Feb 28, 2006 0
Harper’s Week in Review
Time for the weekly news round-up from my favorite dour, if well-informed, Humanities-centric news Monthly.
Read about it at Harper’s Magazine
Feb 28, 2006 0
Mars’s ship has come in.
Space.com reports that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrives March 10th!
You can imagine how freakin excited I am. From the article:
MRO totes powerful instruments that can investigate every level of Mars: From underground layers to the top of the planet’s atmosphere.For one, the Mars-bound spacecraft is hauling the most powerful telescopic camera ever sent outward to scan another planet. That gear can spot rocks the size of a small desk.
MRO will chart water-related deposits in areas as small as a baseball infield. The Italian space agency supplied the mission with a radar designed to probe for buried ice and water.
Also, a weather camera will monitor the entire planet daily, while an infrared sounder is assigned the duty to gauge atmospheric temperatures and the movement of water vapor.
JPL’s Graf said that MRO will return more data than all previous Mars missions combined.
Feb 28, 2006 0
Answers… or, Ask Dr. Stupid
A look at what’s hot at Google Answers.
Can an Alligator climb a tree?
Can dogs taste sweets? Short answer: not really, especially if it’s Aspartame.
Do fat people fall faster than skinny people?
How do I contact Bill Clinton to lament the current political state of the country or maybe invite him to my Birthday Party?
How do they come up with gas prices at the pump?
Feb 25, 2006 0
DDO advertises on WoW?
Blizzard is so funny. They allowed a DDO advert on their main WoW web site. Hahaha Click the pic above for the screenshot.