown Knowns

Category: astro

Ok, so the USAF knew there was something interesting in Taurus in the summer of 1967, but they didn't tell anyone or follow it up, so it didn't count. It was an "unknown known"!...

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August 20, 2007

The War, As They See It

Category: random

The "Seven Sergeants" Op-Ed in NYT on Iraq Read it. Sometimes we link because linking is an inherent good....

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August 18, 2007

Strange but True

Category: astro

How the US Air Force failed to win the Nobel prize......

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August 17, 2007

iPod iChing - pulsar answers

Category: random

Rainy cool francophile vendredi, and we had questions...! Oh, mighty iPod One, what of our Pulsar Questions? Can you answer? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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August 16, 2007

dieci bella pulsar interrogare

Category: astro

The Pulsar 2007 conference blog asks: what are the 10 most interesting pulsar questions that we'd like to see addressed by the time of the next pulsar anniversary meeting?...

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August 15, 2007

PN 13 - and perturbed economists

Category: random

PN 13 is out. And I ponder economist's limitations.

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August 14, 2007

Rumble on Mt Real

Category: astro

Ok, end of day two of the 40 Years of Pulsars conference and what have we learned......

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alarms

Category: astro

nothing like 7 am fire alarms to get people awake, especially on top of tall buildings, and since the last hotel fire alarm, at a conference, that I experienced was because the hotel was actually on fire, that got me...

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August 13, 2007

off topic

Category: random

with Rove out does Cheney dominate WH with less consideration for domestic political implications?

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August 12, 2007

Give Me Lab Space

Category: random

...or give me death We will fight them in the conference rooms... Turf Wars continued....

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40 years of pulsars

Category: astro

40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More... Good meeting so far, good turnout....

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August 11, 2007

create universe

Category: random

in the beginning there was the Computer....

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August 10, 2007

dirty talk

Category: random

"breaking news" that NYPD is deploying to search for or intercept a aQ threat of a "radiological bomb" in New York (one news site claims "near 34th street"?) threat is "unverified", of course, we'll see - radiological bombs are mostly...

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shuttle bother

Category: astro

reports of damage to Endeavour on launch small loss of tile on underside and possible ice impact on wing worrying, but too early to tell if it is a serious issue...

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Too Much Too Young

Category: random

we continue providing educational products for the new kids on the block...

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that reminds me...

Category: random

the new kids need some more education to complete their perspective on science...

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academic relevance

Category: academia

in a more innocent time, at the beginning of the week, the Female Science Professor pondered the implications of Ignatieff's assertions of political science In academic life, false ideas are merely false and useless ones can be fun to...

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iPod iChing - compounded interest

Category: random

sultry dog days, and if there's been much astro science news, I haven't paid attention so... we go topical and ask the All Wise iPod: whence go those engines of capitalism, the Free Markets of the world? Whoosh goes the...

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August 9, 2007

would that cause inflation?

Category: random

deLong notes the central banks increased the money supply by 7% in a single day (dollar and euro), for some reason this works out to 5.3 trillion percent per year, or 4.3 billion %/year if you assume bankers don't work...

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second best

Category: academia

University Diaries rambles on life in academia and points us to a little known fact:...

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fishy virgins: Congressional votes by sign

Category: astro

For some ineffable reason, the Washington Post's Congress Votes database lets you sort the vote count by astrological sign......

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hello sailor

Category: random

So, the Beeb reports Russian Tu-95 rec aircraft buzzed Guam...

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Turf Wars

Category: academia

Oh yeah, it is the season and PhD Comics delivers...

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Joe's keeping busy

Category: random

Joe P. is keeping busy I'll be sending another package there in about 10 days, if anyone local has a contribution...

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August 8, 2007

Three and out...

Category: astro

Congratulations Dr Mandell...

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Stop That Train

Category: random

Clint Eastwood and General Saint...

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Gangsters

Category: random

This one is dedicated to the US Congress...

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Way Over Yonder...

Category: random

...in the Minor Key...

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oh, America

Category: random

Some links are just for the sake of linking Banality of Evil For Our Own Good...

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People Get Ready

Category: random

Do Rock Steady...

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August 7, 2007

Silly, Very Silly.

Category: academia

Doug N. got a memo on faculty recruiting...

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He will Rock You

Category: astro

Grauniad Science podcast has Brian May on the effect of taking a 'gap year' on progress on his PhD - how did that work out for him anyway? And how did he cope with London housing prices coming back...

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August 3, 2007