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Mars here we come (again)
25. May 2008 by emeris.
More space links. Sadly, unlike the plucky little rovers around the equator, it seems this one will not survive it’s first winter.
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I spy with my little eye something(s) that doesn’t belong….
7. May 2008 by emeris.
Check out the order of the most popular list. A story about a TV show is doing better than stories about last night’s election results. It’s not even clear to me why CNN is reporting on American Idol (or dancing with the stars) at all, it’s not something I would consider news compared to 1) the disaster in Burma 2) the primaries 3) the Russians swore in a new president (will have to send Bush over to look in to his soul…oh wait Putin is still in charge never mind) 4) new FBI raids on the executive branch
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What he said
4. May 2008 by emeris.
Somehow I missed this post when it went up. All I really have to add is to say “Go read the older wiser physicist”.
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*sigh*
3. May 2008 by emeris.
It makes me sad when people abuse science in the name of ripping people off. It makes me sadder when people claim to explain the science being used and muddle it even more.
For example: http://bellasugar.com/1073289 (which I am not linking to because I don’t want to help their google ranking at all (I know google regularly crawls this page)). First they define an ion, while linking to wikipedia, and still get it wrong. Typically “atomic particles” is referring to the constituents of atoms. Second they claim that ionic hair driers are faster by “…breaking down water molecules into smaller bits…” which strikes me as nonsense. If this were a major factor in drying the hair, it should also cause a fair amount of damage to your skin as well.
I briefly contemplated signing up for the site to make these comments, but then I thought of this xkcd and decided to write a blog post instead.
To see other people pointing out people who are wrong on the internet see here. Teh stoopid, it burns!
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