Entropy in Action
Below is a video where a 9 month old describes entropy to a general audience. This lecture is compressed from 4 hours to 2 minutes. From Swans on Tea
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An anatomy lesson provided by The Brain, of Pinky and the Brain fame. That ought to keep the little squirts happy. Thanks, Pinky
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I love my phone, I’ll admit it
I know this blog has become a never ending stream of videos and comics lately, but this is too good to share. Maybe it rings true to me these days because I just recently added myself to the ranks of...
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One Trillion Dollars!
Sometimes it is hard to get your mind around a number. The numbers that have been thrown around in the bailout and stimulus bills are those kinds of numbers. As Richard Feynman said: There are 1011...
View ArticleRow, Row, Row your boat
Over at Swans on Tea there was this gem today The comments on the YouTube video got me thinking: So if the density of Mercury is 13.5 g/cm3 and we assume Jesus weighed something around 80 kg, then he...
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Caffeine vs. Calories
Interesting plot of caffeine vs. calories showed up in my RSS feed. A large mocha frappucino is the same calories as a big mac? Wow. Give me my Americano any day. Caffeine vs. Calories (click image...
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Uranium Ore on Amazon
Uranium ore for sale on Amazon. Stock up for the winter! Now I just need that processing plant. The funniest part of this is the comments. You really should go read them. Great Product, Poor Packaging...
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Engineering Problems vs. Marketing Problems
Spinal Tap Engineering. Today’s XKCD made me laugh out loud. Some problems are marketing and sales problems, not engineering problems. Spinal Tap Engineering (Click to see original) Units of measure...
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Dads or Scoutmasters
This was in the Calvin and Hobbes RSS feed yesterday. I think it applies equally well to Dads and Scoutmasters.
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