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I didn't knwo about this site, a true find: the writing and witticisms are fantastic, e.g. "As [sic] unspecified assistant with quick reflexes reversed the hel
by Jun8 12y ago
I didn't knwo about this site, a true find: the writing and witticisms are fantastic, e.g.
"As [sic] unspecified assistant with quick reflexes reversed the helium valve, but he turned it either the wrong way or too far, because instead of halting the flow of helium, he caused it all to be vented into the laboratory. Dewar's notes do not indicate whether a high-pitched apology was offered."
(Although some proofreading would have been useful.)
- jqm 12y agoIt's a great site. This is one of my favorite articles on it. http://www.damninteresting.com/nineteen-seventy-three/ http://www.damninteresting.com/nineteen-seventy-three/ Summary: A guy tries to build a networked central economic planning computer system.... in 1973.
- ars 12y ago"All that remained to liquefy was hydrogen--an odorless, colorless gas which tends to turn into a universe if left alone for a prolonged period."
- chad_oliver 12y agoAlso: "A chunk of helium ice would behave as a single, solid, oversized, and stupefyingly slippery atom, which may be capable of passing ghost-like through certain materials. But that's another matter altogether."
- jkn 12y agoAnd Onnes hastened to make observations with the small container of -271°C fluid before it all evaporated away. He found it had a lower surface tension than any previously observed liquid, and just 1/8th the density of water. The modest amount of the stuff he had been able to collect behaved very curiously in general, flowing with strange characteristics and evading easy observation as if enveloped in an SEP field.
- fahadkhan 12y agoExcellent I glossed over this one as I didn't know what SEP was. I maybe wrong but if it http://www.acronymfinder.com/Someone-Else's-Problem-(SEP).html http://www.acronymfinder.com/Someone-Else's-Problem-(SEP).ht... its brilliant.
- mattzito 12y agoIt's a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference: http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Somebody_Else's_Problem_field http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Somebody_Else's_Problem_fi...
- qq66 12y agoAlso: "he hesitated to go Dutch on the byline."
- clebio 12y agoThis, indeed. I came back to paste the same. Also, "...and Dewar clearly shared (rather than reciprocated) this admiration."
- NamTaf 12y agoDamnInteresting is just as the name suggests. It's a fantastic site and I'm sure it's cost myself / my employer a few dollars in its time :)