links for 2008-09-03

"Sixteen hundred people died in the Titanic disaster because no one had worked out the implications of tuned circuits."

"People can always bring up stuff. When I get involved in politics, I am not even going to talk about what the other guys do. The media likes that. I am not going to sit around saying, "The other guy sucks worse than me." I don't need to be governor; I want to be governor."

A bold and maverick-y proposal...

"While Snow lamented the lack of understanding between those in the humanities and the sciences, the two cultures seen as divided in the research presented Friday are the social sciences that are perhaps closer to the hard sciences and those that closer to the humanities."

Painting with paintball guns.

"I keep informed, but prefer not to immerse myself in political news -- mostly because it makes me want to take a shower to wash off all the crud and slime after just a few hours' reading. But there comes a time when even folks like me need to speak out, stand up and be counted."