Here's some of the interesting things that got my attention this week.
The Atlantis mission is up there sticking some solar panels on the International Space Station. And they took a copy of Firefly with them. Well, you would, wouldn't you. Nothing to look at out the windows.
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Now this is cool. The kilogram, which for years has been defined by a lump of metal sitting in a Paris vault, is to be redefined as the mass of a specific number of silicon atoms. My rough calc puts the number at about 21 septillion (that's 24 zeroes, kids).
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Some uber-geeks are working on producing wireless electricity. Because apparently we need more electromagnetic radiation in the air.
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Some new and interesting uses for mathematics this week. Now it can be used to predict the outcome of war. I wonder if we can rig the methodology so it always works out that both sides lose.
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And finally . . .
A second season of Jericho has been officially confirmed after CBS caved in to formidable fan pressure. Well, it's sort of a half-second-season. Hooray.
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2 comments:
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Astronauts are nerds. Who would have thought?
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(actually i don't have anything snappy for the kilo thing. something about the biggest loser will occur to me too late, I'm sure.)
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Wasn't that uber-geek called Nikola Tesla? Link (see I can do it too!)
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Maths has been doing that since the 80s! Let me remind you of a quote:
"Hello Professor. Would you like to play a game?"
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So what does Jericho have that Firefly didn't? (that was by no means a rhetorical question... I would be quite interested to know).
Actually I watched War Games on Tuesday when my ankle was too twisted to allow me to help clean up around the house. (I discovered that a 33 year old fat man can't jump 2 metres while holding a 3 year old without twisting his ankle quite severely. However my years of drinking lots at uni payed off, as I took all my "didn't spill a drop" experience and DJ was not only unharmed, but thought the whole thing hilarious.)
Anyway, between War Games and the Last Starfighter (with a little bit of Superman 3 thrown in, I guess) it's really no wonder I turned out to be the nerd that I am.
Wow. Did you get any footage of said event?
And in answer to your questions:
1. While Nikola is one of my personal heroes, the words "never fully operational" pop up there, and
2. Jericho has CBS and Firefly has Fox.
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